Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth evolved from its original founding in 1892 through several name changes and locations in the Texan city ​​of Fort Worth . His current tasks are to collect, exhibit and interpret international developments in the art of the time after the Second World War in all their forms .

Structure and location

The museum building was opened to the public in 2002. The architect is the Japanese Tadao Andō . The buildings are five elongated pavilions that are reflected in a water surface in front of them.

The museum is part of a cultural district of the city that also houses two other museums, the Kimbell Art Museum by architect Louis I. Kahn and the Amon Carter Museum , designed by Philip Johnson .

Exhibition space and collection

The more than 2,600 works by post-war artists owned by the museum are shown on an exhibition space of around 4,900 m². These include, among many others, works by Pablo Picasso , Anselm Kiefer , Robert Motherwell , Jackson Pollock , Gerhard Richter , Susan Rothenberg , Richard Serra , Andres Serrano , Cindy Sherman and Andy Warhol .

Special exhibitions

The museum also has areas where special exhibitions on the area of ​​collection are regularly shown.

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Coordinates: 32 ° 44 ′ 57.4 "  N , 97 ° 21 ′ 47"  W.