Earthen Works at the Austin Museum of Art Revolution in Clay

"...The minute I saw the invitation, I was hooked. Revolution in Clay, selections from the Marer Collection of contemporary..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Arts Feature

Viva la Revolution!

Installation art may be notoriously hard to define, but its role in art history isn't. It helped change the way we look at art, and the Blanton Museum of Art's survey of three decades of installation art, "Blurring the Boundaries," provides a window on the revolution.

"...Quick, can you name the American artist who famously stuffed himself into his campus locker and..."

March 17, 2000 Arts Feature by Ben Willcott

Step Up Revolution

A tired story is enlivened by dance happenings – essentially flash mobs with killer physiques.

"...uptempo ghetto vibe that made it irresistibly silly fun, Revolution fails to impress or even entertain beyond its psychotically..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Revolution in Acting

The SITI Company's J. Ed Araiza is transforming the way Austin actors view their art

"...chin poised above her head. A short, dark girl darts in and out among the larger group...."

April 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Art Outside

Art Outside reinvents the art show by placing art outside of its normal context, in a wood filled with 120 plots, each occupied by a different visual artist

"...For some, "art" can be a terrifying word. Art is that stuff..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Frank Kozik (1962-2023), the Man Behind a Poster Revolution

How Austin shaped the punk artist behind print mania

"...was remembered as the founding father of the modern art print scene. Chronicle writer and punk historian Tim Stegall..."

May 12, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Celebrates Culture-Defying Movies With Film as a Subversive Art

Revolution in the cinema

"...a copy of Amos Vogel's Film as a Subversive Art. It was 1993, and he was working in the..."

July 15, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Leading the Drag Revolution

Vanguard showrunner Hermajestie the Hung talks challenging bigots & creating a space “ruled by love and governed by freaks”

"...Tuesday on the Swan Dive stage leads the drag revolution. Step into what Hermajestie calls "a space ruled by..."

April 29, 2022 Column by James Scott

Public Notice: The New Industrial Revolution?

Is Mayor Adler our Teddy Roosevelt?

"...and Lyft. And I must say, the most compelling part of his long and excellently argued press release on..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Patria y Vida: The Newest Rhythm Of Revolution

Panel spotlights Cuba protest song leading to rapper's imprisonment

"...When the American Revolution started to turn against our royal rulers, the song..."

March 21, 2022 Music Post by Gary Lindsey

UT Professors Discuss the “Fourth Agricultural Revolution” at SXSW

Predicting the future of food

"...Just as smartphones and Twitter completely transformed the way society communicates, recent..."

March 8, 2019 Food Feature by Gracie Awalt

Further Reading: 'The Revolution Was Televised'

The millennial dramas: What HBO wrought

"...The sitcom isn't the only television art form to undergo a seismic shift in the last..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Scenes From a Digital Revolution

Scenes from a digital revolution

"...on seven people to profile. There are the fledgling start-up groups, wired to the gills. There's the trusty old-school..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Art + Commerce

Marc English Design's DIY Criteria

"...single identity, a brand that not only defines the artist and his art but leaves a lasting, lovely scar..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Revolution of Spirit

Ritual jazz theatre pioneer Sharon Bridgforth premieres a new work, her last in Austin

"...This new work from writer and ritual jazz theatre artist Sharon Bridgforth opens with the main character of the..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Abe Louise Young

Right-Wing Revolution

Conservative Christians Target Texas Board of Education

"...first swelled two years ago, during the putative "Republican Revolution" of 1994. For example, two moderate-to-downright-conservative East Texas Democrats,..."

Oct. 11, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

"Very Queer and Very Hip-Hop”: ATX Interfaces Cuts the Crap With Community-Based Art Programming

Through open mics, artist showcases, a zine, and more, the arts org seeks to amplify marginalized voices

"...ATX Interfaces has carved out a unique space in arts programming – one unbound by medium and steeped in..."

May 21, 2021 Arts Feature by Laiken Neumann

Pandemic Production: Yvonne Boudreaux, Art Director

“The plan is to get a plan”

"...Yvonne Boudreaux, production designer and art director..."

July 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Sofia Tafich

From Revolution to Entertainment in We Are Fugazi From Washington, D.C.

Chronicle writer Joe Gross goes documentarian for the hardcore pioneers

"...says Joe Gross, journalist, music historian, Chronicle contributor, and part of the trio of filmmakers responsible for We Are..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

Sewcialist Revolution

This isn't your grandmother's fusty old fabric store

"...word is out about the newest addition to Austin's hearty crafting scene - even before next weekend's grand opening,..."

Dec. 10, 2009 Design Post by Lei-Leen Choo

Exhibitionism

My Children! My Africa!: Schoolbells in the Revolution

"...Africans to which he belonged and the world of apartheid-hammered black South Africans. This period of renewed assault against..."

June 11, 1999 Arts Review

The FP

This potential cult-movie masterpiece is likely the most original dance film you'll see this year.

"...Trost and Jason Trost. Starring: Jason Trost, Lee Valmassy, Art Hsu, Sean Whalen, Caitlyn Folley, Nick Principe, Brandon Barrera,..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Theatre en Bloc's Neva

Asking what difference art makes in the face of revolution, Theatre en Bloc delivers an engrossing production

"..."There is going to be a revolution."..."

March 3, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

A Chef in Love

"...latter-day discovery of a cache of memoirs by French art dealer Anton Gogoladze (Gautier). The writings in question belong..."

June 6, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

This Chinese film presents an uncharacteristically romantic look at the Cultural Revolution.

"...presents an uncharacteristically romantic look at the Chinese Cultural Revolution; compared to 1998’s Xiu-Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, it makes..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Immortal Longings at Zach Theatre

In this new play by Terrence McNally, Diaghilev and Nijinsky seek revolution and godhood in the 20th century

"...its world premiere at Zach Theatre, keep talking about artists as deities. Out of the void, artists make something..."

July 12, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"..."It's spiritual," Houston says. "Open up your heart and open up your mind. That's what you need..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Fantastic Fest Interview: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Inside the mind of stop motion wizard Phil Tippett

"...There is no more perfect art of cinema than stop motion. The idea of moving..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Alison Klayman's doc is as much a rallying cry for freedom of expression as it is a portrait in progress of an artist whose career is ongoing.

"...“Never retreat, retweet.” So says the parting slogan in Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, the documentary portrait..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Persepolis

This remarkable animated film tells a contemporary story about an Iranian girl’s coming-of-age while navigating the usual pitfalls of adolescence and the Islamic revolution of the Eighties.

"...is at once a confessional autobiography, historical re-enactment, graphic art object, and deeply involving contemporary story about a girl’s..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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