We came closer in 1986, giving Fort Worth a star turn with “fifth-generation Fort Worther” Karen Carter Fortson—the great niece of Kimbell Art Museum ... along the tree-lined streets.

Several Juneteenth activities will be held in Hampton Roads in the days leading up to and shortly after the holiday.

The Kimbell Art Museum has acquired a rare 18th-century French painting previously caught at the center of a lawsuit between an international auction house and a private buyer.

The Kimbell was outbid last year by an Italian investor who bought this painting for $26 million. But that wasn’t the end of the story.

"The Cut Melon," a rare oval-shaped piece from the 18th-century French artist Jean Siméon Chardin, will be on view to the public starting Thursday at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth announced Wednesday the acquisition of Jean Siméon Chardin’s “The Cut Melon,” a work completed in 1760 that is one of the French artist’s finest still ...

“It also echoes something you would find in an art museum.” Foster agrees: “A friend once visited and said, ‘Oh, you have your own little Kimbell Art Museum here.’ ” When it came ...