Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Contemporary art museum in Fort Worth, United States.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is a museum of post-World War II art in Fort Worth, Texas. Tadao Ando's 2002 building sets three long pavilions into a reflecting pond, with 53,000 square feet of gallery space. Its facade mixes flat gray panels with a high band of blue-green windows and tall glass walls, and young trees line the concrete base.
The institution began in 1892 as a library with an art gallery and moved several times. The current building opened in 2002, designed by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando.
Visitors see paintings and sculptures from the years after World War Two, showing how artistic languages changed over decades. Groups of works by single artists often hang in rooms with white walls and quiet lighting, letting each object speak for itself.
The entrance sequence passes through the three long pavilions set into the reflecting pond, where changing exhibitions and the permanent collection are shown across 53,000 square feet of gallery space. The building sits in the Cultural District beside the Kimbell and Amon Carter museums, and the glazed walls and water outside the galleries separate one viewing area from the next.
Large Y-shaped supports made of exposed concrete carry the roof and leave narrow gaps between surfaces. These joints allow soft daylight and avoid closed corners.
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