Dunn and Brown Contemporary was founded by partners Talley Dunn and Lisa Brown in 1999 and opened to the public on October 29, 1999 at 5020 Tracy Street in Dallas, Texas. The gallery is committed to exhibiting outstanding and groundbreaking contemporary art in a variety of media by established and emerging artists. The gallery works very closely with a stable of nearly twenty artists on exhibitions, projects, and publications. In addition to organizing year-round exhibitions at the gallery, Dunn and Brown Contemporary collaborates with numerous museums, institutions, and galleries from coast to coast on exhibitions and acquisitions.

Furthermore, Dunn and Brown Contemporary encourages the growth and development of gallery artists through the combination of an ambitious exhibition program and an ongoing dialogue with museum curators and art critics from the United States and Europe. In addition, the gallery gives considerable attention to the cultivation of private collectors and their interests in contemporary art.