Why has the Lone Star State become America’s second-largest art hub after New York City?
Gain exclusive access to Texas’s premier art institutions in three major cities.
Enjoy After-Hours Tours Led by Curators
Begin in Dallas with private, after-hours tours of the Dallas Museum of Art and Meadows Museum led by curators and directors. In Fort Worth, explore the Kimbell Art Center and Amon Carter Museum through expert-guided visits. Continue to Houston for behind-the-scenes experiences at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Contemporary Arts Museum, and the Rothko Chapel. Meet resident artists during private receptions at the Off the Wall and Thornwood galleries and more.
Highlights
- Learn why Texas rivals New York as our nation’s art center with art historian Jennifer Dasal, creator of the ArtCurious podcast, for a behind-the-scenes look at museums and collections in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston
- Enter the Dallas Museum of Art—anchor of America’s largest arts district—during an exclusive after-hours reception to explore its encyclopedic collection spanning 5,000 years
- Tour Dallas’s Meadows Museum with its director when it is closed to the public and see the most comprehensive Spanish art collection outside Spain, from medieval treasures to masterpieces by El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, and Picasso
- Marvel at the only Michelangelo painting in the Americas—his first known work—at Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum, alongside European masterpieces in Louis Kahn’s acclaimed architectural gem
- Visit the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth to experience the definitive collection of U.S. frontier art, featuring works by Remington and Russell, plus pioneering photographs documenting the American West
- Stand before treasures at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston—the oldest art museum in Texas—where a director-led private tour will showcase its internationally significant selections, from Renaissance masters to an acclaimed Remington collection
- Discuss Mark Rothko’s 14 transcendent paintings on a guided look at the Rothko Chapel—one of the world’s most significant spiritual spaces in modern art—with Jennifer Dasal offering insights into the artist’s vision
- Experience Houston’s dynamic contemporary art scene firsthand, joining working artists at the Off the Wall Gallery and meeting exhibiting artists at the Thornwood Gallery for a private reception
- See groundbreaking exhibitions at the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston, known for presenting pivotal shows like the first-ever exhibition of Chicano art, with expert commentary from Jennifer Dasal
- Take an inside look at Renzo Piano’s purpose-built Cy Twombly Gallery, one of the world’s largest assemblies of the artist’s work, featuring an entire room dedicated to Twombly’s monumental Untitled
