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

"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

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

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

"Randall Reid: Past and Present" at Davis Gallery

The man who reassembles the past's artifacts has his own past's artifacts assembled for all to see

"...We've gone on – Rachel Koper and I, to name two Chronicle-affiliated aficionados –..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

Five Arty Things to Do: Nov. 3-5

That number again is: Five. Yes, five arty things.

"...night, because that’s where Nathan “SLOKE ONE” Nordstrom and Rachel “Thee Supreme Empress of Arts” Koper have curated up..."

Nov. 2, 2017 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

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

Your Coffee Table's Begging For Books Like These

Two new volumes of art from Steve Brudniak and Clifford Ross

"...others – Guillermo del Toro, Gerald Burns, Wiley Wiggins, Rachel Koper, are just a few of the writers here..."

Sept. 3, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan 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

'Chloé Yingst: Missing'

The artist's first solo show offers a series of ethereal portraits rooted in memory

"...by Okay Mountain's Sterling Allen, Women & Their Work's Rachel Koper, and Risa Puleo of the Blanton Museum of..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Arts Review 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

Superlatives

The 2008-2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Watson (visual arts); and the Chronicle's Elizabeth Cobbe (theatre), Rachel Koper (visual arts), Jonelle Seitz (dance), Avimaan Syam (theatre),..."

June 5, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Give 'Em a Hand

The nominees for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Elizabeth Cobbe (theatre), Michael Kellerman (music), Hannah Kenah (theatre), Rachel Koper (visual arts), Jonelle Seitz (dance), Avimaan Syam (theatre),..."

May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Business in the Front, Party in the Back

Heyd Fontenot's new paintings of naked people show the artist's looser, sloppier side

"...Rachel Koper 'Business in the Front, Party in the Back'..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Arts Review

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

The Deep End

A refreshing, loving look at summer culture from photographer Will van Overbeek and watercolorist Melissa Grimes

"...Images provided by Rachel Koper..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Oops!

"...Printed Page Meet," July 4, were incorrectly credited to Rachel Koper. They were actually taken by Carling Hale and..."

July 11, 2008 Column

Honor Roll

The 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Cobbe (theatre), Amanda Douberley (visual arts), Michael Kellerman (music), Rachel Koper (visual arts), Nikki Moore (visual arts), Avimaan Syam..."

June 6, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Cobbe (theatre), Amanda Douberley (visual arts), Michael Kellerman (music), Rachel Koper (visual arts), Nikki Moore (visual arts), Avimaan Syam..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wheelchair Epidemic

This Gallery Lombardi group show defiantly straddles divisions with singers behind the lens and guitarists behind paintbrushes

"...thoughtfully curated by gallery director and Austin art savant Rachel Koper (also a Chronicle visual-arts writer), is a postering..."

March 21, 2008 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

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

'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

And the Award Goes to ...

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..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Inner Worlds We Inhabit

Denise Prince Martin's photographs transport us to places within where the unspoken waits

"...up to. Prince Martin, named by Chronicle Arts writer Rachel Koper as one of the Top 7 Individual Artists..."

May 25, 2007 Arts Feature by Clayton Maxwell

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

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

Bi-ology

The Texas Biennial's second rising

"...Sodalitas, the Art Palace's Arturo Palacios, and Gallery Lombardi's Rachel Koper, along with artists from the now-defunct Camp Fig..."

March 2, 2007 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

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