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Canvas: Sundown
New York-based Andrew Smenos' newest body of work observes obsession, apathy, and conflict via paintings that were executed using "golden hour" light as metaphor for twilight times. "The beginning or the end," as the gallery notes say, "depending on your perspective." -
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Goodluckhavefun: Constellation
This Westside gallery presents new works by Brooke Burnside, Matt Southworth, and Preetal Shah, who offer a combination of drawings, paintings, and digital prints.1207-A Enfield -
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Harry Ransom Center: Drawing the Motion Picture
Explore the beauty and complexity of moviemaking through sketches, storyboards, and designs that illuminate the creation of motion pictures from the silent era to the present day in this new exhibition, featuring production art from iconic movies like Rebel Without a Cause, Raging Bull, Apollo 13, and Lawrence of Arabia, many connected with innovative directors Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Mike Nichols, Michael Powell, Nicholas Ray, Martin Scorsese, Stephen Spielberg, King Vidor, and more.Through July 16 -
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Laguna Gloria
This local treasure of a venue, run by those Contemporary Austin folks who also bring us the Jones Center shows Downtown, is all about the outdoors – which is perfect for these trickily navigated times of ours, n'est-ce pas? Recommended: Stop by and breathe in the air, enjoy the lawns and gardens and the many examples of world-class sculpture arrayed across the property, and (as Frankie used to say) r-e-l-a-x.Thu.-Fri., 9am-noon; Sat.-Sun., 9am-3pm -
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Martha's Contemporary: Hokey Pokey + What You See Is What You Get
Here's a two-person exhibition that features painting, installation, videography, and sculpture by Moll Brau and Wes Thompson. It's a deep dive into a pool of loneliness, triumph, and rebirth. It's a forest of mazes where fireflies provide the light. It's a show of creations from a pair of terrific, hardworking local artists and you don't want to miss it. -
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Neill-Cochran House: Signs and Symbols: The Trees are Talking
This exhibition features more than 40 works of glass and oil on canvas that explore artist Reji Thomas’ understanding of the way signs and symbols constantly surround us in both the natural and built environments.Through Aug. 13 -
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Stephen Clark Gallery
The gallery specializes in fine art photographs with an emphasis on contemporary work, also presenting an array of national and international vintage work. Best bet: The lensed and enhanced brilliances of Kate Breakey.Thu.-Sat., 11am-4pm -
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The Blanton: Las Hermanas Iglesias
Sisters Lisa and Janelle Iglesias present related textiles, collages, and sculpture that explore caregiving as part of a complex network of social issues, melding melds cultural references to the Dominican Republic and Norway (their parents’: home countries) with personal experiences – most recently their navigations of fertility, pregnancy, loss, and birth.Through July 9. Free on Thursdays. -
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The Contemporary Austin: Competing with Lightning / Rivalizando con el Relámpago
The Contemporary Austin presents an exhibition tracing the evolution of Eamon Ore-Giron's dynamic paintings over more than twenty years of creative practice, revealing how the artist mines the complex nature of Latinx identity, the history of the Americas, and the many legacies of abstraction in art. ALSO: The newest exhibition space here is called HOST and features work by María Fernanda Camarena and Gabriel Rosas Alemán (aka the Mexico City-based artist duo known as Celeste).Through Aug. 20. $10 (for the reception). -
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The Eureka Room
It's the homegrown height of hallucinatory happenings! It's the Eureka Room, a fun and absurd participatory experience where visitors engage with curious and playful programming within a unique 100-quare-foot room filled with light and sound. Mind? Blown.See website for reservations. $25. -
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Umlauf Sculpture Garden
The Umlauf's famed Garden features expertly wrought sculptures, the bronze or stone cynosures from Charles Umlauf and others anchoring sight among the bright foliage and tree-towered paths.Tue.-Fri., 10am-4pm; Sat.-Sun., 11am-4pm -
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Wyld Gallery
This is Ray Donley's gallery of art by Native Americans, located in that company of artistic glory called Canopy and resplendent with creations from the original people of our struggling country.Call for appointment -
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Yard Dog: New Baseball Paintings
Austin artist Will Johnson explores the history of baseball in a series of portraits of players. An avid baseball fan since childhood, he began creating these paintings in 2007 or 2008, wanting to pay tribute to some of his favorite players and stories — especially unheralded players — through folk art paintings.
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Atelier Dojo: Remote Studios
The local powerhouse of figurative painting, the art school that's the smart school for artists of all kinds, they've got a painting-along-at-home series going to help you keep your skills honed in these socially restrictive times, featuring live costumed models posing on camera and a thriving community of creatives rendering that lovely human biotecture from their separate studios. "Join us for a three-hour costumed-model drawing session. Use any supplies you wish, listen to music, share your work, chat with others. It’s a great way to stay connected with your art community!"Tuesdays, 1:30-4:30pm; Fridays, 6:30-9:30pm; Saturdays, 9:30-12:30pm. $5.
