Lucian Freud Portraits
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
July 1-October 28, 2012
One of the most ambitious exhibitions of the paintings and drawings by Lucian Freud ever organized will open at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, July 1, 2012. With over 100 paintings and works on paper loaned from museums and private collections throughout the world, Lucian Freud Portraits is organized by the National Portrait Gallery, London and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in close partnership with the late Lucian Freud.

FOCUS: Ged Quinn
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
April 22-June 17, 2012
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents the third FOCUS exhibition of the season, FOCUS: Ged Quinn, organized by Curator Andrea Karnes. Ged Quinn’s paintings combine landscapes in the vein of Claude Lorrain, Jacob van Ruisdael, and Asher B. Durand, with incongruent and often dark fragments of history, mythology, and the artist’s imagination.

FOCUS: Katie Paterson
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
March 4-April 15, 2012
Katie Paterson, born 1981 in Glasgow, Scotland, is quickly gaining international attention for her minimal works that tackle such profound notions as the expanse of space, the breadth of nature, and the overall immensity of life.

Glenn Ligon: AMERICA
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
February 12-June 3, 2012
Glenn Ligon: AMERICA is the first comprehensive, midcareer retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American artists to have emerged in the past two decades.

This Rejection of the Conqueror: Works by Robert Pruitt
Art Museum of Southeast Texas
January 21 through April 8, 2012
Also on view is This Rejection of the Conqueror: Works by Robert Pruitt, featuring large-scale figurative drawings, sculptures, and an instillation by the Houston native whose subject matter addresses timely political and cultural identity issues with an element of subtle humor. Inspiration from comic book superheroes, hip-hop and urban street culture from his predominately African American Third Ward of Houston neighborhood all play into his artwork.