The DMA's Gavin Delahunty on the critically acclaimed exhibition, Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots

In this week’s episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, Gavin Delahunty,
Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Dallas
Museum of Art, joins us to discuss his critically acclaimed
exhibition, Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots. First, Gavin reveals to
us what inspired him to curate the largest survey of Jackson
Pollock’s black paintings ever assembled. Then, he takes us inside
the process of locating the artworks around the world and
ultimately convincing collectors and institutions to lend their
artworks for the show. Also, Gavin shares his feelings on what
having a high-quality, critically acclaimed exhibition such as the
Pollock show has done for the city of Dallas and more broadly he
gives his impressions on Dallas’ growing contemporary art scene.
Additionally, given the growth of the contemporary art market,
Gavin explains to what extent, as a contemporary art curator for a
museum, the art market plays in his job. Lastly, Gavin speaks about
the Dallas Museum of Art’s free admission initiative and to what
extent he has consequently witnessed an expanded audience at the
museum.