Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

This book accompanies and celebrates the inaugural exhibition at the new Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, designed by the leading Japanese architect Tadao Ando. The central subject and impetus for this building from the beginning has been art, with particular emphasis on the display of the permanent collection. Of the 153,000 square feet of space, 54,000 is gallery space, a proportion of art space to support space that emphasizes art like few museums in the world. That the first exhibition in these pristine galleries is devoted to the collection is a testament of pride and priority. Works by approximately 150 artists are currently displayed over the Museum's three two-story gallery pavilions. In honour of the Museum's 110th anniversary, 110 of these artists have been chosen for inclusion in this publication. Each artist's work is presented in the form of a large-scale colour plate, and a detailed text entry, together with footnotes and key artist information. A selection of the artists - most notably Phillip Guston, Anselm Kieffer, Gerhard Richter and Robert Motherwell - are presented in the form of extended monographic essays, accompanied by up to eight works, as reflection of their importance in the museum's permanent collection and wider importance in the development post-war modern art. The book also includes an Introduction by the museum's Chief Curator, Michael Auping, which looks at the history and development of the Modern Art Museum's collections within the context of changing attitudes to the role of museum permanent collections in shaping how we study art.