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Kimbell Art Museum

Name: Kimbell Art Museum
Address: 3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, US
Telephone: +18173328451
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⮕ Permanent collection is always free For more information, visit kimbellart.org.
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The Kimbell Art Museum, owned and operated by the Kimbell Art Foundation, is internationally renowned for both its collections and its architecture. The Kimbell’s collections range in period from antiquity to the 20th century and include European masterpieces by artists such as Fra Angelico, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Bernini, Velázquez, Monet, Cézanne, Picasso and Matisse; important collections of Egyptian and classical antiquities; and the art of Asia, Africa and the Ancient Americas. The museum’s 1972 building, designed by the American architect Louis I. Kahn, is widely regarded as one of the outstanding architectural achievements of the modern era. A second building, designed by world-renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, opened in 2013 and now provides space for special exhibitions, dedicated classrooms and a 289-seat auditorium with excellent acoustics for music. Social Media Community Guidelines

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10/20/2026

Have you revisited our Asian art galleries lately?

A new rotation is now on view in the north gallery of the Piano Pavilion, featuring hanging scrolls, ceramics, and sculptures from the Kimbell collection.

Explore remarkable works from Japan, China, and Korea, such as the expressive dry lacquer “Gigaku Mask of the Karura Type” and delicately painted silk scroll “Pink and White Lotus.”

See what's on view: https://kimbellart.org/AsianCollection
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Photography by Robert LaPrelle, Kimbell Art Museum

10/19/2026

Move over, Thing. 🖐️

This uncanny photograph may be fit for spooky season, but it was created to showcase a photographic breakthrough.

The title playfully references the study of hands, while also emphasizing the image's technical achievement: it was printed in just one hour using electric light rather than daylight, an innovation at the time.

See this work in “Photography's First Century: Masterworks from the Bibliothèque nationale de France,” on view now: https://kimbellart.org/photography
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Félix Nadar, “The Hand of the Banker D*** (Chirographic Study), Printed in One Hour by Electric Light” (detail), 1861. Purchased from the Nadar studio holdings, from Anne Nadar, widow of Paul Nadar, 1950. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Department of Prints and Photography

10/18/2026

Think Halloween stories are scary? Ancient Greek myths can be worse. 🫣

After Pentheus, the mythical king of Thebes, denied the divinity of Dionysos and forbade his worship, the god exacted a terrible revenge.

Driven into a frenzy at the will of Dionysos, a group of Theban women mistook Pentheus for a wild beast in the woods and, as Dionysos had desired, tore him limb from limb.

Inside the cup, a maenad grasps a magic wand and glances over her shoulder, perhaps in response to the gruesome events depicted on the exterior.

Created around 480 B.C., this masterpiece by Douris brilliantly portrays one of mythology's most chilling tales.

See this work in the south gallery of the Kahn Building.
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Douris, “Red-Figure Cup Showing the Death of Pentheus (exterior) and a Maenad (interior),” c. 480 B.C. Kimbell Art Museum

10/16/2026

Meet the strange and spectacular creatures that lurk in the museum. 😈🧜‍♂️🐍🪽

In our upcoming Kimbell Casual Friday on October 23, discover how artists across cultures have used monsters, hybrids, and ghouls to signify power and inspire fear and awe.

Get creative with an “Exquisite Corpse” collaborative drawing exercise and explore otherworldly figures in art from the collection.

This free, 45-minute program begins at 5:30 pm. No registration is required. Learn more: https://kimbellart.org/event/kimbell-casual-friday-30
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Clockwise from top left: Michelangelo Buonarroti, “The Torment of St. Anthony” (detail), 1487; Joseph Mallord William Turner, “Glaucus and Scylla” (detail), 1841; “Tripod Vessel with Lid,” Maya, c. A.D. 400–500. Fra Angelico (Fra Giovanni da Fiesole), “The Apostle Saint James the Greater Freeing the Magician Hermogenes” (detail), c. 1426–29. Kimbell Art Museum

10/15/2026

On the final day of Hispanic Heritage Month, we honor the artistic legacy of the Maya through “Stela with a Ruler.”

Carved more than 1,300 years ago, this monument portrays K'inich B'alam (Sun-Faced Jaguar), ruler of El Perú, and commemorates a significant figure in Maya history.

Intricate imagery of deities, water lilies, fish, and serpents presents the ruler as both protector of his people and guarantor of agricultural prosperity.

Discover this remarkable work in the north gallery of the Kahn Building. General admission to see our collection is always free.
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“Stela with a Ruler,” Maya, A.D. 692. Kimbell Art Museum

10/14/2026

Explore the intersection of art, science, and ecology at our next Artist’s Eye talk. 🌿

Join us Saturday, October 17, at 11 am for a discussion in the galleries with Dallas-based artist Dornith Doherty.

Doherty’s collage-like photographs employ striking design and brilliant color to reveal the hidden structures of the plant world. Beneath their decorative surfaces, they consider such issues as environmental stewardship, the passage of time, and humanity’s evolving relationship with nature.

The artist joins deputy director George T. M. Shackelford for a conversation connecting contemporary practice to works from the Kimbell’s collection.

No registration is required for this free talk. Learn more: https://kimbellart.org/event/artists-eye-45
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Dornith Doherty, “Before Midnight,” 2025. Courtesy of Conduit Gallery, Dallas; Henri Matisse, “L'Asie (Asia),” 1946. Kimbell Art Museum. © 2026 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

10/12/2026

LAST CHANCE TO APPLY 📷

Applications close Monday, October 19, for our upcoming analog photography showcase.

We are seeking lens-based artists who work with traditional processes such as wet plate, cyanotype, and film.

Six photographers will be selected to participate in a special Second Saturday event on December 12, presented in conjunction with “Photography’s First Century: Masterworks from the Bibliothèque nationale de France.”

Apply today: kimbellart.org/OpenCall
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Rogi André, “Peggy Guggenheim at the Window of Her Apartment, with the Apse of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, in the Background” (detail), c. 1940. Purchased from the Rogi André studio holdings after the artist’s death, 1970. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Department of Prints and Photography

10/11/2026

Photography crossed the Atlantic soon after its announcement in Paris in 1839, laying the groundwork for decades of artistic exchange between France and the United States.

In the upcoming talk, “Affinities and Echoes: Passages in French and American Photography,” Charles Wylie, curator of photographs at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, will examine the rich connections between photographers including Eugène Atget, Berenice Abbott, Man Ray, and André Kertész.

Join us on Wednesday, October 14, at 12:30 pm. Admission is free, and no registration is required. Learn more: https://kimbellart.org/event/wednesday-series-art-context-30
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André Kertész, “Saint-Thégonnec, May 23, 1929 (Rogi André Sleeping)” (detail), May 23, 1929, Purchased from the Rogi André studio holdings after the artist’s death, 1970. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Department of Prints and Photography

10/10/2026

“Happy Age! Golden Age, where without tribulation / The heart knows to surrender to innocent pleasures.”

French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau was born on this day in 1684. As a young man he moved to Paris, where he began painting figures in decorative and theatrical dress.

Those early interests helped shape the “fête galante,” the elegant scenes of courtship and leisure for which he became famous.

At the center of the composition sits a boy dressed as Pierrot, the beloved clown of the commedia dell'arte, reflecting Watteau's lasting fascination with the theater and its characters.

See this painting in the south gallery of the Kahn Building.
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Jean-Antoine Watteau, “Heureux age! Age d'or (Happy Age! Golden Age),” c. 1716–20. Kimbell Art Museum

10/09/2026

A fresh view of a masterpiece 🍈

“The Cut Melon” (1760) by Jean Siméon Chardin returns to the Kimbell's galleries after conservation treatment of both the painting and its original frame, a rare survival for an Old Master work.

Thanks to historical records and sketches from the Paris Salon of 1761, we know the painting is displayed today in the same distinctive frame seen by 18th-century audiences.

Conservation treatment removed discolored varnish from the painting, revealing Chardin's cooler palette and vibrant brushwork. Restoration of the gilded frame brought renewed clarity to its intricate olive branch and chain motifs.

See “The Cut Melon” in the south gallery of the Kahn Building.

Learn more: https://kimbellart.org/news-and-stories/chardin-conservation
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Installation views of Jean Siméon Chardin, “The Cut Melon,” 1760. Photography by Robert LaPrelle, Kimbell Art Museum

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3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX
76107

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	12pm - 8pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+18173328451

Website

http://www.kimbellart.org/

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