The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Where art, architecture, and ideas meet. Fridays are free! "Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers" on view through September 27!
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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is a leader in collecting, showing, and interpreting art from the 1940s to the present. Situated in the heart of the Cultural District, the creative center of the city, the Modern has been housed since 2002 in an elegant concrete, glass, and steel building designed by the renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando. In addition to 53,000 square feet of soaring, light

-filled gallery space and landscaped grounds with outdoor sculptures, the museum features a reflecting pond, theater, elegant private event facilities, education center, gift shop, and café, creating a thriving hub for our community and beyond.

Did you miss artist Rashid Johnson’s conversation with the Modern’s Chief Curator Andrea Karnes in March? Good news! The...
05/28/2026

Did you miss artist Rashid Johnson’s conversation with the Modern’s Chief Curator Andrea Karnes in March? Good news! Their talk, held in conjunction with the opening of “Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” explores the ideas, materials, and conceptual underpinnings that shape the exhibition and is available online now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAjivwn70Q8&t=3s

05/27/2026

Last weekend, the Modern hosted Serbian sound artist Ivana Dama as part of Rashid Johnson, “Stage,” 2026. Throughout the run of the special exhibition “Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” a site-specific stage located in front of the Modern’s auditorium features both programmed performances and spontaneous activations.

Dama’s performances presented two different approaches to sound amplification. In “Echoes of Urgencies,” seen here, Dama revisited Cold War-era tools for public warning devices (e.g., klaxons, horns, alarms) and recontextualized them as free-form musical instruments, using various air pressure tools to manipulate custom-made siren disks.

Visit our website to learn more and see upcoming performances for Rashid Johnson, “Stage,” 2026 events: https://www.themodern.org/performances

Do you have an almost 5-year-old at home? We have a few spots left for Summer Art Camp, during the week beginning June 8...
05/24/2026

Do you have an almost 5-year-old at home? We have a few spots left for Summer Art Camp, during the week beginning June 8. Scholarships are available!

Art campers spend time in the galleries and on the museum grounds exploring art and architecture, followed by sessions in the museum studio with artist-instructors. The final day of camp concludes with a reception and exhibition of campers’ artwork, when campers celebrate their creative accomplishments with family and friends.

Learn more about Art Camp: https://www.themodern.org/program/art-camp-almost-5-5

05/23/2026

Created in response to the special exhibition “Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” the Modern Shop is featuring handmade ceramic vases and plants. Many artworks in the exhibition feature living plants, whose presence suggests attentiveness, nurture, and self-care—key themes in the artist’s work. Stop by the Modern Shop on your next visit to the museum to see their array of small-batch goods. 

The Modern has appointed Clarissa Morales as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Morales joins the Modern from the Ca...
05/19/2026

The Modern has appointed Clarissa Morales as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Morales joins the Modern from the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, where, as Deputy Director, she implemented transformative systems and policies to elevate artistic and operational outcomes. Morales will begin her role at the Modern on July 1. She is the first person to hold this position at the museum.

As COO, Morales will be a key member of the museum’s leadership team, providing strategic leadership and oversight of museum operations as well as working closely with the Director and staff to further the museum’s mission and vision.

“We are delighted to welcome Clarissa to the Modern in the newly created role of COO. She brings key knowledge of optimizing museum operations to align with institutional goals, and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence. From a pool of highly qualified candidates, Clarissa stood out as a dynamic and transformational leader with demonstrated experience steering complex operations for world class art museums,” stated Dr. Halona Norton-Westbrook, Director.

The Blue Star Museum program begins today, May 16 (Armed Forces Day)! The Modern is proud to be a part of this initiativ...
05/16/2026

The Blue Star Museum program begins today, May 16 (Armed Forces Day)! The Modern is proud to be a part of this initiative. Blue Star Museums offers free admission to the nation’s active-duty and retired military personnel and their families, including the National Guard and Reserve. The program ends on September 7 (Labor Day).

Don’t miss your chance to view the special exhibition “Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” on view all summer and closing September 27. Plan your visit to explore the art of our time at the Modern: https://www.themodern.org/visit/hours-and-admission.
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Artwork: Rashid Johnson, “The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual (The Power of Healing),” 2008. Rubell Museum, Miami and Washington, DC © Rashid Johnson

Throughout the run of the special exhibition “Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” a site-specific stage located i...
05/14/2026

Throughout the run of the special exhibition “Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” a site-specific stage located in front of the Modern’s auditorium features both programmed performances and spontaneous activations. Inspired by the exhibition, Stomping Ground Comedy’s ensemble of improvisers moves between the profound and the profoundly ridiculous during this night of unscripted comedy. Enjoy this free improv performance at the Modern on Friday, May 22 at 6 pm.

Learn more about this performance and other Rashid Johnson, “Stage,” 2026 events: https://www.themodern.org/performances/improv-deep-thinkers

Throughout the run of the special exhibition “Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” a site-specific stage located i...
05/11/2026

Throughout the run of the special exhibition “Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” a site-specific stage located in front of the Modern’s auditorium features both programmed performances and spontaneous activations. Join us on Friday, May 22 at 2 pm and Saturday, May 23 at 3 pm for free performances by Serbian sound artist Ivana Dama.

These performances present two different approaches to sound amplification. Dama’s first performance, “Echoes of Urgencies,” revisits Cold War-era tools for public warning devices (e.g., klaxons, horns, alarms) and recontextualizes them through custom-made “siren disks” as free-form musical instruments. In “Figures in Air,” Dama blurs the lines between microphone, sound, amplifier, and audience via a unique, theremin-like instrument. With it, the artist’s soundless gestures are ascribed to different frequencies and pitches, disrupting spaces through paradoxical acts that are both silent and musical.

Learn more about these performances and other Rashid Johnson, “Stage,” 2026 events: https://www.themodern.org/performances

Today, we celebrate the remarkable art, vision and legacy of Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) who was born in Guyana . Willi...
05/08/2026

Today, we celebrate the remarkable art, vision and legacy of Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) who was born in Guyana . Williams developed a powerful visual language that moved between abstraction and figuration, grounded in a profound awareness of humanity’s relationship to the environment, history, and the cosmos.

Last year, the Modern’s exhibition “Feeling Color: Aubrey Williams and Frank Bowling” celebrated the work of Williams and Bowling (b. 1934), two tour de force artists exhibited together as a duo for the first time, and highlighted their respective contributions to the story of post-World War II abstract painting.
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Aubrey Williams, “Realm of the Sun,” 1982. Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Museum purchase. © Estate of Aubrey Williams, Courtesy of the Estate of Aubrey Williams and October Gallery, London

October Gallery

05/07/2026

British painter Jenny Saville was born in 1970. Her solo exhibition “Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting” was recently on view at the Modern from October 2025 through January of this year, and the artist decided to make a special print to mark the occasion.

A limited number of signed prints by the Saville of her artwork “Melody” are available for purchase exclusively at the Modern, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting the Museum. This unframed, full-color digital archival print can be purchased online or in-person at the Modern Shop; shipping is available.
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Jenny Saville, “Melody”(print), 2025. Full-color digital archival print. 28 1/8 x 23 9/16 inches, unframed. © Jenny Saville

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