From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents Diaries of Home, an exhibition of works by twelve…

11.17.24 | 02.02.25

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents Freeman + Lowe: Sunset Corridor, a multi-room immersive installation…

10.04.24 | 01.05.25

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents Rebecca Manson: Barbecue, on view from May 24 to…

05.24.24 | 08.25.24

From The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "WHAT: TAILGATE, a one-day-only exhibition event WHEN: Friday, August 16, 2024 from 10 am-midnight WHERE: The Modern's…

08.16.24 | 08.17.24

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "Organized by Curator María Elena Ortiz, Surrealism and Us is inspired by the history of Surrealism in the…

03.10.24 | 07.28.24

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "Organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the exhibition, on view at the Modern…

10.15.23 | 01.21.24

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in partnership with Lone Star Film Festival and the Fort…

12.02.23 | 12.02.23

From The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "Jammie Holmes: Make the Revolution Irresistible is Jammie Holmes’s (b. 1984) first solo museum exhibition. Working closely…

08.11.23 | 11.26.23

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "Dr Marla Price, director of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, is pleased to announce Robert…

06.04.23 | 09.17.23

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents the landmark I’ll Be Your Mirror: Art and the…

02.12.23 | 04.30.23

For a full list of upcoming programming, go here. From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "Select Tuesdays, 6 pm  Watch LIVE This popular…

02.21.23 | 04.11.23

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "Women Painting Women features 46 female artists who choose women as subject matter in their works. This…

05.15.22 | 09.28.22

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "Women Painting Women is a thematic exhibition featuring 46 female artists who choose women as subject matter in…

05.15.22 | 09.25.22

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "The FOCUS series is presented by the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and features three solo…

04.01.22 | 06.26.22

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open…

03.01.22 | 04.19.22

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "The FOCUS series is presented by the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and features three solo…

01.21.22 | 03.20.22

From Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "Magnolia at the Modern is an ongoing series featuring critically acclaimed films screened in the Modern's auditorium. Showtimes:…

01.28.22 | 02.27.22

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is pleased to present the exhibition FOCUS: Frances Stark, on…

11.19.21 | 01.09.22

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "Modern Masters: A Tribute to Anne Windfohr Marion highlights the contributions of one of the Modern Art…

10.23.22 | 01.08.22

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "Director Marla Price announces Modern Masters: A Tribute to Anne W. Marion, an exhibition of contributions of…

10.23.22 | 01.08.22

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open…

09.21.21 | 11.16.21

From the Fort Worth Modern: "Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas, organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, features the artist’s most significant works and…

06.20.21 | 10.10.21

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "Dr. Marc Hairston, Professor of Science at the University of Texas at Dallas, is a research scientist…

08.20.21 | 08.22.21

Magnolia at the Modern is an ongoing series featuring critically acclaimed films screened in the Modern's auditorium. Showtimes: Friday 4:30 and 7:30 pm, Saturday 5 pm,…

05.28.21 | 06.27.21

To register for Being There: Tuesday Evenings with the Modern on March 30, 2021, go here. From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth "Wael…

04.02.21 | 06.20.21

From the Museum: "Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again surveys approximately 30 years of the artist’s video works and photography, investigating her passionate…

02.28.21 | 05.16.21

Note: This event series is online-only. For registration, go here. From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth "Join the Modern in partnership with Dev’n…

01.09.21 | 05.08.21

Magnolia at the Modern is an ongoing series featuring critically acclaimed films screened in the Modern's auditorium. New adjusted showtimes: Friday 4:30 and 7:30 pm, Saturday…

03.05.21 | 04.25.21

To register for Being There: Tuesday Evenings with the Modern featuring the artist on January 26, go here. From The Modern Art Museum of Fort…

01.22.21 | 03.21.21

For registration, go here. From the Museum: "I am sending- my warmest greetings to the sun, and to the tender rivers that streamed in my…

02.23.21 | 02.23.21

New adjusted showtimes: Friday 4:30 and 7:30 pm, Saturday 5 pm, Sunday noon and 3 pm Ticket Prices: $10; $8 for Modern members; $7 for…

01.08.21 | 01.31.21

To register for the November 10, 2020 artist talk, go here. Registration will be posted one week in advance. From the Museum: "The FOCUS series…

11.06.20 | 01.10.21

From the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: "Two important works by Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler, Flora and Bust, both 2017, have joined the…

09.05.21 | 01.02.21

Note: This event series is online only. Registration is available here one week in advance. Recordings of the lectures will be available here. From the…

09.11.20 | 10.27.20

Note: This is an ongoing film event at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. For more details and ticketing, go here From the Museum:…

09.18.20 | 10.11.20

https://youtu.be/AN856OjkBa0 "The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents the exhibition Mark Bradford: End Papers. Curated by Michael Auping, former Chief Curator at the Modern,…

03.08.20 | 08.09.20

Note: This event is online-only. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is providing free screenings of selected film and video work from their collection…

06.13.20 | 06.15.20

Experience the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth's film and video collection from home with our new program Modern TV, launching May 16. Every other Saturday…

05.16.20 | 05.30.20

This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public each Tuesday from February 25…

01.21.20 | 04.21.20

"Ruckus Rodeo, 1975–76, by the New York–based artist Red Grooms, will be presented at the Modern to coincide with the 2020 Southwestern Exposition and Livestock…

01.17.20 | 03.29.20

"A 20-year survey of the work of Robyn O’Neil (American, born 1977), on view in Fort Worth, Texas, October 18, 2019, through February 9, 2020.…

10.18.19 | 02.09.20

A solo exhibition featuring work by Julie Bozzi. "Like the landscape paintings Bozzi is also known for, American Food addresses the vernacular American experience. The…

09.07.19 | 02.02.20

"Martine Gutierrez’s photographs and videos explore gender, race, class, and sexuality, as well as conventional ideals of beauty and identity as a social construct. Her…

11.08.19 | 01.12.20

The Tuesday Evenings at the Modern lecture series returns with more artist lectures, conversations, and more. For additional information about this round of lectures, go here.

10.01.19 | 11.19.19

"Modern Cinema returns, hosted by Christopher Kelly in partnership with Fortress Presents. This year's event will once again present some of the best films of…

10.11.19 | 10.13.19

This exhibition examines the works of three Southern Carlifornia artists who were contemporaries in the 1970s: Bas Jan Ader, Chris Burden, Jack Goldstein. "Loosely affiliated, these…

05.10.19 | 08.11.19

A theatrical performance by Laura Anderson Barbata & the Brooklyn Jumbies.

06.14.19 | 06.14.19

A show of new works by Los Angeles-based artist Analia Saban. This exhibition includes tapestry-like works that are woven with copper wire, linen, and dried…

03.30.19 | 05.12.19

"Spaces and Places: Works from the Collection gathers work by artists who address concepts of space and place. Drawn entirely from the Modern's permanent collection,…

02.23.19 | 05.12.19

The Tuesday Evenings at the Modern lecture series returns with more artist lectures, conversations, and more. For additional information about this round of lectures, go here.

01.22.19 | 04.16.19

Book signing for Michael De Feo's "Flowers". Custom merch will be offered by The Fort Worth Modern. A 10% discount is offered to the public,…

04.14.19 | 04.14.19

A show of photographs by Ghent-based artist Dirk Braeckman. "Braeckman's deeply gray photographs are often abstracted, contributing to the mystery and intrigue of what his images…

01.26.19 | 03.17.19

"Laurie Simmons's career-long exploration of archetypal gender roles, especially women in domestic settings, is the primary subject of this exhibition and is a topic as…

10.14.18 | 01.27.19

"The Modern's Graduate Student Lecture Program presents Graduate Gallery Talks, providing the opportunity to hear area graduate students in art and art history discuss works…

11.27.18 | 11.30.18

The Fort Worth Modern’s Fall 2018 Tuesday Evenings at the Modern lecture series features conversations with artists, curators, museum directors, and more.

09.04.18 | 11.13.18

"Los Angeles-based artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby draws upon her experience of moving from Nigeria to the United States while maintaining ties to her family in…

11.13.18 | 11.13.18

"The Modern's Graduate Student Lecture Program presents Graduate Gallery Talks, providing the opportunity to hear area graduate students in art and art history discuss works…

10.06.18 | 10.09.18

An retrospective featuring more than three decades of paintings by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami.

06.10.18 | 09.16.18

"Spanning painting, sculpture, collage, and installation, Kamrooz Aram's work investigates the complex relationship between Western modernism and classical non-Western art. By highlighting their formal connections,…

03.31.18 | 06.17.18

"The NY Dog Film Festival™ is a philanthropic celebration of the love between dogs and their people, offering dog lovers a shared audience experience of…

06.02.18 | 06.02.18

"The NY Cat Film Festival™ is a medley of short films - documentary and narrative - that honor the mysterious felines who have fascinated mankind…

05.26.18 | 05.26.18

An exhibition featuring new works by UK-based hyperrealistic sculptor Ron Mueck.

02.16.18 | 05.06.18

An exhibition featuring paintings by artist Nina Chanel Abney. The pieces in the show touch on pop culture, world events, sexuality, race, police brutality and art…

01.27.18 | 03.18.18

The Fort Worth Modern’s Spring 2018 Tuesday Evenings at the Modern lecture series features conversations with artists, curators, museum directors, and more.

02.01.18 | 02.01.18

A show of works by Brooklyn-based artist Katherine Bradford. The artist's textured paintings depict swimmers, ships, and other traditional subjects.

11.04.17 | 01.14.18

A show of photographs by Misty Keasler. The exhibition features Keasler's series Haunt, which documents the exteriors, interiors, and characters of haunted houses across America.

09.23.17 | 11.26.17

The Fort Worth Modern's Fall 2017 Tuesday Evenings at the Modern lecture series features conversations with artists, professors, sociologists, and more.

09.12.17 | 11.14.17

"In Art and the Comment Wars: 2005-2018, Paddy Johnson will discuss how throughout the evolution of the New York based blog, Art F City, her…

11.09.17 | 11.09.17

"The Graduate Student Lecture Program provides the opportunity to hear area graduate students in art and art history discuss works on view at the Modern.…

10.17.17 | 10.24.17

A show of works by artist and filmmaker Doug Aitken. The exhibition is comprised of four large-scale film installations, sculptures, and photographs that span the artist's…

05.28.17 | 08.20.17

A show of paintings by artist Katherine Bernhardt. Bernhardt's works often reference consumer culture and depict everyday objects in a flat, gestural style.

04.08.17 | 07.09.17

The schedule for the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth's annual Tuesday Evenings at the Modern Lecture series.

02.28.17 | 05.25.17

A show of Donald Sultan's Disaster Paintings series. Many of this works in this series depict "robust, man-made structures, such as factories and train cars, that exhibit…

02.19.17 | 04.23.17

A show of works by abstract painter Stanley Whitney. The artist is known for his paintings of uneven, multicolored grids and blocks of color.

01.21.17 | 04.02.17

A show of works by Brooklyn artist KAWS. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, toys, and street art interventions that span KAWS' career. The exhibition is organized by Andrea…

10.20.16 | 01.22.17

An exhibition of works by Brooklyn-based artist Lorna Simpson. This show includes Simpson's recent paintings that manipulate found imagery from magazines to comment on gender and race…

11.19.16 | 01.15.17

A screening of the experimental documentary film YAKONA along with a live score provided by members of the Austin Symphony. About the film: YAKONA, directed by…

11.13.16 | 11.13.16

Stephen Lapthisophon talks about art making, education, pragmatism and audience.

11.10.16 | 11.10.16

The Fort Worth Modern's annual Tuesday evening lecture series! For more information and to buy tickets, go here.

09.13.16 | 10.25.16

A comprehensive survey of works from Frank Stella's career, including paintings, reliefs, sculpture, and drawings. This show is co-organized with the Whitney Museum of American Art…

04.17.16 | 09.18.16

A program that celebrates the allure of spy films! For tickets, please go here.

09.01.16 | 09.04.16

 An exhibition of photographs by Thomas Demand. The works in the show document political and historical narratives of the United States.

04.30.16 | 07.17.16

A lecture series presented by the Fort Worth Modern.

02.23.16 | 05.17.16

An exhibition of works by artist Glenn Kaino. The artist is versitile with his use of materials, paying close attention to the ideas and histories they communicate.

01.30.16 | 04.17.16

An exhibition of works by New York-based artist Joyce Pensato. In her work, she utilizes cartoon characters as her jumping off point and "transforms these characters…

11.21.15 | 01.31.16

An exhibition of works spanning the artist's 14-year career. Inspired by the tradition of portraiture, Wiley's paintings use patterning and decoration to raise issues of class,…

09.20.15 | 01.10.16

A lecture series by artists, architects, historians, and critics. All lectures are free and open to the public.

09.29.15 | 12.08.15

A series of lectures by artists, architects, historians, and critics. Each lecture will begin at 7PM.

09.03.15 | 09.03.15

An exhibition featuring recent acquisitions, including works by Cory Arcangel, Artemio, Larry Clark, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Rineke Dijkstra, Debbie Grossman, Candida Höfer, Misty Keasler, Ragnar Kjartansson,…

02.21.15 | 08.23.15

An exhibition of video, photography, and sculptural work by Mexico City-based artist Mario García Torres exploring stories and activities associated with conceptual artists of the…

04.11.15 | 06.28.15

A screening of the documentary film “Mistaken For Strangers” following the indie-rock band The National along their biggest tour and focusing on lead singer Matt…

06.16.15 | 06.16.15

Larry Clark's seminal 1995 film, 20 years on.

06.09.15 | 06.09.15

A lecture with New York-based artist and filmmaker Laurie Simmons, whose large-scale, black-and-white photograph Walking House was recently acquired by the Modern and is featured…

04.21.15 | 04.21.15

A series of free lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics–presented each Tuesday evening at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth through…

03.17.15 | 04.21.15

The Modern's FOCUS exhibition series showcases the work of the Chinese/Japanese, husband and wife collaborative team, RongRong&inri, who’ve been creating works that push the boundaries…

01.31.15 | 04.05.15

03.31.15 | 03.31.15

A who's who of the Reganomics decade, including Laurie Anderson, Basquiat, Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, Eric Fischl, Nan Goldin, JPeter Halley, Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, Koons,…

09.21.14 | 01.04.15

To honor the 25th year of Day With(out) Art, Visual AIDS has commissioned seven artists/collaboratives to create new short films about the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic,…

12.03.14 | 12.03.14

Jules de Balincourt, the artist featured in FOCUS: Jules de Balincourt, works from the position of an outsider on paintings of American politics and marginalized…

11.18.14 | 11.18.14

Eric Fischl, painter, sculptor, and printmaker gained acclaim in the 1980s with large-scale paintings depicting middle-class American life with themes of adolescent sexuality and voyeurism.…

11.11.14 | 11.11.14

Fionn Meade is Senior Curator of Cross-Disciplinary Platforms at the Walker Art Center where he is also Acting Head of the Visual Arts Department. He…

11.04.14 | 11.04.14

The 1980s East Village art pop-culture painter/sculptor/animator continues to make the scene. Free admission tickets (limit two) are available at the Modern's info desk beginning…

10.28.14 | 10.28.14

Culture critic and NY curator McCormick explains that, though the history as described in the lecture title "has been largely defined by the concurrent explosion…

10.21.14 | 10.21.14

James Cutler, FAIA, founding partner of Cutler Anderson Architects, is known for his environmental and emotional sensitivity to place, institution, program, climate, and cultural circumstance.…

10.14.14 | 10.14.14

Longtime favorite New York artist McCollum, whose work appears in the current "Urban Theater" exhibition at the museum, will be the featured speaker at this…

09.30.14 | 09.30.14

Via the FW Modern: "Tuesday Evenings at the Modern opens this season with insights into the art and issues of Urban Theater: New York Art in…

09.23.14 | 09.23.14

The Modern is showing films by the Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki this summer!

08.02.14 | 08.23.14

The third and last Director's Council FOCUS exhibition for the 2013-2014 season features the work of Tiravanija, whose work often involves cooking in art-related places, such…

04.06.14 | 06.01.14

The Modern and the Nasher present a joint exhibition of the work of artist David Bates. The exhibition is a retrospective of Bates's work installed…

02.09.14 | 05.11.14

 Bates and Modern Curator of Education Terri Thornton give a walk through talk  on Bates's current show.

04.27.14 | 04.27.14

Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Museum's auditorium. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations…

03.25.14 | 03.25.14

Tomaselli is known for his visually packed paintings that are hybrid in materials, subjects, and cultural references.  The exhibition presents a selection of works that…

01.12.14 | 03.23.14

Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Museum's auditorium. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations…

03.18.14 | 03.18.14

This series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public each Tuesday through April 8. Lectures…

03.11.14 | 03.11.14

This series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public. Lectures begin at 7 pm in…

03.04.14 | 03.04.14

Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Museum's auditorium. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations…

02.25.14 | 02.25.14

Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Museum's auditorium. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations…

02.18.14 | 02.18.14

A series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast…

02.11.14 | 02.11.14

Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests.…

02.04.14 | 02.04.14

México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990 is one of the largest and most ambitious exhibitions in over a decade to examine contemporary art…

09.15.13 | 01.05.14

Haggerty draws on the vocabulary of abstract art to create his illusory paintings and large-scale wall works.

11.17.13 | 01.05.14

In conjunction with México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990, these special gallery talks feature artists included in the exhibition.

12.08.13 | 12.08.13

Born in Mexico City, Artigas engages in institutional critique with poetic works that call for participation and attempt to elicit a personal inquisition from viewers.…

11.19.13 | 11.19.13

The Harrisons, a collaborative team, have worked with biologists, ecologists, architects, urban planners to create dialogue around biodiversity and community development. The fall series for…

11.12.13 | 11.12.13

Yoshua Okón is an artist born and raised in Mexico City. Two of his video installations are featured in the Modern's exhibition México Inside Out:…

11.05.13 | 11.05.13

Melanie Smith is an artist whose work is a re-reading of avant-garde movements with a particular focus on Latin America, especially Mexico. The fall series…

10.29.13 | 10.29.13

Macotela discusses his use of art as a tool for recontextualizing the meaning of everyday life. The fall series for Tuesday Evenings at the Modern…

10.22.13 | 10.22.13

In conjunction with AIA Fort Worth's annual Design Awards, the Modern invites you to join James Timberlake, this year's lead juror, as he discusses inquisitive…

10.15.13 | 10.15.13

Andy Coolquitt, an Austin-based artist, creates installations that are activated through casual but precise arrangements, suggesting purpose and relationships. The fall series for Tuesday Evenings…

10.08.13 | 10.08.13

This special Tuesday Evenings presentation features artist Gabriel Kuri in conversation with Tyler Green for a live-audience taping of an episode of The Modern Art…

10.01.13 | 10.01.13

Chicago-based artist, curator, art writer, Professor and Chair of Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, senior critic for Yale…

09.24.13 | 09.24.13

Modern curator Andrea Karnes, who has brought some of the Museum's most challenging and engaging exhibitions to Modern audiences-including Hubbard/Birchler: No Room to Answer in…

09.17.13 | 09.17.13

In conjunction with the recent publication of Art and Architecture in Mexico, author James Oles provides insight into the process behind writing the first comprehensive…

09.12.13 | 09.12.13

For this Tuesday Evenings presentation, Belgium-born and Mexico City-based artist Francis Alÿs is in conversation with art historian James Oles, discussing relationships between the artist's…

09.10.13 | 09.10.13

McGee emerged in the early 1990s as part of the graffiti boom in San Francisco.

03.31.13 | 06.02.13

With his work featured in the museum's exhibition FOCUS: Barry McGee, the San Francisco-based artist will be in conversation with the Modern's curator Andrea Karnes. McGee…

04.23.13 | 04.23.13

Represntatives of Cabinet Magazine, Pastelegram, and Triple Canopy come together to consider and discuss the vibrant life and perceived challenges of today's art publications. Each…

04.09.13 | 04.09.13

Hancock presents "In Preparation of the Bring Back," in which he shares a new direction in his work, having moved from his signature narrative into…

04.02.13 | 04.02.13

Shonibare explores colonialism through life-size sculptural tableaux featuring staged, headless mannequins dressed in elaborate period garments.

01.13.13 | 03.24.13

An evening of aesthetic intensity and lurid biography as Collings shares the peculiar life experiences that fed into his optimistic abstract paintings. His exhibition Matthew…

03.19.13 | 03.19.13

Works on paper, paint on canvas, and murals that mimic smudged chalk. The resulting blurred and ghostly images often refer to intersections of pop culture,…

01.13.13 | 03.14.13

Richard Phillips is a New York-based artist known for his strikingly distinctive paintings, such as the early Girl Child, 1996-97in the Modern's permanent collection. Using…

03.12.13 | 03.12.13

Dr. Balanta offers insights into the work of Yinka Shonibare MBE, in a presentation titled Paradox, Excess and Complicity: Yinka Shonibare and the Conceptualization of…

02.19.13 | 02.19.13

The Modern's inaugural Director's Council Focus exhibition for the 2012-2013 season features the work of New York-based artist Gary Simmons, known for his "erasure" technique,…

11.11.12 | 01.06.13

Since the mid-1970s, Holzer has used language as her primary means of expression; many will be familiar with Holzer's well-known Truisms: PROTECT ME FROM WHAT…

12.04.12 | 12.04.12

Dallas Collector Howard Rachofsky began in the mid-1970s, and over the past three decades has amassed a world-class collection. In 1996, Rachofsky opened his house/museum…

11.27.12 | 11.27.12

The quintessential multi-media artist will talk about the development of his art from its early beginnings to the present with the Museum's Chief Curator, Michael…

11.13.12 | 11.13.12

Over 100 paintings and works on paper loaned from museums and private collections throughout the world, organized by the National Portrait Gallery, London and the…

07.01.12 | 10.28.12

Auping, Chief curator at the Modern, offers insights into what he learned through his repeated visits with the greatest portrait painter of our time.

10.23.12 | 10.23.12

Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, practices architecture in Fayetteville, Arkansas and serves as Distinguished Professor and Department Chair in the School of Architecture at the University of…

10.16.12 | 10.16.12

Martin Gayford, the British critic, writer, and curator shares what he observed throughout his extended sittings and the relationship that he inevitably developed with the…

10.09.12 | 10.09.12

Brooklyn-based artist KAWS (born Brian Donnelly) has received critical acclaim for straddling the commercial and fine art worlds. His monumental sculpture, Companion (Passing Through), 2010,…

10.02.12 | 10.02.12

Art star Rosson Crow had her first solo exhibition in the US at the Modern. First attracting attention as a graduate student at Yale making…

09.25.12 | 09.25.12

Acclaimed photographer Nicholas Nixon gained broad attention when it was included in one of the most influential exhibitions of the 1970s, New Topographics: Photographs of…

09.18.12 | 09.18.12

David Dawson, painter and longtime assistant and friend of Lucian Freud, shares personal insights on the painter.

09.11.12 | 09.11.12

Heyd Fontenot, portraitist and director of CentralTrak, talks about Lucian Freud.

09.02.12 | 09.02.12

The Gerhard Richter documentary everyone's talking about. Screenings Friday at 6pm; Saturday  at 5pm; and Sunday at noon, 2pm, and 4pm. 97 minutes; German and…

07.20.12 | 07.22.12

A preview of the  documentary Freud’s Naked Truths. The film will premiere on Smithsonian Channel in July. Screenings on June 30,  at 12:00, 1:30, &…

06.30.12 | 07.01.12

British artist Ged Quinn's paintings combine landscapes in the vein of Claude Lorrain with fragments of history, art history, and mythology.

04.22.12 | 06.17.12

The first comprehensive, midcareer retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art and curator Scott Rothkopf, in close collaboration…

02.12.12 | 06.03.12

Distinguished writer, curator, editor, lecturer, and activist Lucy Lippard presents Undermining, touching on photography, the new West, development, water, and land art, as she discusses…

04.17.12 | 04.17.12

Scientistic art from Glaswegian Katie Paterson. Many of her installations involve collaboration with astronomers, nanotechnologists, and fireworks manufacturers.

03.04.12 | 04.15.12

Writer and artist Gregg Bordowitz presents Testing Some Beliefs, an ongoing series of lectures/performances that consider the strength and longevity, as well as the present…

04.03.12 | 04.03.12

LA artist Andrea Fraser has used performance, video, and a range of other media to explore the motivations that drive artists, collectors, art dealers, corporate…

03.27.12 | 03.27.12

Brooklyn-based artist Byron Kim, known for Synecdoche, a grouping of hundreds of small monochrome paintings based on skin tones that was included in the 1993…

03.13.12 | 03.13.12

New York  institutional critique artist  Jill Magid: presents Embedded, a survey of her career with insights into her strange and thrilling experiences and endeavors as…

03.06.12 | 03.06.12

A young British cross-medium, multidisciplinary, conceptual artist who focuses on nature, ecology, geology, and cosmology. She was named one of four "Best New Artists in…

02.28.12 | 02.28.12

Tim Rollins is an artist, activist, and teacher based in South Bronx, New York, who is known for what might be understood as "art activism,"…

02.21.12 | 02.21.12

Brooklyn-based artist Brian Donnelly, aka "KAWS," is the subject of the Ft. Worth Modern's first FOCUS exhibition for the 2011-2012 season. KAWS' as you can…

12.11.11 | 02.19.12

Andrew Campbell is an art historian at Texas State University. For this Valentine's Day presentation, Campbell presents one facet of his current project, Bound Together,…

02.14.12 | 02.14.12

This edition of the quarterly Modern's Graduate Lecture Series features Houston artist Eileen Maxson. Graduate students from across the state can see the show, hear…

02.08.12 | 02.08.12

Artist Glenn Ligon in conversation with curator Scott Rothkopf on the subject of Ligon's midcareer retrospective Glenn Ligon: AMERICA, which opens to the public on…

02.07.12 | 02.07.12

The largest museum exhibition ever devoted to Diebenkorn's most celebrated works, curated by Orange County Museum of Art curator Sarah C. Bancroft. The show will…

09.24.11 | 01.15.12

Katy Siegel, contributing editor for Artforum and professor of art history at Hunter College, CUNY, discusses her recent book, Since '45: America and the Making…

11.15.11 | 11.15.11

This edition of the quarterly Modern Graduate Lecture Series features Emily Morrison of Trouser House, New Orleans as guest speaker. Graduate students from across the…

11.09.11 | 11.09.11

Michael Auping, chief curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, presents Los Angeles: Light and Space at Land's Edge, focusing on the unique…

11.08.11 | 11.08.11

Los Angeles artist Koki Tanaka presents the development of his playful and insubordinate art.

11.01.11 | 11.01.11

Curator, art critic, and associate professor of art at Claremont University in Claremont, California, presents Getting It Wrong in Just the Right Way: Diebenkorn's West…

10.25.11 | 10.25.11

Julie VandenBerg Snow, FAIA, here as the lead juror for the Forth Worth AIA annual Design Awards, presents her thoughts on architecture today and how…

10.18.11 | 10.18.11

Art critic, corresponding editor to Art in America, and Deedie Potter Rose Chair of Art History at Texas Christian University, Dr. Frances Colpitt presents the…

10.11.11 | 10.11.11

Jayson Musson is an artist and writer living and working in Philadelphia. For Tuesday Evenings, he shares his multifaceted body of work, which includes provocative…

10.04.11 | 10.04.11

This edition of the Modern's popular Tuesday Evenings Lecture Series brings Uraguayan conceptual artist Alejandro Cesarco to present his work as seen in the Uruguay…

09.13.11 | 09.13.11

Sean Dockray, artist, writer, and founding director of Telic Arts Exchange in Los Angeles, California, has initiated critical and innovative projects, including The Public School…

09.06.11 | 09.06.11

The Modern Art Museum continues its FOCUS program of exhibitions by emerging artists with the work of Teresita Fernandez. Fernández creates work in response to…

04.17.11 | 06.19.11

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth does its part for the Texas Biennial with a group exhibition of Texas artists and artists with Texas…

04.09.11 | 05.14.11

Come out and celebrate Glasstire's 10th anniversary with a series of events! First, and perhaps most star-studded, is a panel on the topic of regionalism…

05.07.11 | 05.07.11

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth announces the exhibition Ed Ruscha: Road Tested. The exhibition, organized by Michael Auping, the Modern's chief curator, tracks…

01.23.11 | 04.17.11

Robert Lazzarini is best known for his sculptures of common objects in which detailed craftsmanship is combined with precise illusionistic distortion. For his FOCUS exhibition…

02.20.11 | 04.05.11

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth kicks off their FOCUS exhibition series with Eric Parker beginning December 1st! Organized by MAMFW and curator Andrea…

12.05.10 | 01.06.11

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents one of Texas's most internationally recognized artists, Vernon Fisher in K-Mart Conceptualism. Organized by the Museum's chief…

10.26.10 | 01.02.11

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth joins with the Lone Star Film Society and the Consul General of Mexico in Dallas to present a…

08.15.10 | 08.15.10

Get your Pop-Art on with the first U.S. museum survey exhibition to explore works by Warhol that were created during the final eight years of…

04.10.10 | 05.16.10

Gabriel Acevedo Velarde presents his first solo exhibition in an American museum at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth! Velarde's experimental videos and installations create…

02.21.10 | 04.04.10

"The first Focus exhibition for the 2009–2010 season will feature the work of Gardar Eide Einarsson, who often explores the complex relationship between individuals and…

12.13.09 | 02.14.10

25 paintings selected by FWMAM chief curator Michael Auping, who has known Rothenberg for over 30 years. Says Auping: "Rather than focusing on Rothenberg's famous…

10.18.09 | 01.03.10

"William Kentridge: Five Themes features the most comprehensive survey to date of the films, drawings, books, prints, sculptures, and stage designs by this influential contemporary…

07.12.09 | 09.27.09

This two-part exhibition continues with the installation of work from the permanent collection on the museum's second floor. As Chief Curator Michael Auping puts it,…

04.18.08 | 05.31.09

Painter and native Texan Rosson Crow's exhibit features her "large-scale, vivid depictions of nostalgia-laden interiors that blend aspects of history with theatricality. Interior spaces are…

04.05.09 | 05.17.09

To create his large, abstract canvases, Elrod begins with “frictionless drawings,” created with a computer mouse and a simple computer graphics program. He then takes…

02.17.09 | 03.29.09

Shettar's unassuming materials and intensive handwork make her large-scale sculptural installations a must-see!!

12.14.08 | 02.08.09

Austin-based artist duo Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler have been working together for the last 15 years to create photo and video installation works.

11.11.08 | 01.04.09

Organized by the WalkerArtCenter, this is the first full-scale American museum survey of Kara Walker's work!! Set in the Antebellum South, Kara's cut-paper silhouettes are…

07.05.08 | 10.19.08

Since graduating from Yale in 2001, Kehinde Wiley's star has been on the rise, and he has even been featured on The Today Show. In…

04.18.08 | 06.08.08

This thirty-year retrospective organized by MoMA features forty-five of Puryear's striking sculptures. Puryear will be at The Modern on April 8 to have a conversation…

02.24.08 | 05.18.08

Mosley combines "digitally photographed stop-motion puppets, a 24-inch-high bronze monument, and ink-wash painted environments."

01.13.08 | 02.24.08

Organized by Michael Auping, Chief Curator of the Modern, and includes: Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko.

09.30.07 | 01.05.08

The Modern is bringing thirteen beautiful works by Mueck center stage. Including Untitled (Seated Woman), the infamous Dead Dad, the huge In Bed, a twenty-foot…

06.24.07 | 10.21.07

04.15.07 | 06.10.07

Organized by curator Andrea Karnes, including pieces by: Sanford Biggers, Jennifer Zackin, Rineke Dijkstra, Nathalie Djurberg, Adam Fuss, Anna Gaskell, Miranda July, Makiko Kudo, Loretta…

02.25.07 | 05.27.07

Ziervogel's drawings are a must see in FTW! His drawings take the appearance of scrolls or panels like those of Hieronymus Bosch, but beware there…

02.04.07 | 04.01.07