The Nasher Recovers a Lost Chapter of Dallas's Own Sculpture Story

A new exhibition at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas focuses on a single work by Bruce Nauman and on what happened when the city first saw it. The show's research brings back a part of the sculpture's past that had dropped out of the record: the strong reaction it drew from Dallas audiences when it was new. It is the kind of work a museum does at its best, looking back through its own city to find where the art has already been. For collectors and visitors who know Nauman as a central American artist, the exhibition shows that one of his most daring installations has a story rooted in Dallas.

With reporting from Artnet News.