Art City Austin

Austin's urban core gets more playful with surprise swings and bubble sofas

"...city, and anyone was free to play them. Well, Art Alliance Austin, which sponsored the project for its annual..."

April 13, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Art and the Arduousness

Daniel Kliewer's hypnotic moving paintings

"...As anyone who participated in the recent East Austin Studio Tour can attest,..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bill Narum: We Call That Art

ZZ Top iconographer Bill Narum moves on to the next canvas.

"...Texas music without seeing Bill Narum. His splashy, bold art decorated every ZZ Top album from the vinyl and..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Top 10 Happy Moments of Art Appreciation and Artists Who Found a New Gear This Year

Chronicle Arts writer Rachel Koper remembers 2008 in the visual arts

"...huge year with shows at the Austin Museum of Art, Butridge Gallery, Texas State University, and Houston's McMurtry Gallery...."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Landmarks: Enhancing Campus With Art

UT gets 28 large sculptures on long-term loan from the Metropolitan Museum

"...Acres is about to get a lot more … artful, thanks to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The New..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

It's a Car, It's a Canvas ... It's an Art Car!

Art cars roll through downtown

"...For some time, West Austin News publisher Bart Stephens had been trying to come up with a..."

April 23, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Art Fights the Power

The Liberating Artwork of Malaquías Montoya

"...Richard Nixon to the U.S. presidency. Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated. There are violent civil rights..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Tech-Art Organization dadaLab Reboots in New Eastside Studio

Find community, coding, music, and light at the July 15 celebration

"...their Real Street location to make way for an apartment development, dadaLab co-founders Barna Kantor and Kyle Evans secured..."

July 11, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

"The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop" Provides a Close-up on Cinema's Scenic Paintings

The exhibition of 12 vintage backdrops painted for MGM films reveals their techniques for creating grand illusions

"...is my childhood." Being with this piece of scenic art from the beloved film felt, she says, like "coming..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Enjoying and Making Art at the 2019 West Austin Studio Tour

Artists offer demos, workshops, and experiences to get you in on the creative action

"...Looking at art can inspire you in all kinds of ways: to..."

May 10, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Caravan for the Children's Act of Creative Resistance

Yocelyn Riojas, Jolt Texas are sending an artful message to the border

"...Through her artwork, she resisted SB 4, took a stand for DREAMers,..."

June 29, 2018 Arts Post by Eilish O'Sullivan

Ellsworth Kelly's Austin Opens at the Blanton Museum of Art

By building this structure, the Blanton enabled a major modern artist to realize his masterwork

"...and for three decades, while this eminence of the art world continued to make the abstract paintings, sculptures, and..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

At Camp Contemporary, Life Imitates Art

Contemporary Austin’s adult camp merges music and nature

"...It’s an old philosophical notion that life imitates art – and according to Danielle Nieciag, the Contemporary’s director..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Post by Emily Gibson

Art in Public Places' TEMPO Program

The city of Austin gets into temporary sculpture in a big way, debuting 10 new works around town this fall

"...That's not a concept exclusive to magic. It's increasingly part of our public art scene. Time was, a work..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ART From the Ashes Reseeding With Creativity

A California nonprofit helps Bastrop recover by making art from fire-damaged materials

"...Against the obliterating force of a wildfire, art stands no more of a chance than anything else...."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Blanton Museum of Art

The companion facility to the UT museum's gallery building is finally complete

"...Since opening in 2006, the Blanton Museum of Art's Michener Gallery Building has been a major success for..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Get Your Art On

A new 18-day campaign tries to build awareness of the city's rich cultural scene

"...Have you gotten your art on?..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Luv Doc Recommends: The Art of Andy Warhol

Ao5 Gallery, Saturday, November 18, 2006

"...Trolling for strange in an art gallery is, at best, a challenging proposition. Even at..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

Art From the Streets: Taste the rainbow of flavors

What makes the annual "Art From the Streets" exhibition and sale interesting is the way it shows not how different homeless people are from us, but how much we all have in common

"...What is an artist? What is the artist's intention? These two short questions..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Art From the Streets: Off the Streets and on Your Walls

Art helps, and the annual Art From the Streets Show and Sale helps artists who are homeless sell the work they've created and help themselves

"...It's this simple: Art helps. For the person who makes it, it helps..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art is a put-up-or-

"...sentence that turns itself inside out (as the best art inevitably does): All art is mass art, all art..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Column

Thomas Kinkade Was the World's Biggest Selling Painter. Art for Everybody Asks Why.

Shedding light on the superstar of schmaltz

"...bridge over the babbling brook. That's the world of artist Thomas Kinkade. [inset-1-right]..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

How Art the Clown Became a Horror Icon

Slasher epic Terrifier 2 breaks all the rules, but director Damien Leone is just telling the story he wants to tell

"...epic, but that wasn't Damien Leone's intention when he started writing Terrifier 2. "I didn't realize how long it..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Art Car Parade, Houston

Craziest parade in the world will take you on a joyride

"...The Art Car Parade in Houston will have you laughing, crying,..."

April 8, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Why Are My Phone Pics Not Works of Art?

It might not be the gear, but the photographer

"...of Caroline's cheeks will likely be more vibrant, the soul reflected in her eyes more soulful, but time will..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Arthouse/Austin Museum of Art

The boards of the two museums have voted to merge, but what does that mean?

"...sealed the deal – "they" being the boards of Arthouse and the Austin Museum of Art, who, after months..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Art

Two artists are arrested while painting a mural on a wall in East Austin

"...Mural artists Angel Quesada and Lannea Brooks were arrested and jailed..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Abe Louise Young

Andrew Jeffrey Wright: Making us believers in art

The pop sensibility and humor of this Philadelphia artist feel a lot like Austin

"...online and thought, "This guy feels like an Austin artist." The work is a happy mix of trippy graphic..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Art Alliance Austin: At 50, a rejuvenated mission and new name

After five decades, Austin Fine Arts Alliance has renamed itself Art Alliance Austin

"...As names go, Austin Fine Arts Alliance was serviceable enough for 50 years. But with..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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