Gift Guide 2016: Coffeetable Books

Big books give heft to big success stories about women in business, Flatbed Press, UT’s collections, Pan Am, and the Spurs

"...If you're familiar with the Blanton Museum of Art or the internationally heralded Harry Ransom Center,..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Game-Changers

The 2009 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...innovations and steadfast commitment have altered the ways we express ourselves, regard our heritage, and respond to art. Each..."

May 29, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Long Way Home

Considering the art of the map, as inspired by two local exhibitions and a housewarming party

"...of Texas" at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, and even back to the Faulk Central Library to..."

May 20, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond

"...Bush league no more for the Round Rock Express: Owners Nolan and Reid Ryan announced this week they..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

El Quemado

For more than 40 years, José Francisco Treviño has been exploring the world of art. Now, in the largest retrospective it has ever presented, Mexic-Arte Museum shows us Treviño's discoveries, and Mary Jane Garza explains how they came to be.

"...is enjoying a retrospective of his art at Mexic-Arte Museum. With more than 130 paintings, drawings, and sculptures covering..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Articulations

The resignation of the UT School of Architecture's dean over the Blanton Museum of Art furor.

"...The tortured saga of the Blanton Museum of Art has a new and painful chapter. The..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Find a December adventure

"...of the month. Tours start at the Port Aransas Museum at 9:15. The tours are limited in size and..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Are You Local? Crit Group Reunion Redefines What it Means to be an Austin Artist

Two-part retrospective exhibition brings local creatives together, and to the main gallery

"...Contemporary to suddenly show these Austin artists in the museum itself, as opposed to a smaller partnering gallery? Robin..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Arts Feature by Vivie Behrens

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...even comedy. His musicianship and technique allow him to express the full range of colors and emotions with his..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: Wright in Wisconsin

Wisconsin driving trail showcases architect’s diverse styles

"...532 were built. Wright’s artistic accomplishments include the Guggenheim Museum in New York, N.Y., the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo,..."

July 27, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

'Folded, Torn, Cut, Woven, and Pulled'

Five artists let the paper do the talking in this intimate show at the Blanton Museum of Art

"...Blanton Museum of Art, through May 4..."

May 2, 2008 Arts Review by Salvador Castillo

Letters at 3AM

Bob Dylan says he doesn't know how a guy like him came out of a place like Hibbing. He's been saying things like that for 40 years and I don't know a rock critic who doesn't take him at his word. But I also don't know a rock critic who's been to Hibbing. I wanted to see for myself.

"...Dylan: It pointed the way to the Greyhound Bus Museum. I wondered, Why is that here? In the museum,..."

March 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Framing the Border

Photography of the Region Between Mexico and the U.S.

"...of Texas; Elizabeth Ferrer, new director of the Austin Museum of Art, scholar in 20th-century Mexican photography, and author..."

May 1, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

'Seven Year Itch': REALMdanceproject's lucky number

Folks don't often make a big deal out of a seventh anniversary, but with all the changes in REALMdanceproject this year, the troupe thought it a good idea, hence its new show, 'Seven Year Itch'

"...a lot to say, a lot she needed to express. So she and Betty Law discussed it and decided..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Postmarks

Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

"...time to read my letter. I am writing to express my feelings about a portion of your "Top 10s..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column

"Whitney Turetzky: Feminine Grandeur" at the Elisabet Ney

In the way she transforms antique photographs of anonymous women, Turetzky elevates their subjects’ status to something holy and sacred

"...Feminine Grandeur," the latest exhibit at the Elisabet Ney Museum, could not have found a better setting. Nestled in..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Review by Marisa Charpentier

Gay Place

The Contemporary Austin kicks off a QTPOC film series for the month of May

"...and overlapping systems of discrimination," explains Andrea Mellard, the museum's director of public programs and community engagement. Curating the..."

May 5, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

100 Dresses: The Costume Institute, the Metropolitan Museum of Art

History in fashion

"...100 Dresses: The Costume Institute, the Metropolitan Museum of Artpreface by Harold Koda Yale University Press, 232..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Books Feature by Anne Harris

'America Letterpress: The Art of the Hatch Show Print'

This exhibit offers rooms of graphics to grab the eye and jolt the music-loving heart

"...Austin Museum of Art – Downtown,..."

March 12, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...told the committee that college employees are reluctant to express any disagreement with the interests or positions taken by..."

May 5, 2006 Column

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Austin federal courthouse. One would displace the Austin Children's Museum; another would commandeer the proposed Austin Museum of Art..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Articulations

The past few weeks have seen the passing of Johnny Torrez, Dana Ravel, and Clarence Brisco, three individuals all distinguished by their support of and advocacy of artists besides themselves.

"...as curator at the George Washington Carver Library and Museum. During his tenure, Brisco founded the Austin Mural Program,..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

The Weak in Rock

"...beautiful bus that would be perfect for Farm Aid, museum, or just as a wonderful means of travelling in..."

July 23, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Day Trips

"...prominent teacher at Southern Methodist University and the Dallas Museum of Art...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Light and Power

The Future of Seaholm

"...less utilitarian future for the building. Dance club? Art museum? Restaurant? Even a city hall? Seaholm has been an..."

May 8, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Exhibitionism

Tres Proyectos Latinos & Young Latin Artists: Vibrant Dialogue

"...AMOA@Laguna Gloria, through August 10 Mexic-Arte Museum, through July 5..."

July 4, 1997 Arts Review

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Commission Considers a Black Live Music Fund

Envisioning a Black Live Music Fund and fixing the Broken Spoke

"...Chas Moore, Austin Texas Musicians Executive Director Patrick Buchta, Museum of Human Achievement Director Zac Traeger, and Pamela Benson..."

July 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 12-18

"...It has had a prominent place in New York's Museum of Modern Art since 1941. If it ever came..."

June 19, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Your Weekend in Film

­Pack it up, we’re traveling

"...display when a renowned curator of a contemporary art museum hosts the titular installation. Josh Kupecki: “There’s a lot..."

Nov. 9, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Naked City

"...brought suit over the results, and the San Antonio Express-News reported Tuesday that his lawyers have begun to make..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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