Old and New: Classical and Modern in Fort Worth

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Blanche Lazzell, Abstraction on Board, c. 1925

Joan Mitchell, Landscape for a Friend, 1977

Portrait of a Young Woman, known as the Maiden of Vulci, mid-1st century BCE

Karen and I hope you'll join us in the New Year to kick off America's 250th celebration with an exhibition of American Modernism, with time for the diverse offerings of neighboring museums.

Amon Carter Museum of American Art

American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection highlights Butt's vision of American creativity with 80 works, including paintings by Romare Bearden, Edward Hopper, Joan Mitchell, Alice Neel, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alma Thomas, and Andrew Wyeth, organized in thematic sections: Intimate Perspective, The Language of the Sea, Land Progressions, and Geometric Utopias/Dystopias.

Lunch on your own at the Kimbell Café, or MAMFW's Café Modern

Kimbell Art Museum

Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection, from large-scale figures of gods and goddesses to portraits of emperors and magnificent funerary monuments. Half of these sculptures, which range in date from the 5th century BC to the early 4th century AD, have been newly conserved and studied specifically for this exhibition.

Time for Kimbell's new acquisitions:

• Artemisia Gentileschi, Penitant Mary Magdalene, 1625

• Jean Siméon Chardin, The Cut Melon, 1760

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• "Highlights from the Permanent Collection" at MAMFW

Fort Worth — Jan 15, 2026

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