The Warehouse individual open hours are from Noon to 5 PM (with last admission at 4:30) on Saturdays and pre-registration is required. Group tours for 10 to 40 people are available Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 AM to 5 PM, and are required to be scheduled at least three weeks in advance.
The Warehouse is located at 14105 Inwood Road, Dallas, Texas, 75244 and there is free parking on site.
On July 16, 2026, there is an afterhours event called Night Out at the Warehouse where from 6 PM to 9 PM, visitors can see both WAREHOUSE:01 Yoshitaka Amano and Chase a Crooked Shadow: Film Noir as Contemporary Mirror and participate in two gallery talks presented by the Warehouse on the two exhibitions. Pre-registration is required to attend.
In Dallas, Texas, there is an original art exhibition running through July 18, 2026, at The Warehouse celebrating one of the most monumental artists in the video game and anime genre: Yoshitaka Amano. I stopped in when I was in Dallas over the weekend, and I saw Part Two of this two-part limited-run exhibition and I found something that anyone who is a fan of Amano-san’s works would love.
If you aren’t familiar with The Warehouse, then you should know it is a non-profit art foundation founded in 2024 by Howard Rachofsky and Thomas Hartland-Mackie. This foundation provides free educational programming and offers visiting tickets to help educate the general public about art via exhibitions that “prioritize experimentation and exploration.” Right now, there are two exhibitions running through July 18, 2026: Chase a Crooked Shadow: Film Noir as Contemporary Mirror (which is fantastic in its own right and is an incredible and lengthy exhibition curated by Alexandra Terry) and, of course Yoshitaka Amano as part of WAREHOUSE:01’s single-artist exhibition WAREHOUSE 01: Yoshitaka Amano. The first half of WAREHOUSE 01: Yoshitaka Amano (which is sadly no longer on display) focused on Amano-san’s non-commercial works, including his New York Nights paintings.
The second half of WAREHOUSE 01: Yoshitaka Amano focuses on Amano-san’s commercial-inspired works. As you walk through the two-room exhibition (part of it is set in the entryway where the information/ticket booth is, and the rest is set in the long room immediately to the left), it feels like everything is split into three categories: monochrome ink painting style called sumi-e that dominates the back half of the main room with art full of swooping lines made of heavy and light strokes that compel intensity; vibrant Art Nouveau-esque art throughout the middle room comprised mostly of automotive paint on top of aluminum that just pops out and demands your attention; and then mixed media art for Yoshitaka Amano’s films Angel’s Egg and Bird Song that dominate the entryway. I was personally impressed with just the sheer amount of art variety available for visitors to peruse that span the last few decades of Amano-san’s work.
While you will not be seeing any original FINAL FANTASY game logos, Gatchaman pieces, or original Vampire Hunter D paintings, you will see original compositions that are influenced by them all of those and more. While I loved 2018’s Big Bang that had a TON of FINAL FANTASY characters ranging from chocobos to the four protagonists in FINAL FANTASY XV inside the Regalia, I think my personal favorite was Monsters I and Monsters II from 2013. I had no idea that automotive paint could be so bold, and both pieces looked like they were illustrated handscrolls with multiple plots happening all at the same time that just keeps revealing more details as you look deeper and deeper into each piece.
There are 43 pieces split among the entire WAREHOUSE:01 Yoshitaka Amano exhibition, and I spent nearly an hour just enjoying Amano-san’s art before I headed into the other exhibition currently happening (and you’ll easily spend a couple hours perusing that as well). If you’re thinking about visiting The Warehouse — and you should — you have to register for free tickets online ahead of time, since they have to verify you have tickets before they let you in past the entrance gallery. Unfortunately, they are only open between noon and 5 PM, and the last entry is at 4:30 PM. There is free parking on site, but there are no food or beverages allowed inside.
If you are free on Thursday (July 16), there is an after-hours event at the Warehouse between 6 PM and 9 PM where you can see both exhibitions. First, there is a gallery talk by Lauren Alberque, the Warehouse’s archivist and film programmer, who is leading a conversation on FINAL FANTASY as she links the themes from that storied franchise to Yoshitaka Amano’s Big Bang between 6:30 and 7 PM, and then there is a gallery tour of both WAREHOUSE:01 Yoshitaka Amano and Chase a Crooked Shadow: Film Noir as Contemporary Mirror between 7:30 PM and 8 PM. Pre-registration is required to attend.
It is unfortunate that the Yoshitaka Amano exhibition had such a limited run at The Warehouse, and that next Saturday is the end of it. If you’re in the Dallas, Texas, area and you have a few hours to kill (or if you can get to Dallas easily!) you should check out The Warehouse and WAREHOUSE:01 Yoshitaka Amano, because it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see a lot of his artwork in one place in an up-close and personal setting!
The Warehouse individual open hours are from Noon to 5 PM (with last admission at 4:30) on Saturdays and pre-registration is required.
Group tours for ten to forty people are available Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 AM to 5 PM, and are required to be scheduled at least three weeks in advance.
Have you seen either Part One or Two of WAREHOUSE 01: Yoshitaka Amano?
Are you planning on visiting before the exhibition ends this Saturday?
Let us know in the comments below!
