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The Kimbell Acquires Celebrated Landscape Painting by Thomas Gainsborough

"Going to Market, Early Morning," c. 1773, is an important example of Gainsborough’s innovations in British landscape painting.

Detail of a painting. The scene is set in a misty morning landscape with trees and a dirt road. Women and men on horses walk the path with sidesaddle bags and baskets in their hands. A dog walks along with them. On the left, a woman and two sleeping children sit in the grass looking at the people passing. There are sheep grazing in the distance.

Mark Your Calendar for the Kimbell's 2023-24 Exhibitions

The Kimbell Art Museum announces 2023–24 exhibitions: Bonnard's Worlds, Art and War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries, and Dutch Art in a Global Age: Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Three details of artworks. The detail on the left shows a painting of a woman in red leaning on a window sill looking inside at a colorful dining room scene. The middle shows a tapestry depicting a battle in the Italian Renaissance. The right shows a painting of a big, colorful vase of flowers.

Learn the Story Behind the San Bartolo North Wall Mural

Learn more about the story behind the mural, which involves the Maize God, an animate mountain, and the earliest known depiction of tamales.

A long, rectangular image with red, light yellow, and black colors shows a drawing of a sacred Maya landscape with a mountain, cave, and a stalactite tooth. Nine individuals are shown in the drawing performing a ceremony. The Maize God looks at two figures before him. Behind the mountain, five infants are shown being born from a gourd that symbolizes breath and blood.

"Kimbell Stories" takes top honor at Fort Worth Addy Awards

The award-winning docuseries celebrates the Kimbell’s enduring impact on the community 

Alexandra en pointe in front of two Boucher paintings

Spring Break Art Extravaganza Returns to the Kimbell March 14–17

Week of Free Family Fun Including Art Activities, Yoga, Films and More!

Girl Painting

The Kimbell Acquires Rare Still Life by Louise Moillon

"Still Life with a Bowl of Strawberries, Basket of Cherries, and Branch of Gooseberries" will be on public view for the first time in its history beginning November 18, 2022.

This still life painting depicts a bowl of strawberries, a wicker basket with cherries, and a small branch of gooseberries.