Dallas: Who’s Behind the Arts Boom?
Once known for J.R. Ewing, a football team and an assassination, the Texas city is now—thanks to a civic-minded group of philanthropists—a bona fide arts destination. Meet the lone stars behind the Dallas cultural boom.
Kenny Goss at home with, from left, Tim Noble and Sue Webster’s Excessive Sensual Indulgence, 1996, and Nigel Cooke’s Experience, 2009.
Deedie Rose in her living room with Ricci Albenda’s Garden, 2009.
At the Dallas Museum of Art’s annual Art Ball, from left, standing: Lisa Runyon, Jodie Oliver, Julie Butler Hawes, Jennifer Eagle, gala chairwoman Melissa Fetter, Sharon Young, and Susan Dell. Seated: Deedie Rose and Sarah Perot.
Howard and Cindy Rachofsky in front of Richard Meier’s 1996 Rachofsky House.
Gene and Jerry Jones with their daughter, Charlotte, at Cowboys Stadium, with a detail of Lawrence Weiner’s Brought Up to Speed, 2009, on the JumboTron.
Marguerite Hoffman at home with Andy Warhol’s Little Electric Chair.
Charles and Dee Wyly in front of the Rem Koolhaas–designed Wyly Theatre.