Isabella Rossellini heads to the Nasher; the DMA goes 1920s

She was the femme fatale in David Lynch's edgy thriller, Blue Velvet. She spent 14 years as a model for Lancôme, and she's the daughter of Ingrid Bergman, who won three Oscars and to whom she bears an eerie resemblance.

She’s Isabella Rossellini, and she’s the latest addition to the Nasher Salon Lecture Series. Rossellini will speak at 8 p.m. April 10. Earlier that day, at 3, she will speak to the students at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Tickets for the salon are $65 ($50 for members of the Nasher) and go on sale Monday. For more information, call 1-888-695-0888 or visit nashersculpturecenter.org.

For three months beginning Nov. 13, 2011, enfant terrible Jean Paul Gaultier took over one whole wing of the Dallas Museum of Art and left a lasting imprint. His show, "The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier," brought to the DMA 114,986 visitors, making it, according to museum officials, "one of the 10 most popular exhibitions" in DMA history.

In figures released last week, the DMA reported that 21,628 people attended the show in its final week — it closed Feb. 12 — and that net revenue totaled $804,000. The DMA reported sales of $600,000 in its museum store and a 10 percent increase in membership during the Gaultier run, allowing it to reach 21,000 memberships.

The DMA's next big show debuts Sunday, proving that, suddenly, the 1920s are in. Fresh on the heels of The Artist winning best picture at last Sunday's Academy Awards, the DMA is unveiling "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties."

Dubbed "expansive and exhilarating" by no less than The New York Times, the touring exhibition includes more than 130 paintings, sculptures and photographs by more than 60 artists.

The show includes three works from the DMA's own collection by Edward Hopper (Lighthouse Hill), Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Bather With Cigarette) and Gerald Murphy (Razor). They're included among a broad array of artists, ranging from Georgia O'Keeffe to Thomas Hart Benton to Alfred Stieglitz to Man Ray. See Scott Cantrell's review on Page 1E.

St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Saturday. Before the evening revelry begins March 17, Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas is offering an art bus tour, with stops including Talley Dunn Gallery, Cowboys Stadium and the Ruben Nieto and Kana Harada exhibitions in the art gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington. Info: Call 214-521-9898.

Noted photographer Jock Sturges will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday in Fannin Performance Hall on the campus of Richland College.

It’s a painful icon of the 1960s but an icon nonetheless. The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza announced last week that it has on display the original four-piece, three-dimensional enameled metal sign that once hung over the entrance to the former Texas School Book Depository at 411 Elm St.

“As one of the few remaining signature architectural elements from the building’s 1960s-era decorative facade, this sign is an important part of the museum’s collection,” Nicola Langford, the museum’s executive director, said in a prepared statement. “The sign’s prominence in many well-known images is sure to captivate visitors and encourage interest in the building’s history.”