After 34 years as one of Dallas’ longstanding contemporary art galleries, Craighead Green Gallery, located in the Design District, will present its final exhibitions before continuing under the new name as Bardin Gallery.
Founded in 1992 by Kenneth Craighead and Steve Green, the gay-owned gallery has played an important role in the city’s cultural landscape, introducing generations of artists, including emerging artists at formative stages of their careers, to collectors, museums, designers and the broader arts community.
Following William Bardin’s acquisition of the gallery in 2025, the past year and a half has been a period of thoughtful transition. Retaining the Craighead Green Gallery name honored the gallery’s history and the legacy built by its founders while allowing time to define its next chapter.
The transition to Bardin Gallery reflects both continuity and evolution, building upon an established foundation while embracing a renewed vision for the future.
“It has been a privilege to continue the legacy Kenneth Craighead and Steve Green built over the past 34 years,” Gallery owner and director Bardin said in Monday’s press release. “This transition is not about leaving that legacy behind. It is about carrying it forward with deep respect while continuing to grow, evolve, and create new opportunities for the artists we represent.”
Marking this milestone are two concurrent exhibitions connected by the shared themes of displacement and transformation.
From the gallery:
American photographer Thom Jackson presents Out of Context, a body of previously unreleased photographs drawn from his fine art and fashion photography practice. Moving between carefully orchestrated compositions and unforeseen moments, Jackson’s images portray figures who appear emotionally or physically removed from their surroundings. The resulting photographs invite viewers to reflect on identity, resilience, independence, and the universal search for belonging.
Danish painter Anders Moseholm presents Fenestrations, a series of atmospheric cityscapes rendered in a restrained palette of blacks, whites and muted grays. Through blurred, impressionistic surfaces, Moseholm transforms familiar urban environments into places suspended between memory and reality. His paintings encourage viewers to reconsider spaces they recognize and to discover uncertainty and possibility within the
familiar.
As part of the final exhibition program, Craighead Green Gallery will host a public conversation with cofounder Steve Green and William Bardin on Aug. 15 at 2 p.m.
The talk will reflect on Green’s decades of experience building and operating the gallery, the vision he shared with Kenneth Craighead, and the gallery’s role in the development of Dallas’ contemporary art community.
The conversation will offer an opportunity to honor the founders’ contribution in their own words while considering how their vision will continue to inform the gallery’s future. Bringing together its former and current leadership, the program will serve as a bridge between the history of Craighead Green Gallery and the emerging Bardin Gallery.
The transition to Bardin Gallery represents a new identity built upon 34 years of dedication to artists and contemporary art. The relationships, values and commitment that defined Craighead Green will remain central to Bardin Gallery while it expands its own dialogue among regional, national and international artists.
Following the conclusion of both exhibitions, Craighead Green Gallery will officially continue as Bardin Gallery. The gallery is located at 167 Parkhouse St.
–Rich Lopez