Ocean at the Vortex

In her solo show, Ebony Stewart makes a canvas out of herself and a beautiful gift we should embrace

"...In Ocean, Stewart makes a canvas out of herself. She tells the audience about the..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

"Mihee Nahm: Soaked"

In this solo exhibition, the artist invites us to take a walk with her down memory lane

"...through her walks. She lays a moment out on canvas or paper, and we complete it with our own..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Arts Review by Cat McCarrey

Anonymity: Never Gonna Give You Up

Is 4chan Internet freedom's best hope?

"...teenage experiment – and its forthcoming, currently beta-testing iteration, Canvas – is mammoth in scope, influence, and power. Most..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

Monet's Water Lilies transport us to a time before the definition of eyesight and humanity.

"...that at just this distance within reach of the canvas, just here, where I was standing, had stood Monet,..."

June 8, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Ali Fitzgerald: Swan School; The Matriculation

"...appears to be floating down a river made of canvas and modeling paste (although all I can imagine is..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Cook

"Labyrinth" at Not Gallery

Ryan Thayer Davis' large and highly saturated abstract fields of color are warm, alive, active, and pleasing to be among

"...painting (a mix of oil and acrylic, all on canvas) is constructed in layers of individual compositions one on..."

May 13, 2016 Arts Review by L.K. James

L. Shapley Bassen's "Portrait of a Giant Squid"

First Place winner

"...When it arrived before Hallowe'en, the huge canvas overwhelmed his space. Its red/orange was overpowered by thick..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by l. Shapley Bassen

For No Good Reason

The artist Ralph Steadman, best known for his illustrations of Hunter S. Thompson's books, is profiled in this documentary.

"...coupled with shotgun blasts of ink flecked onto the canvas have adorned numerous magazines, books, film posters, newspapers, and,..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Christopher Schade: Islands

When a painting can make you seasick – as the ones in Christopher Schade's Islands series can – you have a work that's worth a look and a look again

"...out of control. In the foreground of the 6-foot-by-6-foot canvas looms a surreal creature that could be a robot,..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Arts Review by Amanda Douberley

Abstract Expressionism, 1940s-1960s

"Abstract Expressionism, 1940s-1960s" is at once a stand-alone illustration of a pivotal time in American art and a prelude to the continued explosions of radical artistic energy that marked New York throughout the 20th century

"...Oil on canvas: a combination that has been used to honor kings..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

Exhibitionism

The Last Night of Ballyhoo: Southern Discomfort

"...time you finish, you will have seen acrylic on canvas, oil on canvas, watercolor on paper, pencil on paper,..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Arts Review

The Real Blonde

"...but this time out draws upon a much larger canvas. It's such a large canvas and filled with so..."

May 29, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"Lee Albert Hill: Signs" at CAMIBAart

This solo exhibition asks, What happens when shapes run away to join the circuits?

"...Hill doesn't just paint these marvels on any old canvas – or on any new canvas, for that matter...."

July 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Michael Ray Charles' New Art Asks Hard Questions About Race and America

The internationally acclaimed artist returns to Austin with new work that, as ever, leaves us asking ourselves what we see

"...than the others. When you're as close to the canvas as the artist is, the painting of each individual..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Street Art Enters Into a New Era

With the city cracking down on graffiti and Hope Outdoor Gallery set to close, artists look for permission to paint

"...I went from not painting at all to painting canvas, and from there I went straight to the wall...."

July 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

“Garth Weiser: Paintings, 2008-2017” at the Contemporary Austin

In this solo show of abstract works, the painter has pinpointed the ungraspable, like grabbing a tiger by the tail

"...a distance, it's massive, deep, and even threatening. The canvas is boiling with textures, disturbances like static that cover..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Tom White Is Never Gonna Give it Up

The ATX artist and his illusory process wreak a beautiful painted havoc

"...tissue paper, flattened it out, adhered it to a canvas, and – voila! – there you go: Abstract, 3-D-looking..."

June 24, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Q&A Hole: What's the Use of Owning Original Artwork?

With Chris Cubas, Jill Schroeder, Shannon McCormick, and more.

"...a Matisse poster? Big deal. But if it's a canvas painted by the famous guy? You will get stomach..."

Feb. 2, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Father Time

Claude van Lingen's conceptual artwork counts down from 1,000

"...placed stuffing atop it in mounds, covering it with canvas, "so you could draw parallel lines on this irregular..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Andy Campbell

Sydney Yeager: Moving Parts

These busy abstracts create visual fields that are active, festive, and seductive

"...paintings by Sydney Yeager showing at D Berman Gallery. Canvas after canvas is tightly packed with bunches of small..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

A Piece of Work

Ralph White's painting Segment of an Unknown Journey is suggestive of both microscopic and telescopic views, bearing at once a resemblance to a dye-drenched photo of a living cell after mitosis and a polychrome picture of distant, light-smeared celestial bodies taken by the Hubble telescope.

"...I climb the stairs of Gallery 1313, a large canvas to my right seems to extend a sort of..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Madame X

In Madame X, playwright Ann Ciccolella dramatizes the events surrounding the creation of Sargent's famous portrait of Virginie Gautrau, using them as a springboard for an absorbing inquiry into the meaning and relationships of art, beauty, and society.

"...essence, that spirit that must be translated to the canvas for the painting to work...."

Feb. 8, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

A Way With Guns

Young writer Kevin Wood grew up with BB guns, and rifles and hunting, so it was a bit of a shock for him to discover that he wasn't as comfortable with a handgun.

"...with a heavy plastic carrying case and a smaller canvas bag, and me following behind with one hand in..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

Watching Art Grow

"...studio and selected one of her lushly painted large canvases for the show. There was no question about the..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Wet Paint and Natural Disasters

Three Artists Redefine the Landscape

"...at the beach on the far side of the canvas are surrounded by bodies in body bags and other..."

April 28, 1995 Arts Feature

Visual Arts Review: Surrealist Showcase “All I Want Is Boundless Love”

Fewer melting clocks for more maternal moons at Martha’s Contemporary

"...In contrast to the larger canvases of his peers, Lipman offers the most uncanny themes..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by Teedee Simons

Hard Truths

Mike Leigh returns with another finely observed family drama

"...received Peterloo Massacre re-creation, Peterloo. But Leigh’s most consistent canvas is the contemporary family unit. Crafting characters with his..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Trans Rights, Comedy Nights, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...What is a still life but a metaphorical blank canvas on which to paint the objects that make up..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Lost Soulz

Gen-Z grabs the mic in this heartfelt rap road trip

"...the vibe of the story, a wash over the canvas that Propper paints upon...."

May 10, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Visual Arts Review: Malou Flato: “Greatest Hits”

Texas nature artist presents a garden of vegetal delights at Davis Gallery

"...is captured via Flato’s well-practiced brushes in oil on canvas, 5-foot-by-6-foot canvas, turning the Davis Gallery’s tony but welcoming..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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