From the Amon Carter Museum: "Artist Jean Shin is the next contemporary artist to transform the Museum’s first floor sloping gallery with a new site-specific…

07.19.24 | 06.30.25

From the Amon Carter Museum of Art: "Drawn from the Museum’s holdings, Richard Hunt: From Paper to Metal highlights the artist’s prints produced at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop during…

10.12.24 | 03.02.25

From the Amon Carter Museum of Art: "Dario Robleto: The Signal highlights the artist’s multiyear exploration of the Golden Record, a gold-plated phonograph recording containing…

05.12.24 | 10.27.24

"In May 2024, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter) mounts a multimedia examination of photographer and cinematographer Karl Struss’s storied career, focusing…

05.12.24 | 08.25.24

From Amon Carter Museum of American Art: "Cowboy reexamines the popular mythologies surrounding the image and concept of the cowboy. Through the work of 28…

09.28.24 | 03.23.24

From the Amon Carter Museum of American Art: "Spring 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Richard Avedon, renowned fashion and portrait photographer.…

03.12.23 | 10.01.23

From the Amon Carter Museum of American Art: "This landmark exhibition presents the work of Christina Fernandez, whose photographs and installations explore migration, labor, gender,…

03.12.23 | 07.09.23

From the Amon Carter Museum of American Art: "On view during the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation visualizes what…

03.12.23 | 07.09.23

From the Amon Carter Museum of American Art: "In a world entrenched in societal division and ecological turmoil, it can be refreshing to step back…

02.27.23 | 05.21.23

From Amon Carter Museum of American Art: "An avant-garde existentialist from rural Texas, Charles Truett Williams was a charismatic mix of beatnik and disciplined artist.…

03.13.23 | 05.07.23

From the Amon Carter Museum of American Art: "Speaking with Light: Contemporary Indigenous Photography highlights the dynamic ways that Indigenous artists have leveraged their lenses…

10.30.22 | 01.22.23

From Amon Carter Museum: "Stephanie Syjuco: Double Vision presents a commissioned, site-specific installation by the artist that uses digital editing and excavation of the Museum’s…

01.15.22 | 01.14.23

From the Amon Carter: "Description: One of the first exhibitions to explore Louise Nevelson’s midcentury sculptures and works on paper in dialogue with their historical…

08.27.23 | 01.07.23

From the Amon Carter Museum of American Art: "Introducing a dozen new ornate works by the multidisciplinary artist, Anila Quayyum Agha: A Beautiful Despair will open this…

09.25.21 | 01.09.22

From the Amon Carter Museum of American Art: "Experience the first retrospective of local Fort Worth artists Scott and Stuart Gentling. Imagined Realism: Scott and…

09.25.21 | 01.09.22

"Acting Out: Cabinet Cards and the Making of Modern Photography offers the first-ever in-depth examination of the photographic phenomenon of cabinet cards. Cabinet cards were…

08.14.20 | 11.01.20

An exhibition featuring work by Everett Spruce in Fort Worth. From the Museum: "The Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter) announces Texas Made…

08.18.20 | 11.01.20

From the Museum: "The Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter) will present the first comprehensive survey of the work of Vietnamese-American photographer An-My…

04.18.20 | 08.08.20

Artist Mark Dion retraces the footsteps of several 19th-century explorers in Texas, collecting materials to form a site-specific exhibition you can see only at the…

02.07.20 | 05.17.20

"The first exhibition chronicling the formative beginnings of Gordon Parks’s extensive career opens at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art September 14, on view…

09.14.19 | 12.29.19

An installation by Dallas-based artist Gabriel Dawe commissioned for the Amon Carter Museum of American Art's atrium. For the installation, Dawe used more than 60 miles of colored thread…

08.16.17 | 09.29.19

"With the Help of Friends celebrates fifteen dynamic photographs ranging from the 1930s to the present day that were selected and purchased over the recent years…

02.02.19 | 06.02.19

"From luscious leafy tendrils to stark horizon lines, this exhibition of prints by Hedda Sterne celebrates the artist’s variety of formal interests. Although most often…

07.28.18 | 01.27.19

An exhibition featuring works by Texas-based artists Celia Eberle, Kana Harada, Sharon Kopriva, Sherry Owens, and Linda Ridgway.

10.14.17 | 11.18.18

"This panel discussion will be moderated by Executive Director Andrew Walker and will include Senior Conservator of Works on Paper, Jodie Utter; local gallerist and…

11.01.18 | 11.01.18

An exhibition of photographs by American artist Dave Heath. Heath was known for his images that emote feelings of loss, pain, hope, and solitude. The show includes…

06.16.18 | 09.16.18

An exhibition featuring two short videos by New York photographer-videographer Jan Staller. The pieces "reflect on a potent contradiction of contemporary material life."

02.24.18 | 08.19.18

An exhibition featuring works by experimental photographer Ellen Carey. The seven works in the show "explore the artist’s interest in color, light, and the photographic process…

01.17.18 | 07.22.18

"This exhibition brings together four bodies of work by the Lebanese-American photographer Rania Matar that trace the development of female identity through portraiture. Depicting transitional…

12.20.17 | 06.17.18

From the museum: "The Amon Carter is joining the Art+Feminism movement to help expand information on women in American art on Wikipedia. All are welcome. You…

05.24.18 | 05.24.18

"A New American Sculpture, 1914–1945: Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach is the first exhibition to investigate the integral relationships between modernism, classicism and popular imagery…

02.17.18 | 05.13.18

Artist James Surls will speak about his work, how he started as a sculptor, and the process and materials he uses while displaying images of his work…

03.29.18 | 03.29.18

A sculptural installation by Texas artist Darryl Lauster. For this piece, Lauster utilizes fragmentary Carrara marble tablets that have been inscribed with language sourced from various monuments and…

03.25.17 | 03.25.18

A show of works on paper that explore outdoor subjects. The exhibition features watercolors and prints by more than thirty artists, including Winslow Homer, Frederic Remington,…

09.23.17 | 02.11.18

A show of works by North Texas photographer Dornith Doherty. The show features Doherty's photographs exploring the planet's botanical diversity.

08.12.17 | 01.14.18

"Wild Spaces, Open Seasons: Hunting and Fishing in American Art is the first major exhibition to explore the multifaceted meanings of such outdoor subjects in…

10.07.17 | 01.07.18

An exhibition exploring the problematic use of the word "nature" when it is applied to snapshots, portraits, and Native American cultures.

07.15.17 | 12.10.17

A show of lithographs, etchings, aquatints, screen prints, and woodcuts by artist Helen Frankenthaler.

03.18.17 | 09.10.17

The Polaroid Project is a survey of how artists have employed Polaroid photography products over the years.

06.03.17 | 09.03.17

Join the Amon Carter Museum this summer for a series of films screened on the museum's lawn!

07.13.17 | 07.27.17

A show of portraits by Richard Avedon. The photos in the show are part of a series commissioned by the Amon Carter in which Avedon documented the…

02.25.17 | 07.02.17

A show of works by Texas artist Valton Tyler. The show will feature prints, drawings, and large-scale paintings that appear as surrealist landscapes with invented imagery.

02.11.17 | 04.30.17

A free event featuring sketchbook making workshops, extended gallery hours, drinks, and music.

04.08.17 | 04.08.17

An exhibition of more than 70 photographs drawn from the Amon Carter’s permanent collection. The show covers 170 years of photography across America and highlights the important…

08.20.16 | 02.12.17

An exhibition of lithographs by printmaker Sam Francis (1923–1994). In his work, Francis was inspired by his travels in France, Indonesia, Japan, and Thailand, and by Abstract Expressionism, literature, science,…

08.03.16 | 02.05.17

An exhibition featuring monumental landscape photographs by Richard Misrach along with handmade musical instruments and a sound installation by Guillermo Galindo. The show explores the contested zone of the U.S.-Mexico…

09.24.16 | 12.31.16

An exhibition of works exploring how identity is viewed in American culture. The show features, among other objects, drawings by Sedrick Huckaby, prints by Glenn Ligon, and…

04.30.16 | 10.09.16

An event featuring live music, food trucks and art! Explore the museum's collection, see Gabriel Dawe's new installation and take a selfie at the museum!

09.17.16 | 09.17.16

Mary Lynn Sloane lectures on the clothing styles depicted in Charles M. Russell’s watercolor When East Meets West (ca. 1907)

09.15.16 | 09.15.16

An exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Norman Lewis. Lewis was an often overlooked contributor to the Abstract Expressionist movement. He created work that…

06.04.16 | 08.21.16

Enjoy a free concert by local jazz group Faces The Band.

08.18.16 | 08.18.16

An exhibition of works by Anthony Hernandez that document abandoned housing developments in California. The images "deliver a disconcerting poignancy that asks us to question…

03.05.16 | 08.07.16

A long-term atrium exhibition of a mural-size painting by Texas artist Esther Pearl Watson capturing her childhood memories of Comanche, TX. The piece is titled…

05.19.15 | 05.30.16

An exhibition highlighting the link between Thomas Hart Benton's art and Hollywood movie making. This show brings together nearly 100 works by Benton and juxtaposes them…

02.06.16 | 05.01.16

A film series presented by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.

02.14.16 | 04.10.16

A conversation between Julie Webb & Esther Pearl Watson.

02.25.16 | 02.25.16

An exhibition of photographs by Laura Wilson that introduce her vision of the American West as a harsh landscape filled with tough, rugged individuals. Wilson…

09.05.15 | 02.14.16

A program where the public can learn, talk, and ask questions about a work of art in the museum's collection. This talk will focus on Robert…

01.23.16 | 01.23.16

An exhibition of works from the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. Presenting about 100 pieces from the museum’s collection, this exhibition addresses…

10.10.15 | 01.03.16

An exhibition of over 100 Native American masterworks from the collection of Charles and Valerie Diker. The show represents tribes across the North American continent,…

07.07.15 | 09.13.15

The exhibition of Gallery of the Louvre, a large-scale painting by Samuel F. B. Morse (1791–1872), who is best known as the scientist who developed…

05.23.15 | 08.23.15

A selection of hand-painted prints by famed scientist and artist John James Audubon (1785–1851)–some of his greatest depictions of North America’s four-legged animals in their…

01.15.15 | 08.02.15

A talk by acclaimed author David McCullough about his book The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, held in conjunction with the Amon Carter’s exhibition Samuel…

07.18.15 | 07.18.15

07.08.14 | 02.10.15

16 iconic river paintings and 50 preparatory drawings by George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879) depicting boatmen at work and play on the inland rivers, most notably…

10.02.14 | 01.18.15

TCU’s Dr. Mark Thistlethwaite delivers a series of lectures this fall that take as their theme the appearance, meaning, and importance of water (and water-related…

09.03.14 | 12.03.14

Discover the Trinity River through the eyes of artist Terry Evans as she discusses her photographs in the exhibition Meet Me at the Trinity: Photographs…

11.08.14 | 11.08.14

The first retrospective of Motley's paintings in two decades. He is not very well-known, perhaps because his most important works don't come to auction very…

06.14.14 | 09.07.14

Images by Fort Worth-based Kathy Sherman Suder, who spent six years photographing people riding the subways of London, New York, and Tokyo. Curated by John Rohrbach,…

03.14.14 | 08.17.14

John Albok (1894–1982) was a tailor by profession and an artist by passion. He emigrated from his native Hungary to New York City in 1921…

09.21.13 | 02.23.14

A lecture on the exhibit with PDNB director Burt Finger.  

02.09.14 | 02.09.14

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art opens Color! American Photography Transformed, an examination of how color has changed the nature of photography. Color! includes…

10.05.13 | 01.05.14

Core will discuss her use of color photography in relation to still-life painting in conjunction with the exhibition Color! American Photography Transformed. Reservations are required. Call…

12.05.13 | 12.05.13

In conjunction with the exhibition Color!: American Photography Transformed, photographer Richard Misrach will discuss the shift in his career to color film, his changing use…

10.10.13 | 10.10.13

The Amon Carter presents Conserving The Caves, a free lecture. Claire Barry, director of conservation will discuss her work on Robert Seldon Duncanson’s painting The Caves…

09.26.13 | 09.26.13

Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey is an exhibition of nearly 50 artworks by Romare Bearden (1911-1988). The collages, watercolors and prints in the exhibition are based on Homer's…

05.18.13 | 08.11.13

Cosindas tested a new instant color film for Polaroid before they marketed it. She took to the process and proved instrumental in revealing the artistic…

03.05.13 | 05.26.13

Big, bigger, and biggest photographs reveal a decades-long movement to make dramatic enlargements that sharply influence viewer interaction and interpretation.

03.05.13 | 04.21.13

On Thursday, April 18th from 6 to 7 p.m. John Rohrbach, senior curator of photographs, will conduct a conversation with pioneering photographer Marie Cosindas. Reservations…

04.18.13 | 04.18.13

In 2006, artist Larry Sultan (1946–2009) began a project called Homeland near where he lived in Marin County, California. Sultan’s internationally renowned career was built…

10.16.12 | 01.13.13

The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. opened to the public in 1921 as America’s first museum of modern art. To See as Artists See is…

10.06.12 | 01.06.13

The enigmatic and charismatic painter, theoretician and mystic John Graham (1886–1961) and his circle of New York artists, which included Stuart Davis, Arshile Gorky and…

06.09.12 | 08.19.12

100 of the finest and best-preserved watercolors by Western artist Charles M. Russell (1864–1926).

02.23.12 | 05.13.12

The last 20 years of American modernist John Marin’s career, from 1933 until his death in 1953. With more than 60 paintings, this is the…

11.05.11 | 01.08.12

In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, the Amon Carter presents 100 rarely seen light-sensitive watercolors from it's vaults. Curated by the Carter's Shirley Reece-Hughes, the…

07.09.11 | 10.09.11

Nineteenth-century landscape paintings from the New-York Historical Society in New York are exhibited in the exhibition The Hudson River School: Nature and the American Vision…

02.26.11 | 06.19.11

Join the conversation in a free panel discussion at the Amon Carter Museum with classically trained contemporary artists whose work is inspired by nineteenth-century Hudson…

05.12.11 | 05.12.11

The Amon Carter Museum offers new insight into the genre of documentary photography during the 1930s in the new exhibition American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White.…

10.02.10 | 01.02.11

The Amon Carter Museum unveils Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s–50s. This groundbreaking exhibition is the first to bring together South…

06.26.10 | 09.05.10

Immerse yourself in pop culture at the Amon Carter.

01.16.10 | 07.18.10

American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art includes some the finest works by leading avant-garde American artists of the early…

02.27.10 | 05.30.10

"Freedom Now" is an exhibition of prints from the 1960s that brings the international call for social and political justice to the table. Fight the…

11.24.09 | 05.17.10

The Amon Carter Museum displays a selection of photographs from this recent acquisition. Edward S. Curtis is  known for his documentation of American Indian cultures…

12.12.09 | 05.16.10

Views and Visions: Prints of the American West, 1820–1970 showcases approximately 120 prints and illustrated books from the museum’s permanent collection.

09.19.09 | 01.10.10

Masterworks of American Photography: Moments in Time presents images from the Carter’s permanent collection that "reflect the diversity and richness of an American visual tradition…

06.19.09 | 01.03.10

"With the advent of American modernism, artists began making portraits of one another with increasing regularity. Photographers made portraits to document the members of their…

08.16.09 | 11.29.09

The works of more than 50 African-American artists from the late 1800s to the present will be on view as a part of the exhibit…

06.06.09 | 08.23.09

Check out nearly 200 photographs by Barbara Crane, organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, and guest curated by Kenneth C. Burkhart.

02.14.09 | 05.10.09

Miller was the first American artist to journey into the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Check out more than 85 paintings and drawings from his…

09.20.08 | 01.11.09

Dorr's portraits of women and their children are beautifully empathetic and heartfelt. Also on view through Nov. 6 are a group of prints by Louise…

05.17.08 | 10.26.08

Marsden Hartley and the West: The Search for an American Modernism brings together 38 paintings from Hartley's New Mexico years.

06.14.08 | 08.24.08

For serious photography wonks: a show on the first commercially viable color photographic process.

08.18.07 | 07.27.08

Dave Hickey will be at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth on Saturday, March 29 at 11 am for a lecture about how Ft.…

02.16.08 | 05.11.08

Featuring photos from the U.S. government

08.18.07 | 02.03.08

In Frank Gohlke

09.15.07 | 01.06.08

08.18.07 | 10.14.07

01.01.70 | 07.15.07

World on Paper examines the artist's printmaking skills and was organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Also read our review by Stefanie Ball-Piwetz.

02.03.07 | 04.08.07