Ballroom Marfa is an internationally recognized non-collecting contemporary art museum located in Marfa, a rural town of less than 2,000 people in Far West Texas. Established in 2003 by Virginia Lebermann and Fairfax Dorn, Ballroom Marfa’s contemporary art and performance space is housed in a 1920s-era ballroom and is free and open to the public. With generous support from individuals and foundations, Ballroom commissions new site-specific and site-inspired projects and gives artists and musicians the opportunity to engage with the magnificent landscape of the Big Bend.
Ballroom Marfa
Donna Huanca: Espejo Quemada, June 26, 2021–January 2, 2022. Installation view. Courtesy the artist and Ballroom Marfa. Photo by Makenzie Goodman.
Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas, detail of Bloom Boom from the Greetings from West Texas series, 2020. Collage. Courtesy the artists. Commissioned by Ballroom Marfa for the exhibition The Blessings of the Mystery.
Elle Pérez in residency during Ballroom Sessions—The Farther Place, 2021. Photo by Daisy Nam.
Roberto Carlos Lange and Kristi Sword, Kite Symphony, 2020. Courtesy the artists. Commissioned by Ballroom Marfa.
Kenneth Tam, Silent Spikes, 2021. Installation view at the Queens Museum. Courtesy the artist. Photo by Jason Mandella
“The Warhol Foundation aims to support the full range of artistic activity in America—from exhibitions at major museums to neighborhood projects by artist collectives. Arts writers, through the range and specialization of their individual interests, touch upon all of this activity—illuminating and interrogating it and bringing it into conversation with the public. Support for artists is not complete without support for the circulation and serious consideration of their ideas. The Arts Writers Grant program keeps artists at the center of cultural dialogue and debate—in our opinion, right where they belong.”
Joel Wachs, President