More Art for Laguna Gloria

The Contemporary Austin gets $9 million for sculpture park

"...donated her Lake Austin estate to the Texas Fine Arts Association to be used as a civic art museum,..."

Sept. 12, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Laguna Gloria to Get New Entrance

The Contemporary Austin plans $6 million makeover on 35th St.

"...Start saying your goodbyes to the cramped, awkward approach to..."

Feb. 22, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

10 Can’t-Miss Art Museums and Galleries

Old Masters and new whiz kids all have a home here

"...city of murals and outdoor sculptures and inspired graffiti, art is all around you in Austin – including, more..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Art for Healing

The stunning art collection of the Dell Children's Medical Center

"...families, and, as I understand it, many people find art museums almost as intimidating. But fear gives way to..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Talking Art at the Top

The executive directors of the city's museums shed light on the local visual arts scene

"...If you didn't know, the Austin Museum of Art is not going to build its new..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

'Concerto Laguna'

AMOA-Arthouse's Spring Sound series unleashes the music of the shores

"...bells are struck and bowed by musicians spread far apart, along the lakeshore. As you walk down toward the..."

March 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Art Transplant

The Move Toward a Cultural Center in Downtown

"...arrived, yellow badges swinging from their necks, and the parties worked out a two-song alternation, the image remains: a..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Art Top Ten

Hanging the Best of 1995

"...1. Artwork/Installation: Regina Vater's installation "Ita./Ota" (The Austin Museum of Art..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Arts Feature

Watching Art Grow

"...not enough -- at least where the new exhibition "Art in Process" is concerned. The current show at the..."

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

Art

Art Openings

"...4); "N-O-N," Terra Children's Gallery (Mar 5); "Texas Film Art," Pro-Jex (Mar 5); "C-21 Expo -- Metamorfosis," Austin Visual..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Art

Art Openings

"...ALTERNATE CURRENT ART SPACE, 2209 S. First, 443-9674. "The Sacred and Profane,"..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

Art City Austin 2014

Art Alliance Austin's annual spring art fair brings art to the streets around City Hall

"...only mean that we're overdue for some outdoor festivities. Art Alliance Austin's annual Art City Austin will be taking..."

April 11, 2014 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

Nicole Eisenman Receives Booth/FLAG Art Prize

NYC artist is the first recipient of the $200,000 award

"...Three months after the Contemporary Austin announced its partnership with New York's FLAG Art Foundation to expand the..."

Aug. 6, 2018 Arts Post 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

Sacred Spaces and the Art of Margo Sawyer at AMOA

"...Blue, 1998..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Art Fun in the Summertime

May

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

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tubes of Art

"...Antonio. We're going to hear the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's senior curator of film and media arts, John G...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Earthen Works at the Austin Museum of Art Revolution in Clay

"...hands. As a potter, she harnessed the elements -- earth, fire, and water -- to do her bidding. When..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Arts Feature

Glorious Renewal

The Contemporary Austin gives new life to the place where it all began, Laguna Gloria

"...steps. One studies the Contemporary Austin's newly acquired Paul McCarthy piece, a bronze sculpture of an imposing Snow White,..."

March 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

Contemporary Austin Goings & Comings

Judith Sims retires, Deming sculpture Mystic Raven returns

"...of how long Judith Sims has worked with the museum we now know as the Contemporary Austin, she had..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Happy Camper

Judith Sims on 23 Years with Austin's Art Museum

"...black stretch pants. She dresses like a New York art dealer or maybe an L.A. film agent. In fact,..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Dream On

Austin Museum of Art Re-Examines Its Downtown Plans

"...The future home of the Austin Museum of Art at the corner of Third and Guadalupe..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Making the Scene

Looking back at the time when Austin was at the center of the Texas art world

"...Anyone who's ever taken a 19th or 20th century art-history class has probably felt a little inundated by the..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Transforming a Neighborhood Near You

Since 1985, Austin's Art in Public Places program has placed more than 100 works in 57 facilities, transforming not only the look of the city but neighborhoods and the lives of people in them.

"...not for long. This happens to walls sometimes. They start their lives humbly, purely functional, until someone singles them..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Articulations

Getting Online With Art

"...Still puzzling out that connection between art and the Internet? Does art really connect on the..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Column

In Memoriam: Ishmael Soto

Groundbreaking Latino artist and teacher has passed

"...Throughout his 60-year career, art was more than a means of self-expression for Ishmael..."

March 8, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Life in Fragments

The Eloquence of Betye Saar's Art Assemblages

"...carefully crafted and crisply presented assemblages, in which the artist recontextualizes found objects and fragments from her own life..."

July 26, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Jimmy Jalapeeno: In Memoriam

The late artist's loved ones gather to celebrate his life

"...Sunday, June 9, at the Eye of the Dog Art Center in San Marcos. Bonar died Wednesday, May 22,..."

June 7, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

TFAA Director Sandra Greagor Igniting a Fire for the Arts

"...by Rebecca Levy "I think you make art be- cause you can't not make it," says Sandra..."

July 28, 1995 Arts Feature

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