A work being considered for deaccessioning must meet at least one of the following criteria:

Inappropriate for particular department/collection

• the work has an erroneous attribution or is known to be inauthentic (an inauthentic object shall be marked indelibly as such and shall never be returned to the market)
• the work is inappropriate for the particular collection
• the work is inferior to or a near duplication of another object in the collection or being considered for the collection
• the work is in poor condition and unworthy of treatment even for curatorial study or technical research

Restitution/Returned to rightful owner

• the work has been legally requested for restitution
• the work has been legally claimed by another party or entity as stolen cultural property or stolen property
   

Infrequently or never exhibited

• the work is exhibited infrequently or never exhibited (not applicable to textiles, works on paper, or other materials that are exhibited infrequently due to their sensitivity to light exposure)
   

View a list of the Dallas Museum of Art's deaccessioned artworks.