Kimbell Art Museum
Fort Worth, United States
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Museum Address
3333 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, United States
Fort Worth, United States
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Free permanent collection (exhibitions $16-18)
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The Kimbell Art Museum opened in 1972 in a building widely considered architect Louis Kahn's masterpiece. The cycloid vaults with their silvery natural light create an atmosphere of quiet contemplation rare among American museums. Industrialist Kay Kimbell and his wife Velma bequeathed their fortune to establish a museum for Fort Worth, and the foundation pursued quality over quantity, assembling a small but exceptional collection of paintings and sculptures.
European Old Masters form the core, including Caravaggio's The Cardsharps, one of his earliest genre scenes depicting a young man cheated at cards. Works by Michelangelo, El Greco, and Vigée Le Brun demonstrate the range of holdings. The museum added a Renzo Piano pavilion in 2013 for special exhibitions while preserving Kahn's serene original building. Asian antiquities and Pre-Columbian art extend the collection beyond Europe, and admission to the permanent galleries remains free.
Visiting Kimbell Art Museum
Caravaggio's The Cardsharps is a major draw. Georges de La Tour's Cheat with the Ace of Clubs and Michelangelo's earliest known painting, The Torment of Saint Anthony, are also here.
Louis Kahn's 1972 design is considered one of the finest museum buildings ever made. Barrel-vaulted concrete ceilings channel natural light onto the art. Renzo Piano added a second building in 2013. Claude Lorrain's landscapes glow under that light.
The permanent collection is always free. Special exhibitions charge. It's in Fort Worth's Cultural District, near the Modern Art Museum. Baroque paintings by Caravaggio and La Tour benefit from Kahn's natural lighting.
Baroque, Renaissance, and Impressionism are all covered. The collection is small but carefully chosen. Frederic Leighton's Portrait of May Sartoris represents Victorian-era British painting.
Yes. Michelangelo's Torment of Saint Anthony was painted around 1487, when he was only 12 or 13 years old. It's his earliest surviving work on panel. The Kimbell acquired it in 2009 after extensive authentication.
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