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MOMA BULLETIN, VOLUME XXIV, NUMBER 2, 1956-1957 by Francine Ballard One may be driven to figuration, rather than to abstraction, once the current exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art is pondered. "Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots" contemplates the work of the artist who is credited for spearheading the mid-century Abstract Expressionist movement by juxtaposing his most famous drip paintings against other works that have come to be identified as his black pourings. His splatters of clashing colors were created by flinging paint at a raw canvas on the floor — a technique as uncommon as the art itself. But in contrast, some of his later work was more figurative in nature, depicting fragments of imagery: distorted faces and bodies amidst swirls of black paint. In art circles, the customary view is that the latter works are less appreciated, but we are moved by both equally. Here, a pop-culture ode to his complete oeuvre. "Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots" is on view at the DMA November 20, 2015, through March 20, 2016. Information dma.org. Jackson Pollock's Portrait and a Dream, 1953, at Dallas Museum of Art Hans Namuth photograph of Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm; Number 30, 1950 THE FIRST DRIP The Dallas Museum of Art's blockbuster coincides with a banner year for the artist, including the restoration of what is thought to be his first drip painting, the seminal Alchemy, 1947. As of this spring, Alchemy again holds court in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, following a year-long stay in Florence, where storied conservation workshop Opificio delle Pietre Dure, in collaboration with 11 Italian scientific institutions, restored the canvas to its original luster to reveal 19 different pigments and an elegant underlying structure of a skein of white. The restoration proved Pollock's working method was anything but haphazard; it was informed by a grid, form and order. Revel in this restored Pollock as well as the great Mural, 1943, owned by the University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, fresh from its cleaning by the Getty, both on view at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (through November 16). Catherine D. Anspon Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 2015 Alma Fortune tea cup and saucer of porcelain and 22K gold by Redstr/Collective and Tobias Wong Jólan Van der Wiel magnetic dresses, part of Iris Van Herpen's Autumn/Winter 2013 show Isabel Marant Fall/ Winter 2015 Maison Margiela Replica Pollock paint leather sneaker $575, at Forty Five Ten Iris van Herpen magnetic belt $647, at farfetch.com Dolce & Gabbana Monica tote $2,695, at Neiman Marcus, farfetch.com Ileana Makri Crying Eye multi- stone earring $5,610, at Ylang 23 Louis Vuitton Resort 2015 Tanya Aguiñiga, Driftless Zone, 2013, inquiries info@aguiniga design.com Dinner with Jackson Pollock: Recipes, Art & Nature by Robyn Lea (Assouline) $33, at Blue Dahlia, Blue Print Store, Dallas Museum of Art, Forty Five Ten, Mary Cates and Co., Nuvo Jólan Van der Wiel shoe created using magnets and worn during the Iris van Herpen Spring/Summer 2015 show Evens leather card case $32, at shopevens.com Christian Dior Milieu du Siècle Diamant 18K white-gold ring plated with black gold, price upon request, at the Christian Dior boutique. Starbucks limited-edition designer ceramic mug created by Band of Outsiders Monique Péan black jade and pyrite ring with diamonds $9,515, at Ylang 23 COLLECTION DMA © 2015 THE POLLOCK- KRASNER FOUNDATION/ARS, NYC Jackson Pollock's Alchemy, 1947, at Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice © 2015 THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NYC