Second Annual Visionary Awards
Here’s a conundrum: How can Fort Worth have such an incredible array of art-related institutions and not be an “art town”? (At least not...
Words that Pop
Standing in a workshop, Vince Veazey gazed thoughtfully at his newest stencil-based creation, periodically adjusting pieces of tape here and there.
The phrase “I LOVE...
A Reviving Mural
The magnetic effect of a marketplace mural has become the preferred approach to urban renewal in the last two decades, and the artistic intention...
Wilkinson Says everyone poops
Jay Wilkinson has been busy.
The Fort Worth artist has become known around town for his nontraditional installations and collaborations, working outside the sometimes staid...
Lorna Simpson: Head on Ice
The entry to FOCUS: Lorna Simpson is almost completely filled by a Madonna-esque diptych.
At 5-by-8 feet, “Famous Statue Damn” and “Famous Statue Volcano” depict...
Trey Wilder Trolls Ridgmar
I feel kind of bad writing about Trey Wilder again, but he is doing some interesting things.
Like putting on an art show at Ridgmar...
Western Memories
There are two concurrent exhibitions of photography at Fort Works Art right now. In the street level gallery is Laura Wilson’s Photographs in the...
KAWS it’s Cool
Within hours of its opening last Thursday, the website for the gift shop at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth crashed due to...
Black House Shines
Gallery Night in Fort Worth is as close to an art fair as Fort Worth ever gets. Granted, the exhibitions are scattered throughout the...
Avedon’s Texas?
There’s nothing uniquely Texan about Avedon in Texas, especially if we exclude the two images of gentlemen in cowboy hats, including “Cotton Thompson,” a...
