FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 26, 2017
Fort Worth, TX
Kendal Smith Lake
Manager of Communications
817.738.9215 x167
kendal@themodern.org
www.themodern.org
 
 
TUESDAY EVENINGS AT THE MODERN LECTURE SERIES
Spring 2017 Schedule
This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics is free and open to the public selected Tuesdays from February 28 through April 25. Visit www.themodern.org/programs/lectures for more information on each talk.
 
Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth's auditorium. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250; a live broadcast of the presentations is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. A limited number of tickets (limit two per person) are available for purchase ($5 each) from 10 am until 4 pm the day of the lecture online at www.themodern.org/programs/lectures. Free admission tickets (limit two per person) are available at the Modern's information desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. The museum galleries remain open until 7 pm on Tuesdays during the series (general admission applies). 
 
Café Modern serves cocktails and appetizers on Tuesday nights during the lecture series.   
 
Revisit the insightful lectures from Tuesday Evenings or discover new ways to look at works in the Museum's collection with the Modern Podcasts. Hear artists speak about their work, or listen to curators' perspectives and discussions, www.themodern.org/podcasts.
 
SCHEDULE   
  
February 28
Adam Lerner, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and Chief Animator in the Department of Fabrications
 
March 7
Alhena Katsof, graduate faculty at Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, curator, and writer based in New York 
 
March 21
Rhea Anastas, art historian, critic, curator, Associate Professor in the Department of Art, University of California, Irvine, and founding member of the experimental artist-run gallery Orchard
 
March 28
Noah Simblist, curator, writer, artist, and Chair and Associate Professor of Art at SMU Meadows School of the Arts
 
April 4
Richard Tuttle, post-minimalist artist based in New York City, Abiquiú, New Mexico, and Mount Desert, Maine
 
April 18
Robert Storr, curator, writer, critic, painter, former dean of the Yale University School of Art, and soon-to-be officer of France's Order of Arts and Letters
 
April 25
Annette Lawrence, artist and Professor of Studio Art at the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design
 
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LOCATION
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Telephone 817.738.9215
Toll-Free 1.866.824.5566
Fax 817.735.1161
www.themodern.org
 
Museum Gallery Hours
Tue 10 am-7 pm (Feb-Apr, Jun-Jul, Sep-Nov)
Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm
Fri 10 am-8 pm
 
General Admission Prices
(includes special exhibitions)
$4 for students with ID and seniors (60+)
$10 for adults (13+)
Free for children 12 and under
Free for Modern members
Free every Sunday and half-price every Wednesday.
 
CAFÉ MODERN
Lunch 
Tue-Fri 11 am-2:30 pm
Brunch 
Sat-Sun 10 am-3 pm
Dinner 
Fri 5-8:30 pm
Coffee, snacks, and dessert
10 am-4:30 pm
 
The Modern is closed Mondays and holidays, including New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas.
 
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