Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

In honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth, the Modern is highlighting artworks in its permanent collection by Latinx artists.     October also marks #PhotographerAppreciationMonth. “Body En Thrall, p114-15 from Indigenous Woman” is a 2018 photograph by Guatemalan American artist Martine Gutierrez. As an interracial non-binary transwoman, Gutierrez’s photographs and videos explore gender, race, class, and sexuality while considering conventional ideals of beauty and identity as a social construct. In 2018 Gutierrez created “Indigenous Woman,” a glossy magazine-style publication that closely mirrors Andy Warhol’s “Interview” magazine in form and production. Gutierrez assumed the role of editor, writer, model, designer, ad executive, and photographer, creating fictional advertising and high-fashion spreads in which the artist continually reinvents herself.     Gutierrez states, “’Indigenous Woman’ marries the traditional to the contemporary, the native to the post-colonial, and the marginalized to the mainstream in the pursuit of genuine selfhood, revealing cultural inequities along the way. This is a quest for identity. Of my own specifically, yes, but by digging my pretty, painted nails deeply into the dirt of my own image I am also probing the depths for some understanding of identity as a social construction.”    Learn more about “Indigenous Woman” directly from the artist; she visited the Modern in 2019 for a Tuesday Evenings lecture: https://lnkd.in/gvt3-Zek  ___    Artwork: Martine Gutierrez, “Body En Thrall, p114-15 from Indigenous Woman,” 2018. C-print mounted on Sintra. 71 3/4 × 107 3/4 × 2 inches, framed. Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Gift of the Director’s Council and Museum purchase, 2020. © Martine Gutierrez   #MartineGutierrez   

“Jonah Freeman + Justin Lowe: Sunset Corridor” is now on view! Plan your visit to experience this immersive architectural installation through January 5. The Museum is open every day except Monday from 10 am–5 pm, and is open late on Fridays until 8 pm. Don’t forget that you can hear from artists Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe tomorrow, October 5 at 2 pm as the inaugural lecture in our Exhibition Lecture Series. Learn more about this exhibition and its related programs and events: https://lnkd.in/gQUwF4_q ___ Artwork: Jonah Freeman + Justin Lowe, "Sunset Corridor," 2024. Mixed media. Dimensions variable. Installation view, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Courtesy of San San International © Jonah Freeman + Justin Lowe #SunsetCorridor #FreemanLowe #JonahFreeman #JustinLowe #SanSanInternational #Installation

“Alex Da Corte: The Whale” opens at the Modern on March 2, 2025, and will be on view through September 7, 2025. This is the first museum exhibition to survey the interdisciplinary artist’s long relationship with painting. Focusing on the past decade of Da Corte’s career, this exhibition features more than forty paintings, several drawings, and a video that considers painting as a performative act.  Organized by the Modern and Curator Alison Hearst, the exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with a special contribution from Da Corte and essays by Hearst, poet and critic Hanif Abdurraqib, art historian Suzanne Hudson, and scholar Kemi Adeyemi.    Learn more about this exhibition: https://lnkd.in/gAinTSnW  ___  Artwork:   [1] Alex Da Corte, “The Anvil,” 2023. Neoprene, EPS foam, upholstery foam, staples, thread, polyester fiber, epoxy clay, MDF, plywood. 119 × 139 inches. © Alex Da Corte. Photo by Natalie Piserchio  [2] Alex Da Corte, “Born on the Floor,” 2016. Digital print on poplin, foam, spray paint, anodized metal frame, plexiglass, sequin pins, velvet. 56 × 56 × 1 1/2 inches. © Alex Da Corte. Photo by John Bernardo  [3] Alex Da Corte, “The Pied Piper,” 2019. Neoprene, EPS foam, upholstery foam, staples, thread, polyester fiber, epoxy clay, MDF, plywood. 120 × 120 × 6 1/2 inches. © Alex Da Corte. Photo by Karma  #AlexDaCorte #AlexDaCorteTheWhale 

Get a behind-the-scenes tour of “Jonah Freeman + Justin Lowe: Sunset Corridor” during installation from the point of view of the artists. This immersive architectural exhibition opens this week on Friday, October 4.  ___  Jonah Freeman + Justin Lowe, “Sunset Corridor,” 2024. In-progress installation view, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Mixed media. Dimensions variable. Courtesy San San International. © Jonah Freeman + Justin Lowe. Video by Jonah Freeman  #SunsetCorridor #FreemanLowe #JonahFreeman #JustinLowe #SanSanInternational #Installation 

Through October 15, we’re celebrating #HispanicHeritageMonth with FREE public programs highlighting the rich cultural heritage and artistic contributions of the Latinx community. Hear from the Modern’s Assistant Curator of Education for Public Programs Fernando Alvarez to see what’s going on at the Modern!    Join us for First Friday at the Modern on October 4 from 5–8 pm. Café Modern is serving Mexican-inspired light bites for purchase and a Spotlight Tour at 6:30 pm will highlight artworks by Latinx artists. Drawing from the Collection for Adults and Teens and Drawing from the Collection for Children classes are on October 6 at 2 pm, led by bilingual artist-instructors Francisco Alvarado and Ivette Ramos Levy.     Plan your visit to the Modern this month!  ___    Artwork:  [1] Alfred Jensen, “The Earth’s North-East-South Tilt,” 1974. Oil on canvas. 90 5/8 × 90 7/8 × 1 1/2 inches framed. Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Museum purchase © Alfred Jensen  [2] From left to right, “Made Men: They Say Every Man Must Need Protection,” “Made Men: They Say Every Man Must Fall,” “Made Men: Yet I Swear I See My Reflection,” and “Made Men: Any Day Now, I Shall Be Released,” all works by Vincent Valdez, 2002. Pastel on paper, 61 x 48 5/8 x 2 3/8 inches each. Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Gift of the Estate of Edmund W. Schenecker II in Memory of Anne Marion. © Vincent Valdez.   #AlfredJensen #VincentValdez #LatinxArt

We invite you to join us next Saturday, October 5 at 2 pm as we kick off our Exhibition Lecture Series with artists Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe. The collaborative duo will discuss their 2024 exhibition “Sunset Corridor,” opening at the Modern on October 4.    The Exhibition Lecture Series is a dynamic new program featuring curators and artists from the Modern’s special exhibitions and permanent collection. This series provides a rare opportunity to explore the creative processes, curatorial strategies, and artistic visions that shape modern and contemporary art. The Exhibition Lecture Series is a free program open to the public.    Seating begins at 1:30 pm. Free admission tickets (limit two per person) are available at the Modern’s information desk beginning at noon on the day of the lecture. A limited number of tickets (limit two per person) will be available for purchase online ($5) from 10 am until 4 pm the day before the lecture.  ___  Image: Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe. Photo by Jens Henrik Daugaard #SunsetCorridor #FreemanLowe #JonahFreeman #JustinLowe #SanSanInternational #Installation 

Abstract Expressionist and color field painter Mark Rothko (originally named Marcus Rothkowitz) was born #OnThisDay in 1903 in present-day Latvia. The Modern’s permanent collection includes two of the artist’s paintings and one work on paper. These large paintings employ his iconic soft-edged and layered rectangular composition.     In 1978 Rothko said, “I realize that historically the function of painting large pictures is painting something very grandiose and pompous. The reason I paint them, however … is precisely because I want to be very intimate and human. To paint a small picture is to place yourself outside your experience … [with] the larger picture, you are in it. It isn’t something you command.”      Celebrate the artist’s birthday by visiting the Modern today to experience “White Band No. 27,” on view now in the first-floor galleries.  ___    Quote credit:  Mark Rothko, quoted in Diane Waldman, “Mark Rothko: 1903–1970; A Retrospective” (New York: Harry N. Abrams and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1978), 62.   Artwork:  [1–2] Mark Rothko, “White Band No. 27,” 1954. Oil on canvas. 81 1/4 × 87 inches, unframed. Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Gift of Anne Windfohr Marion. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko  [3] Mark Rothko, “Light Cloud, Dark Cloud,” 1957. Oil on canvas. 66 × 61 3/4 inches, unframed. Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Museum purchase, The Benjamin J. Tillar Memorial Trust. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko  #MarkRothko #AbstractArt #AbstractExpressionism #ModernArt #Painting 

Through October 15, we’re honoring Latinx artists whose works are in the Modern’s permanent collection for #HispanicHeritageMonth.    Born in 1963, artist Teresa Margolles grew up on the west coast of Mexico. During the 1980s, drug and arms trading coalesced in the area, leading to the rise of one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the Americas. Margolles witnessed the destructive effects this had on the community and decided to train in forensic medicine and communication science. Her artistic practice frequently incorporates artifacts from the morgue and debris from crime scenes to memorialize the people lost to Mexico’s systemic corruption.    Margolles’s “Untitled” (Sin título), 2010, is comprised of six concrete benches. Visitors can discover an inscription in Spanish, carved on the back of one of the benches like an epitaph. It reads “Benches made of cement mixed with water used to wash bodies of murdered people in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 2010.” Although the inscription may repel at first reading, it creates an opportunity to reflect on death and the repercussions of unconstrained violence.    This sculpture is permanently on view on the Modern’s lawn and is accessible despite ongoing maintenance work on the reflecting pond. Plan your visit to see this emotional work.   Artwork:  Teresa Margolles, “Untitled,” 2010. Six cement benches cast with sanitized water used in the washing of bodies of homicide victims in the Guadalajara morgue. 20 1/2 x 78 3/4 x 31 1/2 inches overall. Initially commissioned by LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) for the exhibition VIA/Stage 2 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A prior form of the piece was produced by the Colección Isabel and Agustín Coppel for the Botanical Garden in Culiacán, Mexico, 2006. Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Museum purchase. © Teresa Margolles  #TeresaMargolles #MexicanArt #Sculpture #LatinxArt 

“Jonah Freeman + Justin Lowe: Sunset Corridor” opens in just over two weeks on Friday, October 4.     This immersive architectural installation is the latest chapter in the artists’ deep dive into the San San Universe, their fictional, retrofuturistic domain. San San is partially based on a futurist theory put forth by Herman Kahn and Anthony J. Weiner in their book “The Year 2000” (1967), which speculated that San Diego and San Francisco would merge into one giant metropolis by the turn of the twenty-first century.     Although this prediction never came to pass, the theory is foundational to Freeman and Lowe’s creation: an adjacent world that parallels modern-day reality and illuminates our society’s relationships to technology, music, drugs, subcultures, and politics. Crossing the threshold into this immersive exhibition, one is transported into a slightly nostalgic yet alien parallel realm, where simultaneous feelings of displacement and familiarity invite exploration.    Learn more about this exhibition: https://lnkd.in/gQUwF4_q  ___  #SunsetCorridor #FreemanLowe #JonahFreeman #JustinLowe #SanSanInternational #Installation

For #HispanicHeritageMonth, the Modern is hosting FREE public programs highlighting the rich cultural heritage and artistic contributions of the Latinx community. Hear from the Modern’s Docent and Tour Administrator Maria Barrientos about the fun events happening this month!    Three docent-led tours highlighting works by Latinx artists are planned, including the Slow Art Tour on September 20, Spanish-language Tour on September 27, and First Friday Spotlight Tour on October 4. Both Drawing from the Collection classes on October 6 will be taught by bilingual artist instructors Francisco Alvarado and Ivette Ramos Levy. In addition to these education programs, Café Modern is serving Mexican-inspired light bites for First Friday on October 4.    Plan your visit to the Modern this month!  ___    Artwork:  [1] Martine Gutierrez, “Body En Thrall, p114-15 from Indigenous Woman,” 2018. C-print mounted on Sintra. 71 3/4 × 107 3/4 × 2 inches, framed. Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Gift of the Director's Council and Museum purchase, 2020. © Martine Gutierrez  [2] Gabriel Orozco, “Vitruvius Nataraja,” 2023. Tempera and gold leaf on linen canvas. 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 overall. Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Museum purchase. © Gabriel Orozco  [3] Mario García Torres, “The Schlieren Plot,” no date. High-definition video with sound. Duration: 29 minutes. Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Museum purchase with funds gifted by an Anonymous Donor. © Mario García Torres  #MartineGutierrez #GabrielOrozco #MarioGarcíaTorres #MexicanArt