The Modern’s "Untitled (Medici Boy)", 1953, by Joseph Cornell is a small wooden box with a front glass pane tinted blue...
Posted by Erin on January 5, 2011 - 3:27pm
Categories: On the Walls
Although he loathes the designation, pioneering conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner has given much to art. His text-based works...
Posted by Terri on December 6, 2010 - 3:52pm
Categories: On the Walls, Within the Walls
While sitting at my desk, thinking of a passage in William Faulkner’s "As I Lay Dying" concerning the horizontal and vertical in life, death, and art, I conjured up a mental image of the space and art in the fifth gallery...
Posted by on December 1, 2010 - 2:27pm
Categories: Within the Walls
Poison Tree from Modern Art Museum of FW on Vimeo.
Vernon Fisher's work, currently on view in Vernon Fisher: K-Mart Conceptualism, is often noted for its allusive quality.
Posted by Andrea D. on November 24, 2010 - 11:55am
Categories: On the Walls
In honor of Thanksgiving, David Bates’s "Thanksgiving Dinner" (1982) has been installed in the second floor galleries...
Posted by Andrea D. on October 29, 2010 - 3:07pm
Categories: On the Walls
One of my favorite holidays is fast approaching: Halloween. And while it's fun...
Posted by Andrea D. on September 27, 2010 - 12:30pm
Categories: Within the Walls
1. Tadao Ando’s homage to Marcel Duchamp is...
Posted by Terri on September 21, 2010 - 10:29am
Categories: Within the Walls
Conversation is plentiful after the Eve Sussman|Rufus Corporation presentation...
Posted by Terri on September 13, 2010 - 3:44pm
Categories: Podcasts, Within the Walls
This past Tuesday, in spite of torrential rain and tornado watches, ninety-four undeterred people gathered to hear from artist, writer, and professor Michael Corris. These faithful folks were rewarded with a sometimes dense, often funny, and consistently thoughtful presentation on issues concerning the use of text in contemporary art.
Posted by Laura M. on September 9, 2010 - 12:54pm
Categories: On the Walls
On August 15, the New York Times published an article documenting the journey of five scientists who left their electronically dependent lives...
Posted by Lindsey D. on August 24, 2010 - 9:15am
Categories: Viewfinder, Within the Walls
Smooth, cold, solid, constant, gray, natural, soft.
Posted by Ailie on August 12, 2010 - 4:06pm
Categories: On the Walls
As summer comes to an end, I find myself thinking about some of the season's finer qualities. Despite the sometimes-oppressive heat...
Posted by Ailie on August 9, 2010 - 9:04am
Categories: On the Walls
Tucked in the corner of one of the Modern's upstairs galleries is a medium-sized, black-and-white photograph by Hiroshi Sugimoto...
Posted by Laura M. on August 3, 2010 - 2:43pm
Categories: On the Walls
As a child, I was unnerved by our attic. Every Christmas, when my father climbed its ladder to retrieve a box of tinsel or lights...
Posted by Lindsey D. on August 3, 2010 - 10:36am
Categories: Viewfinder, Within the Walls
Drawing from artists such as Guston, Gerhard, Warhol, and Ruscha, artist Libby Black led students in Art Study last week...
