The Crow Museum of Asian Art
UT Dallas Campus
Exhibition runs Saturday, March 28, 2026 – Sunday, March 28, 2027
First inspired by the monumental wonders of Egypt, Dallas-based artist Carolyn Brown has spent more than fifty years photographing architectural sites around the world.
Lately, Brown has mined her own photos to create new work in triptych (a format typically used in religious art) to tell a story or to explore a single subject in three sections. While historically associated with Christian altarpieces, Brown utilizes the format to invite comparison between objects and places.
The diverse subject matter of her photographs showcases art and architecture from the Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. Her side-by-side arrangements create a dialog between cultures that somehow collapses time and place. Viewers are invited to compare textures, shapes, and forms, and meditate on the shared and layered history of significant cultural heritage.
Brown particularly emphasizes intersections of religion and art history, and the shared cultural significance of continuously inhabited places. Her photographs invite us to see what we have in common across time, space, and geography.
Curator: Heather A. Bowling
The Crow Museum of Asian Art is located on the University of Texas at Dallas campus in the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum (APC).
Visitors may pay to park in any white parking space in Lot M East directly in front of the museum entrance, or any white parking space in Parking Structure 1.
White spaces are approximately $2.40 an hour with an additional $0.40 fee and can be paid by phone or mobile app.
Physical Address
Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum
777 Loop Rd SW, Richardson, TX 75080
214-979-6430
Hours of Operation
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesdays through Sundays
Closed Mondays, major holidays, and occasional additional dates for special events or inclement weather.