What it is: Selim and Zuleika (1857) by Eugene Delacroix, oil on canvas

The museum is the new owner of a 1940 painting by precisionist master Charles Sheeler.

Jason Reynaga and Omar Hernandez are worth following, even to the far reaches of the Tarrant County College District at the Northwest Campus.

Texas Ballet Theater will celebrate Russian ballet in its season-opening performances.

What it is: A Cloudy Day, Bluebonnets Near San Antonio, Texas (1918) by Julian Onderdonk, oil on canvas

What it is: Portrait of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (c. A.D. 195-210), marble, Roman

An architect’s model is built for a perfect world, one in which the neighbors are uniform nonentities or don’t exist at all and the model is realized in solitary isolation.

Before settling down in Fort Worth, choreographer Wil McKnight was constantly on the move. He trained in New York, San Francisco and Houston and performed with professional companies in Dallas, Long Island and Colorado.

Full schedule in Japan more of an obstacle than his disability.

What it is: The Garden of Eden (1828) by Thomas Cole, oil on canvas

September means the start of the new season for many of the local performing-arts organizations.

Fort Worth-area musical groups will perform today in remembrance of 9-11 victims. The concert, September Song, at Texas Christian University’s Ed Landreth Auditorium, will feature vocal and instrumental performances and conclude with the world premiere of a choral piece written for the occasion.

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What it is: Passover (1997) by Dennis Blagg, oil on canvas

Fall Gallery Night is tomorrow, and there is no better place to start the art crawl than at the Edmund Craig Gallery on Seventh Street. This corner used to be the hub of Gallery Night, then some of the anchor galleries closed. Now, with the new Center for Architecture across the street exhibiting architectural design work, activity should pick up again. Gallery Night festivities run 2-9 p.m., with some locations offering extended hours. Edmund Craig will be open 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

What it is: Portrait of the Matador Pedro Romero (1795-98) by Francisco de Goya, oil on canvas

If there is a probationary period for new Kimbell employees, director Eric McCauley Lee doesn’t have to sweat it.

A new CD vividly captures the magic of Jaap Van Zweden, the new conductor of the Dallas Symphony.

The comedian brings Ed Grimley, one of the 'Amigos’ and even Franck the wedding planner to Casa Mañana’s fundraising gala.

Animation is projected on top of three large layered drawings in the most recent show at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, the gallery supported by TCU. This is the work of Tehran native Avish Khebrehzadeh, who studied in Rome and lives in Washington, D.C. The cultural overlaps are understandable but not blatant.

Want to attend the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s Friday-night performance for free? Five winners will receive a pair of tickets to the 7:30 p.m. concert at Bass Hall. Just e-mail your name, address and daytime phone number to sallmon@star-telegram.com with "Beethoven tickets" in the subject line. Only enter if you KNOW you can attend, please. Tickets will be left at Will Call, where you will be required to show a photo ID to pick them up. You must live in North Texas to enter, and employees of the Star-Telegram and their families are not eligible. Only one entry per e-mail address. You must act quickly! Deadline to enter is 6 p.m. today. Winners will be notified by noon Tuesday. Good luck!

What it is: The Ark(1986) by Melissa Miller, oil on linen, two panels (First panel shown above)

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra launches five-day festival celebrating the genius of Beethoven.

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, music director and conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, says performing six orchestral works by Beethoven back-to-back over three days is the perfect way to discover essential elements about the composer and his music.

What it is: Self-Portrait on a Horse (1890) by Frederic Remington, oil on canvas

A bucolic exhibition at Mighty Fine Arts in Dallas is a nice way to engage with the landscape without having to be, you know, outside. Artists Chaitra Linehan, Jen Rose and Natalie Macellaio use familiar body parts and recast them in equally familiar shapes from nature.

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra has long produced fine classical music concerts. Now the orchestra also produces fine classical music concert recordings.

Rita Dee's driftwood animal forms, which she gathers from the Hudson River, will be on display through Gallery Night, Sept. 12.

A cutting-edge new exhibit takes the Kimbell to a new level of hipness. But what else makes it so cool?