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The museum houses a permanent collection as well as rotating and touring exhibitions.

Hours: Sun 11am-5pm, Tue,Wed,Thu,Sat 10am-5pm, Fri 10am-8pm

Selections from the Permanent Collection

Daily

New acquisitions and old treasures from the Modern's permanent collection of modern and contemporary art.

Nicolas Nixon: The Brown Sisters

Daily

This series of 31 black and white portraits of the artist's wife and her three sisters offers a compelling look at both portraiture and familial re...

Focus: KAWS

Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sun., December 11 until Sun., February 19

Brian Donnelly, known professionally by the moniker KAWS, is interesting for many reasons. Like, for instance, the fact that he blends eleme...

Graduate Student Lectureship Program

First Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday of every month, 1:00pm

The Graduate Student Lectureship Program is allowing art graduate students the opportunity to present lectures on works presented at the Modern Art...

Public Tours

Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 2:00pm

A docent leads daily tours to provide visitors with a personal and up-close experience. For more information contact the dour coordinator at tours@...

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Dallas Observer Reviews and News

Tony Winner Turns Teacher

By Jayme Rutledge | Thu, January 05, 2012

Since the music industry became flooded with auto-tune mixes (lookin’ at you, T.I.) and “entertainers” (ahem, Britney), we’ve wondered: Does anyone, you know, sing anymore? There’s a place where the singing never stopped, where the neon lights are... More >
Maid In Fantasyland

By Merritt Martin | Thu, December 22, 2011

If we don’t look too closely, The Women on the 6th Floor appears to be a lighthearted French- and Spanish-language romp, set in the early 1960s and centered on a bored, bourgie French businessman rekindling his life-spark in the flat of some Spani... More >
Doom of a Doomsayer

By Alex Copeland | Thu, November 10, 2011

In ancient times people turned to oracles and soothsayers for guidance, but today we treat prophecy with a bit more skepticism, if not disdain. In the movie Take Shelter, Michael Shannon plays the role of Curtis LaForche, a blue-collar family man ... More >
They Might Be Giants

By Alex Copeland | Thu, September 29, 2011

Some moviegoers might consider themselves especially dedicated if they know the release date of a flick a few months in advance, but to be a real snob they'll have to go further. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is giving a sneak peek of this y... More >
California Dreaming

By Elizabeth Bair | Thu, September 22, 2011

If Jackson Pollock was the darling of abstract expressionism in New York during its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, then Richard Diebenkorn was the face of the movement in California. Known for his abstract figural works, Diebenkorn began painting ... More >