EMERGE: The Four Elements of Hip Hop – Right Here, Right Now!

Annual celebration of graffiti culture goes bigger this Saturday

"...alchemy this Saturday at Blue Genie Art Industries as Rachel Koper and Nate Nordstrom present this year’s incarnation of..."

April 22, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Biscuit: A Retrospective'

Gallery Lombardi’s posthumous exhibition of 150 collages by local punk rock renaissance darling Randy Turner is a friendly walk through the brain of Biscuit

"...wanted to do a solo show at Lombardi. "C'mon, Rachel, I can fill this place," the jolly bear of..."

March 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Gallery Lombardi

The 12-year ride of Downtown Austin's most rockin' gallery is coming to a close

"...of someone close to the Chronicle – gallery director Rachel Koper has been writing about the visual arts for..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Do It Yourself Biennial

How to showcase all the great art in Texas on a shoestring budget

"...know to be of quality. According to Gallery Lombardi's Rachel Koper, one of the Austin gallery directors who has..."

March 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Radical Nautical': Awash in water works

For its annual juried show, Gallery Lombardi asked artists to dive into the fantastical and mythical depths of the ocean

"...of water," says Lombardi director (and Chronicle Arts writer) Rachel Koper, who is one of five curators of "Radical..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Gallery Lombardi: A little farther from the train tracks, but the art still rocks

Gallery Lombardi has left its longtime home on Third Street for new digs on West Seventh, but you can expect the same great salon-style group shows for which it's known

"...for a long time, since two years ago," says Rachel Koper, Gallery Lombardi's longtime curator (and Chronicle Visual Arts..."

March 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Tender Terror?

Gallery Lombardi's new juried show "Hallowed Ground" finds dark beauty and fearsome light in its artists' views of religion.

"...submissions Lombardi received in response to the gallery's call, Rachel Koper, juror and Lombardi's director, replied, "No. 1: the..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

So You Think You Can Paint?

Reality TV-style art competition returns for Season Two

"...submissions, from which judges Sterling Allen (artist, Okay Mountain), Rachel Koper (program director, Women & Their Work), and Risa..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Monkey Time

How communing with the apes inspired the artists of the Texas Monkey Project

"...says Gallery Lombardi director, painter, and Chronicle art critic Rachel Koper. "But with monkeys behind the fences. And so..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Arts Feature by Cindy Widner

Rock Your Eyes Out

"The Musikshow" and "The Rawkshow," a pair of linked exhibitions at Gallery Lombardi, explore the connection between rock music and art, one from the angle of musicians who also make art, the other from the angle of artists who also make music.

"...curated by former New Yorker Erin Leon and Lombardi's Rachel Koper, puts the focus on visual artists who do..."

March 14, 2003 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

"If These Walls Could Talk" at Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery

The artists in this Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery exhibition get the walls not only to talk but to spin some fantastic tales

"...shown had voices." But honestly, the art that co-curators Rachel Koper and Win Wallace have assembled in this East..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

EAST 2018: Brenner’s Picks

Our savvy arts reprobate has a few suggestions for you, comma, citizen

"...and jewelry from studio regulars, and – hey, that Rachel Koper’s showing her new paintings here, too, this year...."

Nov. 15, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Q&A Hole: Why Are So Many People Unhappy With President Trump?

Can’t American citizens cut that orange shitgibbon a little slack?

"...Rachel Koper, artist & curator: His hate-mongering and incompetence, would..."

June 12, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

East Austin Studio Tour

The city's autumn marathon of art covers work by some 300 artists in 175 venues

"...artist Sterling Allen, Women and Their Work Program Director Rachel Koper, and Blanton Museum of Art assistant curator Risa..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Radical Nautical

'Radical Nautical,' maybe the most jam-packed show in Gallery Lombardi history, is a quirky, energetic celebration of water

"...magical that Gallery Lombardi curator (and Chronicle Arts writer) Rachel Koper would join Kevin Peake, Kevin Tijerina, Schliefke, and..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Review by Salvador Castillo

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Cobbe (theatre), Amanda Douberley (visual arts), Patti Hadad (theatre), Rachel Koper (visual arts), Nikki Moore (visual arts), and Robert..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

The winners of the Amster Youth Concerto Competition tune up, the Biscuit Brothers get buttered up (by the Lege), and Koper scoops up Texas Biennial inside info

"...still can by Gallery Lombardi curator and Chronicle contributor Rachel Koper. The talk, which is part of the Austin..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Tag – You're It!

Celebrating urban scrawl with Gallery Lombardi's exhibition 'Austin Graffiti Art: From Birth to Present'

"...Curators Nathan Nordstrom and Chronicle Arts writer Rachel Koper didn't stop at this survey of outdoor work,..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Justice for All? Artists Reflect on the Death Penalty

The Texas Moratorium Network's juried exhibition Justice for All? Artists Reflect on the Death Penalty is a must for anyone with feelings about capital punishment

"...Network, and Gallery Lombardi curator and Chronicle arts writer Rachel Koper. Including pieces from artists worldwide, some of them..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

Art in Their Stockings

Giving the gift of art this season and don't know where to start? Try the Blue Genie Art Bazaar and the Gallery Lombardi 'Xmas Expo.'

"...more than 60 in all (including Chronicle Arts writer Rachel Koper). A number of the up-and-comers covered in these..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Secrets of "Secret Furniture'

The examples of domestic utility at Gallery Lombardi's exhibit "Secret Furniture" -- chairs, tables, dressers, lamps, shelving units -- are such compelling combinations of professional manufacture and artistic vision that they'll be talked about for months to come.

"..."Secret Furniture." He, Michael Stewart, and Gallery Lombardi's own Rachel Koper have gathered a diverse array of works from..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Live on Paper

When he's not covering canvas with acrylic-based images of Japanese toys and Italian scooters and good old American action-figures, Tim Doyle dabbles in the art of the comic book, distilling his day-by-day existence into three black-and-white segments each in monthly issues of Amazing Adult Fantasy.

"...a little staggering -- he's like a machine. And Rachel Koper, who runs Gallery Lombardi, she does such a..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The 411 on 411

Hidden inside that nondescript complex at 411 Brazos is a wealth of compelling work by provocative artists just waiting to be discovered.

"...homage. Remember "You sank my battleship"? Gallery Lombardi owner Rachel Koper riffs on that fateful game-over catchphrase with Battleship..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Making Biscuit

Punk icon Randy "Biscuit" Turner serves art 24/7

"...and Turner has found his in Gallery Lombardi's redoubtable Rachel Koper, who's included Turner's work in several multi-artist exhibits,..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Chronicle Art Reviews Exhibitionism

"...Rachel Koper's Heroic Nia depicts a woman sitting erect, with..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Arts Review

Sloke One and Billie Buck Discuss Their Art This Week on The Austin Chronicle Show

Graffiti and gig poster art take the stage in new exhibits

"...more about it in this week's cover story by Rachel Koper...."

Jan. 24, 2020 Events Post by Kimberley Jones

May I Have the Envelope, Please?

The 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Holly Williams (dance); and the Chronicle's Heather Barfield (theatre), Rachel Koper (visual art), and yours truly (arts). Obligatory ethical..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...van Ryzin (arts); and the Chronicle's Heather Barfield (theatre), Rachel Koper (visual art), and Robert Faires (arts). The Critics..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

We Have an Issue: When the Art Gallery Is Everywhere, All Around Us

This week's cover story is all about Austin street art and murals

"...got three different stories this week on the subject: Rachel Koper's page-through of the new book ATX Urban Art,..."

March 24, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Five Arty Things This Weekend

What’s happening in the Austin arts scene this weekend?

"...Ugly" – curated by Susan Maynard, Billy Kirkland, and Rachel Koper, and featuring more than 60 of the best..."

June 13, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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