Dallas & Houston: Art & Private Collections of the Lone Star State

October 25 – 30, 2027

With Jennifer Dasal

October 25 – 30, 2027

Starting from

$6,999

Discover the great galleries of Texas on this art travel tour.

Why has the Lone Star State become America’s second-largest art hub after New York City? Gain special access to Texas’s premier art institutions and little-known yet exceptional private collections. Begin in Dallas for a private tour of the Meadows Museum, followed by a welcome reception. The following day, discover the Dallas Museum of Art, and enjoy a special tour of an artist’s private studio. Continue to Houston for special access to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Rothko Chapel.

Highlights

Visit private collections in both cities to admire treasures not usually seen by the public.
Attend a private tour and welcome reception at Dallas’s Meadows Museum and view one of the world’s most compelling Spanish art locations located outside Spain.
Explore Dallas’s Nasher Sculpture Center before hours to experience one of the world’s leading collections of modern and contemporary sculpture, including works by Giacometti, Rodin, De Kooning, and Picasso.
Tour the oldest museum in Texas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, home to extensive collections of Renaissance and French Impressionist paintings.
Engage in special discussions with esteemed lecturer Jennifer Dasal and an inside look at the Rothko Chapel.
Join a curator at the Menil Collection’s Cy Twombly Gallery to see the only permanent exhibition of Twombly’s works, arranged by the artist himself.

Lecturer

Jennifer Dasal

Lecturer

Jennifer Dasal is an art historian, curator, lecturer, and author. After stumbling into an art history class as an undergraduate student at UC Davis, Jennifer was hooked. She went on to complete an M.A. in Art History from University of Notre Dame, and completed PhD coursework in art history at the Pennsylvania State University. She is the former curator of modern and contemporary art at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA), where she worked for thirteen years. She is the author of “The Club: Where American Women Artists Found Refuge in Belle Epoque Paris,” which was released in July of 2025. She’s also the creator and host of the ArtCurious Podcast, which was chosen as one of PC Magazine’s Best Podcasts of the Year for three years in a row (2018-2020).