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...
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...
The New Normal
Like many artists, Jay Wilkinson’s first reaction to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was a feeling of uncertainty and helplessness. Painters, sculptors, and...
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...
Remembering Bo Powell
One thing’s for certain: Bo Powell lived a full life.
Though best known as a painter and muralist, Powell, who died Wednesday night at home...
The Business of Art
Ariel Davis ran around Sundance Square before there was a Sundance Square. She and her friends would go to Starbucks (then on Houston Street)...
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...
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...
Socially Engaged Murals
The weathered, graffiti-strewn rear wall of Frank’s Market underwent a transformation last Saturday. Around 200 children, teenagers, and adults painted between black outlines on...
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....
