Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Presents TAKASHI MURAKAMI THE OCTOPUS EATS ITS OWN LEG June 10 - September 16, 2018

This summer, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth hosts the highly anticipated major retrospective Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, showcasing more than three decades of Murakami's paintings, from his earliest mature works to his most recent, never-before-seen paintings. Across over fifty works, this seminal exhibition reveals the consistent, universal themes that have guided the artist's work, reflecting his exquisite level of craft and insightful engagement with history.

Guitar Fort Worth presents Duo Möller-Fraticelli

Guitar Fort Worth presents Duo Möller-Fraticelli.  Johannes Möller and Laura Fraticelli are back in Texas on a US tour, and are bringing with them a uniquely charismatic approach to classical guitar, along with a repertoire ranging from Argentine composer Justo Tomás Morales, to Austro-Hungarian composer Johann Kaspar Mertz.
 

Thursday, October 19th, 2017 at 7:30 pm
$30 General Admission, $20 Students and 65+

Tickets:  http://www.guitarfortworth.org/masters-series

Luca Dellaverson

"Exuberance is beauty," William Blake said, and Luca Dellaverson's show is nothing if not exuberant. This 28-year-old artist has energy, ideas, ambition, and desire, along with an admirable sense of respect of art world elders and history. His paintings abound with references to literary, artistic, and pop culture figures ranging from Robert Graves, Cady Noland and David Hammons to Jurassic Park references. . . .

Texas Wesleyan Music at the Modern

The Texas Wesleyan University Music Department is excited to present a showcase concert at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on Saturday, October 21st at 2pm. The concert will feature student ensembles and student solo performers. Admission is FREE! We invite you to discover the many sounds of the Texas Wesleyan Music Department. Smaller. Smarter. For more information, please call 817.531.4992 or visit: https://txwes.edu/academics/artsletters/undergraduate-majors/music/

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Presents FOCUS: Nina Chanel Abney January 27-March 18, 2018

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October 4, 2017  

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Presents New Works by Ron Mueck February 16 - May 6, 2018

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October 2, 2017 

Sociologist Margee Kerr in conjunction with Misty Keasler: Haunt

Margee Kerr is a fear junkie. Roller coasters, haunted houses, heights, abandoned prisons, ghosts (well, maybe), even death—she confronts them with the relentlessness of a zombie Terminator. . . . Kerr goes deep into the biological and scientific definitions of fear, rather than dismissing the experience solely as an emotion. . . . “Every organism, from the fruit fly to the human, has a defense or threat response,” she reminds.

Misty Keasler

A driving force behind this series, which depicts interior rooms and exterior scenes, is that the subject matter takes photography to the edge of where it fails as a medium. “Photographs,” Keasler explains, “are often used to document an experience, yet the experience of walking through a haunted house is completely lost in each of the still images. . . . The immersive experience just does not translate.” Andrea Karnes, “Fear Fantasy,” Misty Keasler: Haunt

Artists Linda and Ed Blackburn in conversation with Mark Thistlethwaite

Linda and Ed Blackburn have made art and managed their careers in Fort Worth for many years, becoming important fixtures in the North Texas art community. Dr. Mark Thistlethwaite is the Kay and Velma Kimbell Art History Chair at TCU and a significant fixture in the community in his own right. All three have a long and enduring relationship with the Modern.

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