Tag: Kimbell Art Museum

Wordless Wednesday: 3 Paintings from the Kimbell in Ft. Worth

Staycation

—Ecstasy of Santa Teresa by Bernini in Santa Maria della Vittoria —Four Rivers by Bernini in Piazza Navona, Rome, photo by Karen Field It is Friday and I am taking a staycation next week. A “staycation” is the new word meaning you take vacation time off from work, but you don’t actually travel to a…

Paris Street; Rainy Day (Rue de Paris; temps de pluie)

The current exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth is one of the better shows of the Impressionists that I have seen in a while. The paintings in The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago are being shown at the Kimbell while the Art Institute is going through some renovations.…