Entertainment

12:00 AM CST on Thursday, December 29, 2005

'Anselm Kiefer: Heaven and Earth'

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, through Jan. 8

A richly textured and deeply moving tribute to an artist who grapples with the big issues: good vs. evil, innocence and guilt, church and state. 'Gauguin and Impressionism'

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, through March 26

A postimpressionist pioneer famous for paintings of exotic Tahitian women tackled tamer subjects before he hit 30.'Robert Ryman'

Dallas Museum of Art, through April 2

This painter favored by local collectors, whose work is both minimalist and expressive, achieves enormous variety with predominantly white palettes and square formats.'Dan Flavin: A Retrospective'

Modern of Fort Worth

Metaphysical magic accomplished with simple fluorescent bulbs by the late artist who made light itself his medium.'Diane Arbus Revelations'

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

One of the biggest hits of the season was a downer, filled with ineffably sad images of social misfits by the celebrated photographer who committed suicide at age 48.'Prelude to Spanish Modernism: Fortuny to Picasso'

Meadows Museum, through Feb. 26

Spanish expatriates embraced the international avant-garde after moving to Paris in the 19th century, paving the way for Picasso 30 years later.'Hathshepsut: From Queen to Pharoah'

De Young Museum, San Francisco, through Feb. 5

Ancient Egyptian treasures tell a fascinating tale of a female ruler who broke the glass ceiling long before anyone had heard of women's lib, and paid the price by having her image wiped off the faces of colossal monuments. Coming to the Kimbell in August.'In the American West: Photographs by Richard Avedon'

Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, through Jan. 8

A man who photographed some of the most beautiful fashion models in the world confronts viewers with heroic, larger-than-life images of unheroic characters such as coal miners, carnies and drifters.'Gordon Parks: Half Past Autumn'

Dallas Museum of Art

The show provided insight into the astonishingly productive career of a 93-year-old photographer who has turned his camera on everything from race riots to Paris fashion.'David Smith: Drawing and Sculpture'

Nasher Sculpture Center

One thing leads to another in the work of the late-20th-century master who was equally adept at drawing on paper and drawing in space.

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