Kimbell Art Museum
Cultural District · Fort Worth, Texas
The Kimbell Art Museum is widely regarded as one of the finest small museums in the world, holding a carefully selected collection of European Old Masters and world art presented in Louis Kahn's architectural masterpiece — a sequence of luminous cycloid vaults that bathe the paintings in natural light through a sophisticated diffusion system Kahn spent years perfecting. The collection spans art from antiquity through the early twentieth century, with exceptional works by Rembrandt, Velázquez, Michelangelo, El Greco, Monet, and Cézanne — masterpieces in which every work was chosen with the seriousness of a museum that aspires to present only the best. The Kimbell's combination of extraordinary art and extraordinary architecture makes it one of the most complete museum experiences in the United States.
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