Kimbell Art Museum
Fort Worth, United States
The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, is built on the art collection and endowment of Kay and Velma Kimbell. It opened in 1972 in a building by the architect Louis Kahn that is widely regarded as a landmark of twentieth-century museum design, celebrated for its cycloid-vaulted galleries and the diffused natural light they admit.
Although relatively small, the collection is highly selective and spans antiquity to the twentieth century, with European Old Master paintings, Asian art, and works from Africa, the ancient Americas and the Mediterranean. A later pavilion designed by Renzo Piano, opened in 2013, provides additional gallery and exhibition space.