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 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 Texas museum was the underbidder on “The Cut Melon” last June at Christie's, but was ultimately able to acquire it directly from the consignor ...

"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.

Jean Siméon Chardin's 1760 painting The Cut Melon is officially headed to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, after a failed attempt to win it at auction. Last June, the Chardin painting set ...

Texas preserves its past in ways that reflect the scale and complexity of the state itself. From the borderlands to the Gulf, ...

A Cowtown native makes his return to the city with a robust art collection and a top-to-bottom makeover of a 1930s Tudor.