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November Is Austin Art Month

We know you're hot to gorge on turkey this month, but there's something else you should feast on first: art. While we have no shortage of the stuff to savor in other months, November is the one when it's the most bounteous, what with the East Austin Studio Tour, Creek Show, and POP Austin. Which is why it's now officially Austin Art Month.

7:00PM Fri. Nov. 10, 2017, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

EAST Austin Studio Tour Run-Down

Austin’s favorite annual, self-guided art tour is back! The 2017 EAST Austin Studio Tour, hosted by Big Medium, will feature over 500 participants, including 241 artist studios, 66 galleries, 155 temporary exhibitions, 26 happenings, 10 libraries, and 7 schools.

2:32PM Tue. Oct. 31, 2017, Savannah Opre Read More | Comment »

Au Revoir, Le Bonheur de Vivre

Don't expect to see this art the next time you pass the intersection of 24th and Guadalupe. The landmark mural that enlivened the West Campus wall there for almost 20 years is gone. Le Bonheur de Vivre, created by the late Austin master muralist Doug Jaques with the help of his students at Austin Community College in 1998 has been painted over.

3:40PM Wed. Oct. 25, 2017, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

KUTX & Mueller Rock the Park w/ Geto Gala, Lucas Miller

Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater

Selena Birthday Week Celebration at French Legation Museum

Keira Nova, She23, Ayo Tamz, Maurvice, Envy N, Caleb Lemons at Flamingo Cantina

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

2017 Texas Biennial: Putting It Together

When Leslie Moody Castro accepted the job of curating the 2017 Texas Biennial, she wasn't simply agreeing to select the art for another round of this statewide survey of contemporary art. She was also agreeing to help jump-start the Biennial after a four-year gap, to re-energize the show in the minds of artists all across Texas.

3:00PM Wed. Sep. 27, 2017, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

Big Medium Announces Artists for East Austin Studio Tour 2017

Because the annual two-weekend, self-directed trek of artists’ studios and pop-up galleries all around the sunrise side of the city is one of the brightest cultural highlights of each year – and maybe you know some of the folks involved? – that’s why this information’s important.

11:35AM Fri. Sep. 1, 2017, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Not "Off-White" Enough?

This summer, Mexic-Arte Museum presented its 22nd annual Young Latino Artists exhibition, and it took its usual pride in showcasing work by important emerging artists. But it took an unusual step in declining to present a piece by one of this year's participants on the grounds that it could be construed as supporting white supremacy.

10:00AM Sat. Aug. 26, 2017, Victoria Mycue Read More | Comment »

Texas Biennial 2017: The When, the Who

The absence of the Texas Biennial in 2015 left a huge gaping hole in the Lone Star arts calendar that year, but the time off looks to have re-energized the statewide visual arts exhibition. Curator Leslie Moody Castro just made a massive road trip to studios across Texas, and the list of artists for the 2017 Biennial reveals a wealth of talent.

10:10AM Thu. Aug. 24, 2017, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

Frida Kahlo Inspires Women of Color-Centered Marketplace

Frida Friday, a women of color-centered market, will celebrate Frida Kahlo’s birthday and female artisans this Friday (July 14) at Kebabalicious from 6-10pm.

4:50PM Wed. Jul. 12, 2017, Maria Mendez Read More | Comment »

The “Collectors Show” at grayDUCK Gallery

The “Collectors Show” at grayDUCK Gallery on East Cesar Chavez is, as you might guess, a show about collectors. Or, rather, about what you might infer about collectors (of visual art) from what they collect.

10:00AM Wed. May 24, 2017, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

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