Museum pays homage to patron

FORT WORTH, TX (PNAN) – Closing on Sunday, January 8, 2023, “Modern Masters: A Tribute to Anne Windfohr Marion” highlights the contributions of one of the greatest patrons of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

The show traces her support over nearly a half century with five renowned pieces from her collection, given to the Modern on her passing in 2021: Arshile Gorky’s The Plow and the Song, 1947; Willem de Kooning’s Two Women, 1954–55; Mark Rothko’s White Band No. 27, 1954; David Smith’s Dida Becca Merry X, 1964; and Ellsworth Kelly’s Spectrum III, 1967, which is among 80 works by 47 artists in the exhibit.

Additionally, this tribute show features work from post–World War II art movements, including a major group of works by the Abstract Expressionist artist Jackson Pollock; iconic minimalist works by Carl Andre, Agnes Martin, and Richard Serra; and post-1970 photography by an international field of artists such as Bernd and Hilla Becher, Yasumasa Morimura, Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherman, and Carrie Mae Weems, as well as works by other key artists such as, Francis Bacon, Howard Hodgkin, Anselm Kiefer, Gerhard Richter, and Sean Scully, among many others.

For more information, see:  www.themodern.org

Arshile GorkyModern Art Museum of Fort WorthThe Plow and the Song