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...
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...
Need and Desire
On March 26, the Kimbell Art Museum will host an exhibition of the work of its architect. Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture will...
Painting with Light
Like many Fort Worthians, I was introduced to the vibrant drip artworks of Dan Lam, the socially conscious oil paintings of Riley Holloway, and...
Goolsby’s Totems
In a bright, LED-lit gallery nestled between the industrial and design districts of Dallas are precisely crafted wood and metal sculptures that lie somewhere...
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...
The Art of Beer
Artisan ales are not worth an acre of hops if the artwork doesn’t tell a good story. Craft beer logos and labels do 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...
Early Impressions
If you’re going to put on an art show about Claude Monet at this point, you’d better have something new to say. That’s the...
Art Tooth
The unfolding story of Fort Worth’s contemporary art scene would be missing a few chapters if not for the efforts of several young artists...
