The New Frontier: Art and Television, 1960-65

Using a legion of artists from the early Sixties, the Austin Museum of Art exhibition "The New Frontier: Art and Television 1960-65" offers an illuminating peep into a time when a measly 10-inch black-and-white TV set was the American family's window to the world.

"...Austin Museum of Art -- Downtown..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

Founders Day

The 2010 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...personal sacrifice involved. The degree to which the visual arts, dance, theatre, and classical music flourish in Austin today..."

June 4, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Graduating, With Honors

Local awards are nice, but Austin artists are being recognized nationally all the time now

"...a handful of the significant awards extended to Austin arts-makers this spring alone:..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

"Embracing the Present: The UBS Art Collection"

"Embracing the Present: The UBS Art Collection" contains a broad sampling of contemporary sculpture, painting, and photography from the past 40 years, and among the jubilant range of concerns and expressions, the riot of form, scale, color, and style, it reveals again and again the tension that exists between the technological world and the human one.

"...the Present: The UBS Art Collection": Connecting the DotsAustin Museum of Art, through Aug. 10..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Decay, Preserve, Observe: The Experimental Memories of Bill Morrison

The cinematic pioneer discusses his career and filmography before his Austin retrospective

"...that will connect the Austin Film Society, UT's Visual Arts Center, and the Bass Concert Hall. [inset-1-right]..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

The Medium Mash

Previewing MALI Women's Film & Performance Arts Festival

"...categorization," you might find the logo of the Media Arts & Literacy Institute's Women's Film & Performance Arts Festival...."

May 15, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Look Back in Wonder

The fifth Texas Biennial celebrates its past glories

"...pretty ambitious and audacious: a big juried exhibition of contemporary art drawn from the length and breadth of the..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Now You Can See 'What Jane Saw'

UT English Department project featured in 'New York Times'

"...Two hundred years ago today, Jane Austen visited a museum for a retrospective of portraitist Joshua Reynolds. And now,..."

May 24, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Day Trips & Beyond: Stay Trips

Daytripping in the age of stay-at-home orders

"...The San Antonio Office of Preservation has opened a museum without walls. The website has a series of short..."

April 28, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...Scott McCloud of Understanding Comics fame has a new..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The LBJ Presidential Library at 50

For five decades, the LBJ Library & Museum has been not only keeping history but also making history

"...leaders in politics, social issues, and culture to address contemporary issues, and it convened major summits on the Vietnam..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fusebox Festival Director Chooses His Top Five Stops for EAST 2019

Ron Berry on what's hot on this year's East Austin Studio Tour

"...– and most significantly, what's new – in the contemporary arts, both around the world and around town. If..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Arts Feature by Ron Berry

Texas Biennial 2013

"...bios, and more information are at www.texasbiennial.org. Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Aural History

Hannibal Lokumbe and his trumpet stand at the crossroads of jazz, blues, and Jimi Hendrix

"...handler had remained after a three-year residency at the Contemporary Arts Center beginning in 1999, when Hurricane Katrina hit...."

Feb. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

"Anacronistas"

With blown glass in colors as bright as stained glass in the sunshine and materials from the city dump, Einar and Jamex de la Torre create havoc. Their uncompromising, irreverent mixed-media pieces could adorn an Internet cafe, a 15th-century Spanish altar, or an Aztec household and still be shocking fun.

"...Mexic-Arte Museum..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Five Arty Things to Do: Dec. 15-17

Counting it down, arting it up, struggling with the goddamn tinsel

"...much more familiar. But this weekend? This weekend, the arts scene is still keeping it pretty secular … and..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cuba by Alan Pogue / Timeless Exposures: Europe, New York, Cuba

Local Arts Reviews

"...With the contemporary Cuban art show at the Austin Museum of Art..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Arts Review by Ben Willcott

Downtown Austin Is Getting a Fresh Coat of Museums

"...illustration by Robert Faries..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Art

Art Openings

"...AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART, DOWNTOWN, 823 Congress, 495-9224. "Fresh Ink: Austin..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

10 Can’t-Miss Art Museums and Galleries

Old Masters and new whiz kids all have a home here

"...hanging on the walls of our very fine art museums and galleries...."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Art

Art Openings

"...Pro-Jex (Mar 5); "C-21 Expo -- Metamorfosis," Austin Visual Arts Association (Mar 6); "David Douglas Duncan: One Life, a..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Inside and Outside the Curatorial Box

Husband and wife curators Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro and Regine Basha discuss the art of their profession.

"...of Latin American art at UT's Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art. He is an academic curator, working within..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The most recent inductees into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame were also announced, and all three..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: What Do You Mean?

Shaking up the lexicon once in a while is necessary if we want to be clear

"...merger two years ago). The name change to the Contemporary Austin doesn't seem to have generated earthshaking amounts of..."

July 26, 2013 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues

Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?

"...This Saturday night, when Pump Project Art Complex closes..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Earning the most attention from the group was Mary..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...the induction of three local artists into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame: painter and muralist Fidencio Duran, choreographer..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts. The group recognized artistry in the theatre and beyond..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

Art Fun in the Summertime

May

"...Alan Roth: Robotics..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The Critics Table, that informal association of area arts writers and editors, have been presenting the awards for..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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