Associate curator Alison Hearst, who organizes the museum’s FOCUS series highlighting contemporary artists, said Magid is asking questions about value, the economy and human life. ... Eerie, powerful and complex, threaded together, the show is “a poetic reflection on value,” Hearst said.
James Russell, “Powerful and Complex: Jill Magid Reflects on Labor and Value at the Modern,” Arts and Culture Texas, January 10, 2022
“What passes between Jessica (Tilda Swinton) and Hernán (Elkin Díaz), and the sequence of images that follows, represent a quietly mind-blowing moment of cinema, something as wild and argument-provoking now as the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey was in 1968. You have to see it to believe it.” A. O. Scott, New York Times.
“Designed and deserving to be seen big and loud, Memoria is a hypnotic, unquantifiable, occasionally impenetrable sonic odyssey from a unique cinematic voice.” Jake Cunningham, Empire Magazine.
Fort Worth Opera presents Hattie Mae Lesley Resident Artist Showcase
This concert celebrates FWO singers and their artistry after a year in residence representing the company both onstage and throughout the community.
The aim of the Slow Art movement is to break with the often frenetic pace of modern life to simply enjoy works of art in a deliberate and unhurried fashion. Slow Art at the Modern invests in this pause with a 30-minute spotlight tour focusing on one work of art.
This short, 20-minute tour is narrowly focused on a single theme and is the perfect break from the First Friday action of the Grand Lobby. The tour starts at the information desk. Gallery admission is free on Friday.
Modern educators lead a family-oriented project via a short instructional video designed in relation to works in the Modern’s permanent collection. Click here for the video.
Join us for a special evening celebrating Women in Winemaking, featuring Melissa Moholt-Siebert of Ancient Oak Cellars.
Join us for First Friday at the Modern. We invite you to enjoy an evening of art and music.
The first Friday of each month, the Modern and Café Modern team up to bring you live music from the First Friday House Band, and drink specials and tasty light bites in the museum's Grand Lobby from 5 to 8 pm. Invite friends to enjoy a unique opportunity to experience the Modern in the evening.
This film by Academy Award nominee Mark Kitchell is the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement, spanning 50 years of activism. It chronicles the largest movement of the 20th century by telling vivid stories about people fighting – and succeeding – against the odds, from the Grand Canyon to Love Canal, from the oceans to the Amazon.
Flavors of Ethnic Souls
The Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Eyeglasses Duo
Alexander Borodin - String Trio in G Minor
Astor Piazzola - Oblivion arr. for String Trio
Anton Arensky - Quartet for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos
For ticket information, call 817.877.3003 or visit www.cmsfw.org
