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Curators in Conversation: Heather Pesanti & Robert Storr

The curators will discuss the themes in the Contemporary Austin's "Sorcerer's Burden" exhibition and issues of cultural appropriation, “primitivism,” decolonization, restitution, and art in the context of current politics.

Thu., Nov. 14, 7pm. $10.
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The Contemporary Austin
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Due EAST

You … don't know what this is? For real? Oh my. Welcome to Austin, new citizen! Pull up a chair while Ol' Uncle Brenner spiels you out the basics. This is the opening, preview party for the East Austin Studio Tour. And that East Austin Studio Tour is the biggest annual visual-arts thing this city does: A free and intimate look into private creative studios and workshops and production labs and galleries all across the sunrise side of the ATX. Fomented by Big Medium – they used to be "just" a trio of visual artists called Sodalitas, back in the day, but now they're one of the bigger engines driving this city's culture in general – and abetted by an army of volunteers and sponsors, the yearly EAST unfolds its diverse wonderments over two tour-it-yourself weekends that will introduce you to more displays of painting, sculpting, drawing, printing, glassblowing, metalsmithing, woodworking, et cetera ad glorium, than you might've suspected existed in this rapidly gentrifying urban hub. And this night's Due EAST shindig is the fundraising prelude to all that creative spectacle – and a great way to prepare yourself for the delights ahead. Get your copy of the EAST catalog and map before the tour begins and check out nearly 400 artists in the 2019 EAST Group Exhibition. Enjoy music by Joaqu.n, Easy Compadre, and NJUNE while experiencing immersive installations by Essentials Creative and nomming complimentary bites from some of our favorite food trucks and beverage purveyors. Note: Creative cocktail attire encouraged.

Thu., Nov. 14, 7-10pm. $45.
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Big Medium
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Landmarks Video: Satan is Real

Ragnar Kjartansson's moving images are the latest to get the big-screen treatment in this ongoing series from your friends at UT's Landmarks program.

Through Nov. 30. Daily, 7-10pm
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ART Building, 2301 San Jacinto

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SAGE Studio: Ike E. Morgan

SAGE Studio presents a solo exhibition of work by acclaimed outsider artist Ike E. Morgan in partnership with Waxahachie's Webb Gallery. Morgan, born in 1958 in Rockdale, Texas, was diagnosed with severe schizophrenia and was hospitalized from 1977 until 2000 at the Austin State Hospital, where he first painted George Washington from a dollar bill. He now lives independently and paints every day, still focusing his work on Washington and other presidents, though occasionally painting other subjects that cross his mind.

Reception: Thu., Nov. 14, 6-8pm

SAGE Studio

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Women & Their Work: Wild, Wild Country

Preetika Rajgariah’s new exhibition is where culture, capitalism, and classism collide on the yoga mat, with the artist exploring – through sculpture, video, and performance – how this spiritual practice with deep roots in Hinduism has proliferated into nearly every part of American society.

Through Nov. 14

Women & Their Work

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Big Medium: Happiness Is a Journey

This exhibition chronicles the daily life and art of Bear Lopez, East Austin resident of 60 years, a steadfast witness to the transformation and gentrification of our city's sunrise side. Artists Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan met Bear at the Austin American-Statesman’s printing warehouse where Lopez has been working for more than 20 years without a single day off, delivering papers. What kind of life is that? There's more to the story than you might expect.

Through Nov. 24

Big Medium
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Charles White and the Legacy of the Figure

This is one of two exhibitions on master American artist Charles White that will be mounted at UT this fall, celebrating a major donation of White’s artworks by Susan G. and Edmund W. Gordon, just as they participate in the centennial commemoration of the artist’s birth.

Through Nov. 30
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Christian-Green Gallery, 201 E. 21st
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Co-Lab Projects: Texas Toast

This is a food-themed group exhibition featuring the work of so many artists that it's like a smorgasbord, it's like a cornucopiac Golden Corral salad bar of visuals, it's, listen: Valerie Chaussonnet. Alexis Mabry. Drew Liverman and Veronica Giavedoni. Olwyn Moxhay. Sandy Carson. Stephen Fishman. Suzanne Wyss. Stephanie Reid. And more, more, more. And it's reviewed by Robert Faires right here.

Through Dec. 21

Co-Lab Projects
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Cowboys in Space and Fantastic Worlds

Yippee ki yay, space cadet, it's time to head 'em off at the Pass Nebula as the State History Museum presents an exhibition that spans more than 150 years of Western and science fiction history and features 100-plus artifacts (including props from Star Trek, Star Wars, Firefly, and other skiffy media fare). And our arch-geek himself, the estimable Richard Whittaker, also a part-time Sith Lord, reviews the show for you here.

Through Dec. 1
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Bullock Texas State History Museum
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Davis Gallery: Lone Star Wild

Davis Gallery joins with Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center and Travis Audubon Society to present this exhibition focused on the natural world. Featuring work of surpassing beauty by Margie Crisp, David Everett, Billy Hassell, and William B. Montgomery, it's a survey of respect for the Lone Star State's natural brilliance – as seen through four distinct lenses. Oh, look – here's our review of the show.

Through Nov. 30

Davis Gallery
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grayDUCK Gallery: Bruisers

Sarah Fox's new show at this excellent Eastside gallery is about the nature of little boys and the men that they become. "It is an exhibition," says the artist, "that I made in an attempt to be a better mother and to create a safer world for my son."

Through Dec. 15

grayDUCK Gallery
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J Gallery: Abstract Visions

The Visual Arts League of Shalom Austin JCC presents four artists whose works display different techniques of abstraction: Patti Troth Black, Diane Sandlin, Jane Fier, and Ashley Mayel.

Through Jan. 5

Dell Jewish Community Center
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Recspec Gallery: Demons & Devils

That's right, one of Austin's best little galleries is back – bigger and better than ever, now in a new space south of the river. And what a way to inaugurate this fresh venue – with a sort of sequel to last year's excellent "Witches" show, this one curated by Laurel Barickman and Katie Cowden and featuring a plethora of artists drawing their subjects from folklore and occultism's darker spaces and from deep inside the shadows of human nature. They're embracing – and displaying – all of it here, though: the light and the dark, the good and the bad, the holy and the evil in everyone. The devil, as we know, is in the details.

Through Dec. 14
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The Blanton Museum: Medieval Monsters

From griffins and giants to demons and dragons, monsters have enthralled people throughout time. In medieval art and literature, these fanciful creatures give form to fears, curiosities, and fantasies of the unfamiliar and the unknown. This new exhibition, organized by the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, presents a lively array of monsters that appear in more than 50 illuminated manuscripts from the European Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Each of the three sections of the exhibition – "Terrors, Aliens, and Wonders" – will explore the ways monsters functioned as the embodiment of power, the representation of marginalized groups in society, or the inspiration for awe.

Through Jan. 12
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The Blanton Museum of Art
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The Contemporary Austin: The Sorcerer's Burden

The complex relationship between contemporary art and anthropology shapes the subject of "The Sorcerer’s Burden: Contemporary Art and the Anthropological Turn," an 11-artist exhibition representing a wide range of media – including painting, sculpture, photography, video, and performance. And here's our own Robert Faires with a full review of the show.

The Contemporary Austin
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The Museum of Natural & Artificial Ephemerata

This place, ah, it's one of our favorite places in the entire city; and of course they're properly corona-closed. But check 'em out online right now – it's a rich, wonder-filled website – to whet your appetite for when things get back to … uh … are we still calling it "normal," these days?
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The People's Gallery: Exhibition 2019

Here's the 15th annual exhibition at Austin City Hall, presenting a wide array of painting, sculpture, drawing, and other media by 113 local artists. This year, the exhibition includes a special selection of photographs: The Bold Beauty Project of Texas, featuring images of Texas women with disabilities taken by photographers from across the state.

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City Hall
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The Umlauf: Michael Ray Charles

Yeah, no, this is a monumental showing of work – including a series of paintings commissioned for the exhibition – by one of the best, most provocative artists working on this planet. The former Austinite (he taught at UT for 20 years) Michael Ray Charles "is known for art that investigates the legacy of historic racial stereotypes of African Americans. Since the 1990s, he's created complex, layered paintings that challenge stereotypes, power dynamics, and social and cultural hierarchies." Ah, words can't even – but our Arts Editor Robert Faires offers a fine preview right here.

Through Jan. 3
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Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum
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Visual Arts Center: Fall 2019

The fall array of exhibitions at UT's Visual Arts Center features Nikita Gale's "EASY LISTENING," Kenneth Tam's "Details," Maria Antelman's "Mechanisms of Affection," Saakred's "Sin Nombre, Sin Cuerpo," and more.

Visual Arts Center
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Wally Workman Gallery: Joseph Janson

In this solo show, the Austin-based artist has manipulated wire into subtle shapes alluding to the human figure, his works seeming to dance between two and three dimensions as they cast their complex shadows, further complicating as well as explaining their form.

Through Dec. 7

Wally Workman Gallery
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Yard Dog: Backstage in Honky Tonk Hell + A Scrap of Paper

That Welsh rocker Jon Langford and the Belgian artist Jo Clauwaert share a double bill of visual exhibitions at this South Congress bastion of folk art, bringing a bifocal look at contemporary culture via painted portraits and more.

Through Nov. 24

Yard Dog

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