Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
Is This the Most Important Building in Texas?
Why the Kimbell Art Museum, in Fort Worth, changed the state’s art world—and architectural ambitions—forever.
Kimbell Art Museum
Art
August 3, 2022
In Fort Worth, a Tale of Two Beheadings
In one shared gallery, contemporary portraitist Kehinde Wiley and Baroque-era painter Artemisia Gentileschi both depict the violent biblical story of Judith.
Art
November 20, 2019
Fort Worth Art Steps Into the Future
As the Amon Carter Museum reopens, a parallel movement highlighting local artists is flourishing.
Art
March 23, 2015
Where to Become an Art Patron
A guide to three great Texas museums.
Style & Design
December 5, 2013
The Renzo Piano Pavilion: The Kimbell’s Stylish, Sustainable New Addition
The proper way to build is with a mind to energy savings, says architect Renzo Piano, whose addition to the Kimbell Museum opens to the public on November 27.
Art
January 24, 2013
Change of Art
Just over forty years ago, Texas was the kind of place dismissed as hopelessly provincial and culturally mediocre. But then came the Kimbell Art Museum.
Art
January 21, 2013
Straight From the Art
From Fort Worth’s Kimbell to Houston’s Menil, Texas’s museums are home to some of the world's most important paintings and sculptures. To devise a list of our ten greatest works on view, we asked more than sixty curators, gallery owners, critics, and other insiders for their favorites.
Art
January 21, 2013
The Art Lover’s Companion
More than sixty art insiders gave us their list of favorite works of art to see in Texas. So grab your notepad, sketchbook, or iPad and take the ultimate tour of must-see art in Texas.
Art
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Jordan Breal
The associate editor on covering the arts scene in Texas.
Art
September 30, 2012
The Kimbell Is Looking Better Than Ever at 40
The man ushering the Kimbell Art Museum into a grand new era: Eric M. Lee.
Art
May 31, 2009
Art of the Weekend
Location: Dallas and Fort WorthWhat You’ll Need: Sketch pad, beretThe body of downtown Dallas has been prayed over more times than I can count. And while it may take an act of God to finally bring the Trinity River Project to life, there’s no question that when
Travel & Outdoors
June 1, 1990
Western Fling
With the cultural diversions of a big city and the country comforts of a small town, Fort Worth is the perfect place for a typically Texan weekend.
Art
October 1, 1986
The Eye of the Beholder
A museum in Texas is the last place Jacques-Louis David would expect to find his late masterpiece, but we’re glad it’s here.