A Fort Worth Treasure Returns
Taking heavy precautions, the directors of the Fort Worth Art Dealers Association (FWADA) have brought back Fall Gallery Night as a weeklong event that...
Samurai: Killer Style
Apparently, ancient Japanese samurai were as stylish as they were fearsome. Though Samurai: Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection has been up...
Color Fields Forever
Painter John Holt Smith, 44, grew up in Fort Worth surrounded not only by art but also by arty types. His stepfather was a...
TWU Faculty Art Exhibition
Gallery Night will be upon us shortly, but before the deluge of art shows hits, you might want to catch the Faculty Art Exhibition...
Ebbing Tide
Be afraid, Fort Worth. Be very afraid.
Late last year, the Fort Worth City Council decided to decrease funding for the nearly 50-year-old Arts Council...
Ugly, Beautiful, Pretty, Kitsch
In 2009’s Untitled, the curator of a contemporary gallery sells abstract paintings from her back room because if her clients knew she sanctioned that...
Art and Appetite: Ravenous Beasts
What we farm, hunt, buy, catch, kill, package, heat up, cook, serve, and enjoy privately or among others is merely a jumping-off point for...
Phillips Collection: The Collector’s Eye
A hundred years ago, what we now call “modern art” had yet to make a favorable impression on our country’s critics and tastemakers. In...
Museum Swap: The Perot is Pretty Groovy
Never mind all of the noise you’ve (probably) been hearing about the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas. The building is not...
Bodies at Rest
Smug.”“Literal.”“Impervious to multiple interpretations.”“Susceptible to parody.”“Self-parodic.”“The Old Guard’s new clothes.”
And there you have just a few of the thoughts that popped into my head...