The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth has announced the loan (and exhibition) of 90 works on paper by Italian artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-1664). The lender? Queen Elizabeth II herself…
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On Friday, September 11, DFW favorite Malcolm Warner — former deputy director of the Kimbell Art Museum— will return to the museum to give an early evening lecture titled “Henry Raeburn:…
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STARRING RENZO PIANO AS MICK JAGGER
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy LewisAfter the lecture was a tightly coiled media hour. A star was in the building. The star that built the building was in the building. I was stunned by the amount of poetry and humor that emerged inside a handful of minutes.
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Zoomable X-rays Add New Wonk-Appeal to Kimbell’s Collection: New iPad App Features Conservation Info
The only thing more interesting to the general public about high-end art than its’ outrageous auction price is the incredible, finicky details of its conservation. The Kimbell has created an…
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Greatest Work by Greatest Painter Who Has Ever Lived Acquired by Kimbell: Fort Worth New Navel of 18th Century Art World
The Kimbell in Fort Worth has a knack for making exciting news out of old paintings: they have announced an new acquisition, bigger than the Michelangelo monsters, more sacred than…
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Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910-1912 at the Kimbell Art Museum
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy LewisThere is a popular myth that Genius Is Born Of Suffering. The idea is so pervasive and pretentious it demands every word be capitalized when written. Yet the Kimbell Art Museum’s Picasso…
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Adam Silverman’s “Reverse Archaeology” for the Kimbell Art Museum
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekAfter studying and practicing architecture in the 80s and 90s, working in the clothing industry and studying business management, Adam Silverman couldn’t ignore his deep leanings toward ceramics anymore, a…
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100+ art museums will take part in this year’s Art Museum Day on May 18, and some of them are in Texas: The Amon Carter , El Paso Museum of…