Museum of Biblical Art (Dallas)

The Museum of Biblical Art (Dallas) (MBA) is an art museum in Dallas, Texas, USA, that exhibits art with a Biblical theme.

History

The museum was founded in 1967. In 2005 a fire destroyed the Museum and all of its 2,500 works of art.[1] The museum rebuilt and reopened in 2011 in a modern building with eleven galleries.[2][3] A special exhibition of the work of Barbara Hines marking the expansion of the Museum's Judaica collection provoked some members of the Jewish community to voice misgivings that a museum with "clearly Christian roots" has won strong support among Jewish patrons of the arts and Jewish artists.[4]

Collection

The museum holds and displays works by John Singer Sargent, Andy Warhol, Marc Chagall, Leonard Baskin, William Gropper, Jack Levine, Jacques Lipchitz, Ben Shahn and Max Weber.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". biblicalarts.org. Museum of Biblical Art. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Tippig, Joy (22 December 2011). "Museum of Biblical Art gets a glorious resurrection". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Dallas, Kelsey (19 July 2014). "8 unique Bible museums across the U.S.". Deseret News. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Wecker, Menachem (13 February 2015). "A Museum as Big as Texas". Forward. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Wecker, Menachem (13 February 2013). "A Museum as Big as Texas". Forward. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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