The Modern maintains one of the foremost collections of modern and contemporary international art in the central United States. Various movements, themes, and styles are represented, including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Pop art, and Minimalism, as well as aspects of New Image Painting from the 1970s and beyond, recent developments in abstraction and figurative sculpture, and contemporary movements in photography, video, and digital imagery.
Exhibition
Nov 20, 2012 - Aug 11, 2013
December 2012 is the 10th anniversary of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s building designed by Tadao Ando. The Modern will mark the anniversary with a series of new acquisitions on view this fall, culminating in a celebration gala and dinner on December 6, 2012.
Director Marla Price comments, “These are exciting additions to the Modern’s permanent collection. We are acquiring work by important new artists in several cases and increasing our holdings of works by Vernon Fisher, Dan Flavin, Howard Hodgkin, Sol LeWitt, Bruce Nauman, and Nicholas Nixon.”
Exhibition
Mar 31, 2013 - Jun 02, 2013
The city provides the context for the visually packed work of San Francisco native Barry McGee. Since the mid-1980s, when McGee was a teenager, he has lived in the city’s oldest neighborhood, the Mission District. At that time, the Mission held a colorful, somewhat seedy, antiestablishment atmosphere with a thriving culture of youth, alternative musicians, artists, and thinkers. The vibe of the Mission influenced the artist early on, and he began to infiltrate the area’s flourishing graffiti boom with images that he created to reflect his surroundings.
Films
May 26, 2013
“A great film. Ramin Bahrani [is] the best new American director of recent years . . . and Dennis Quaid gives one of the performances of a lifetime.” Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times. A farming family’s business is threatened by an unexpected crisis, further testing the relationship between a father and his rebellious son.
105 minutes; R for sexual content, including a strong graphic image, and for language
Films
May 26, 2013
“A great film. Ramin Bahrani [is] the best new American director of recent years . . . and Dennis Quaid gives one of the performances of a lifetime.” Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times. A farming family’s business is threatened by an unexpected crisis, further testing the relationship between a father and his rebellious son.
105 minutes; R for sexual content, including a strong graphic image, and for language
Films
May 26, 2013
“A great film. Ramin Bahrani [is] the best new American director of recent years . . . and Dennis Quaid gives one of the performances of a lifetime.” Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times. A farming family’s business is threatened by an unexpected crisis, further testing the relationship between a father and his rebellious son.
105 minutes; R for sexual content, including a strong graphic image, and for language
Cafe Modern
May 30, 2013
Café Modern chef Dena Peterson blends seasonal, local ingredients to create globally inspired, simply delicious fare. Join us for “ITALIAN WINE DINNER,” five-course wine dinner, Thursday, May 30 at 6:30 pm. Spend an elegant evening enjoying fresh, artfully crafted cuisine, matched perfectly with Italian wines served against the backdrop of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s iconic architecture and serene reflecting pond.
Course 1
Lemon Arancini, King crab, Fennel and Arugula Salad
Feudi Falanghina, Sannio Falanguina 2011
Cafe Modern
May 31, 2013
Featuring music on the patio with Greg Lewis.
Enjoy live music, creating a relaxing ambiance on the patio at Café Modern from 5 to 8 pm. Musicians will be featured beginning April 26 through the end of May, weather permitting. On Friday evenings, seating is available for dinner from 5 to 8:30 pm. For reservations at Cafe Modern.
Films
May 31, 2013
“French director François Ozon’s latest, based on Juan Mayorga’s play The Boy in the Back Row, is a riveting examination of the serpentine nature of storytelling and of the frequently blurry lines dividing fact and fiction.” David O’Connell, 20/20 Filmsight. A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher.
105 minutes; R; French with English subtitles
Films
May 31, 2013
“French director François Ozon’s latest, based on Juan Mayorga’s play The Boy in the Back Row, is a riveting examination of the serpentine nature of storytelling and of the frequently blurry lines dividing fact and fiction.” David O’Connell, 20/20 Filmsight. A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher.
105 minutes; R; French with English subtitles
