By Bill Davenport on July 17, 2012
Art-Hunger, a new organization formed by Nick C. Kirk, John Worley and Mike Moffatt, is planning monthly indoor art markets for the newly refurbished Grapevine Convention/Visitors Bureau & Museum Complex at 636 S. Main St in Grapevine, TX, between Dallas and Ft. Worth. For a $30 registration fee, artists of all types will be granted [...]
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By Bill Davenport on March 16, 2012
Texas Christian University in Fort Worth has a new horned frog sculpture. The bronze reptile (technically, a lizard, mind you) by sculptor Joe Spear, is an amagalam of species, and will be named in an online contest later this month. Like the recent Fort Worth Vaquero-with-a-gun imbroglio, the frog’s installation was not without hitches- Spear [...]
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By Christina Patoski on August 24, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Blog, Christina Patoski | Tagged blanton, Dallas museum of art, fort worth modern, jom woodson, melissa miller, TCU, the ark |
By Christina Patoski on July 21, 2011
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 [...]
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By Glasstire on May 15, 2011
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 [...]
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