Fort Worth vs. France
An international fight is brewing between our own Kimbell Art Museum and the world’s most famous art repository over Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin’s “Basket of Wild...
River Oaks’ Yellow Brick Road
If you’re heading south on River Oaks Boulevard, you might just think you’ve taken a wrong turn into Oz.
That’s because the yellow brick road...
Turner’s Modern World
How was Joseph Mallord William Turner a modern artist? At a time when British art was struggling with an inferiority complex compared with the...
Fort Worth’s Royal Painters
When you’re not a North Texas native, you hear the name “Gentling” with a hard initial “g” bandied around the art scene without it...
Buddha Shiva Lotus Dragon
The Kimbell Art Museum’s summer exhibit made me wish that I knew more about the intricacies of ceramics and metalworking. It’d sure be nice...
Sky City
On the heels of a municipal election that brought in a slate of new faces to Fort Worth City Council, many of whom campaigned...
Summer Arts Preview
As Fort Worth’s big three museums open new shows, most of town’s theaters are also debuting new work.
On the Walls
The Modern Art Museum of...
In Bloom
Mariell Guzman has accomplished more in two years than many young artists could hope to achieve in 10. The 26-year-old has more commissions and...
Queen Nefertari’s Egypt
I hate to say it, but my first major museum exhibit since the pandemic turned out to be a bit of a logistical bummer....
Arting Forward into ’21
The good thing about art viewing is that social distancing is built into the experience. Even if you’re on a tour, you can still...