Susan Davidson, with Catherine Craft and Carrie Moyer

“His dedication to abstraction and his determination, in the monumental and extensive series ‘Elegies to the Spanish Republic,’ to evoke the emotional implications of political events seem particularly relevant to the present moment: with crises from climate change and the invasion of Ukraine to the ongoing tolls of racism and broken governance all but demanding a response from artists, the example of a predecessor deeply

María Elena Ortiz

I’m also very excited to work with the audiences at the Modern. I’ve been there just for a couple of weeks, and I’ve been very impressed when I walk through the galleries, hearing people talking about art and the type of conversations that they’re having. I’ve just never seen anything like it, to be honest...” —María Elena Ortiz, excerpt from a conversation with Marcheta Fornoff for the Fort Worth Report (September 13, 2022)

Mendi + Keith Obadike

Mendi: We are trying to experience what the sounds hold. ... As Keith said to me earlier “change the air.” Keith: It is a subtle way of working. I think it’s what we like about it. Mendi: Our ephemeral inheritance also holds information.  —Excerpts from Mendi + Keith Obadike - Being There: Tuesday Evenings with the Modern (November 11, 2020), with guest curator and artist lauren woods

Kristin Lucas and Paul Slocum

The most playful interactive work in “I’ll Be Your Mirror” is Kristin Lucas’s “FlARmingos,” an augmented reality experience that allows the user to dance with animated flamingos superimposed on real-life settings. First created in 2017, the piece has evolved through the years. —Susan Delson, “Making Art for the Age of Screens,” Wall Street Journal (January 13, 2023)

Kahlil Robert Irving

Your work can be everlasting. There are always citations inside of the citations. Process inside of process. You’re underscoring the relationship between body and machine. You as the creator and the ways various technology informs your process...
—Legacy Russell, from a 2022 interview she and Thelma Golden conducted with Kahlil Robert Irving for the Museum of Modern Art exhibition they curated, Projects: Kahlil Robert Irving.

Modern by Moonlight | Otsukimi Festival 2023

Modern by Moonlight | Otsukimi Festival
September 16, 7-10 pm
(Adult Event, Age 16+)

In recognition of the rich heritage of Tadao Ando, the architect of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth building, you are invited to celebrate Otsukimi, the annual Japanese festival that honors the autumn moon and the season ahead.

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Paper Tigers

Paper Tigers chronicles a year in the life of Lincoln High School in the community of Walla Walla, Washington. The kids who come to Lincoln have a history of truancy, behavioral problems and substance abuse. After Lincoln's principal is exposed to research about the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), he decides to radically change the school's approach to discipline. With the aid of diary camera footage, the film follows six students.

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