350 Words: “Glenn Ligon: America”
I have followed Glenn Ligon’s work over the past twenty years. He’s not known for his subtlety. In fact, he deliberately provokes his viewers. Given that his work examines race, gender and politics in such raw and unblinking ways, I admit I was pleasantly surprised that The Modern was willing to take the risk of [...]
The Modern’s Graduate Series Revs up Tonight with UNT new Media Prof Jenny Vogel
The Fort Worth Modern is laying out the welcome mat for graduate students in art and art history, offering free admission and backstage access to visiting artists and lecturers in a program they’re calling the Modern Graduate Series. This year’s schedule of events kicks off tonight at 5pm Four times a year with a lecture [...]
Melissa Miller at the Grace Museum
No need to panic when you turn the corner of the second floor gallery at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and discover Melissa Miller‘s epic painting The Ark is MIA. As of August 22, it’s gone, but not for long. The museum has loaned it to Abilene’s Grace Museum for a major Melissa [...]
Texas Art Travel: Fort Worth
If great cities are measured by their cultural institutions, Fort Worth is extraordinary. Its Cultural District is compact, pedestrian-friendly and internationally famous for the five renowned museums lined up right next to each other. Designed by a stellar roster of blue chip architects, including Pritzker Prize winners Philip Johnson and Tadao Ando, each building has [...]
Building a Better Texas Biennial
The fantasy goes something like this: Most everyone was pleased with the clear, focused vision for the 2011 Texas Biennial. It was a brilliant success, with a tightly curated, single exhibition put together by a well-known curator from out of state. The show itself was held in a great institution in a city other than Austin, [...]
Regionalism in the 21st Century: a panel discussion
On Saturday, May 7th, 2011, Glasstire and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presented a panel in celebration of our 10th anniversary. “Regionalism in the 21st Century” featured Robert Storr, dean of the Yale University School of Art and curator of the 2007 Venice Biennale; David Pagel, Los Angeles Times art critic and associate [...]
Glasstire regionalism report
To mark our 10th anniversary, Glasstire is bringing a star-studded group of thinkers to the region to think about regionalism next Saturday. Robert Storr, dean of the Yale University School of Art and curator of the 2007 Venice Biennale; David Pagel, Los Angeles Times art critic and associate professor of art at Claremont Graduate University; [...]