Art
MURILLO: FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH
Kimbell Art Museum 3333 Camp Bowie Bvd., 817-332-8451, kimbellart.org
Experience a blend of sacred and secular as ordinary people become the main characters in Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s paintings. Though known for his representation of Christ and Biblical scenes, in these works, the Spanish Golden age artist puts a lens on the people and everyday life of seventeenth-century Seville. This collection is the largest gathering of Murillo’s paintings in the U.S. in 20 years. Now – Jan. 29
JUSTIN GINSBERG: SHAKING THE SHADOW
Amon Carter Museum of American Art 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817-738-1933, cartermuseum.org
Texas-based artist Justin Ginsberg took inspiration from the Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass exhibition to create a glass sculptural work. Thousands of pulled glass threads, some up to 30 feet in length, make up this piece, which resulted in a large-scale “waterfall” sculpture. Now – Feb. 12
I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR: ART IN THE DIGITAL SCREEN
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth 3200 Darnell St., 817-738-9215, themodern.org
“Screen time” is one of those phrases now part of modern life, and this thematic exhibition — paintings, sculpture, video, photographs and more — looks at its impact on art for the past 50 years. Notable works include Nam June Paik’s Video Flag Y, a mass grouping of 10-inch TV sets, LaserDisc players and videotapes, and digital artist Jon Rafman’s photographic print of a Google street view image made in Austin.
Feb. 12-April 30
MORNING LIGHT: PHOTOGRAPHS OF DAVID H. GIBSON
Amon Carter Museum of American Art 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., 817-738-1933, cartermuseum.org
Cleanse your palate of all things holiday with this exhibit from a Dallas landscape photographer whose two favorite subjects are Cypress Creek in Wimberley, Texas, and New Mexico’s Eagle Nest Lake near Taos. Through May 21