A Digital-Age Exhibit in Fort Worth Will Spike Your Blood Pressure
An anxiety-inducing new show at the Modern Art Museum reminds us just how thoroughly screens have co-opted our daily lives.
Marilyn Bailey, a sixth-generation Texan who grew up in Galveston, began copyediting for Texas Monthly in 2019 and joined the staff as an assistant editor in 2021. She previously spent a decade at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where she was a deputy copy desk chief and later A&E editor, and also wrote about books, local arts, and vegetarian food. She lives in Fort Worth with her husband and Oliver the giant dog.
An anxiety-inducing new show at the Modern Art Museum reminds us just how thoroughly screens have co-opted our daily lives.
In one shared gallery, contemporary portraitist Kehinde Wiley and Baroque-era painter Artemisia Gentileschi both depict the violent biblical story of Judith.
The town, an easy back-roads drive from Austin or DFW, is both quiet and brimming with worthy new shops and eateries.
While the honky-tonks and rodeos remain, the neighborhood is brimming with new life.