n the first major retrospective of the work of artist Matthew Wong (1984–2019), his large, colorful canvases express his tremendous talents, desires, fears, and delights. “It’s been a joy getting to know Matthew through his paintings,” says Vivian Li, the Dallas Museum of Art’s Lupe Murchison Curator of Contemporary Art, who produced the exhibition that celebrates the six-year career of the prodigy, with a focus on Wong’s journey as artist rather than as a traumatic figure who died young. The show, which includes works in oil, ink, watercolor, and gouache, has traveled from Dallas and
