The Dallas Museum of Art announces its international design competition to revitalize the institution's space

A new international competition to reimagine the 39-year-old Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) campus in the city’s downtown Arts District has been announced. London-based Malcolm Reading Consultants is organizing the design competition to reinvent Edward Larrabee Barnes’ aging modernist creation in order to better serve the city’s diverse population and enable more gallery space for its soon-to-expand collection. "This is a pivotal moment for the DMA. With our global collection of more than 26,000 artworks from all cultures and time periods, we are one of the most iconic cultural bodies in the city of Dallas," DMA Director Dr. Agustín Arteaga said in a statement. "The campus was thoughtfully designed for the time with many good qualities but also presents challenges. Today we are no longer able to accommodate the exponential growth of our collections and are forced to keep masterworks hidden from the public due to limitations on space. It is time for our building to evolve to meet the current and future needs of our diverse and expansive collections and communities."Read the full post on Bustler