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

Bigger and Better

The Bullock Museum IMAX Theatre completes digital conversion

"...When the Bullock Texas State History Museum announced last month that they were temporarily closing their..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Showcase Showdown

The Austin Museum of Digital Art's programming challenges our notions of creativity

"...as well as fans of digital art and music, museumgoers, hipsters, and curious onlookers, gathered to celebrate – for..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Arts Bullets

Relive your prom with Coda Theater Project; see Jaxon's artwork in a museum (of sorts); the Blanton receives $100,000 for its first show in its new building; and travel is in the cards for two AMOA leaders

"...more simply, Jaxon – is getting attention from a museum ... of sorts. The underground comix pioneer and widely..."

May 28, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Saving All Our Changes

Cyber-castoffs are curated at Austin's Goodwill Computer.

"...The Goodwill Computer Museum -- quaintly titled "Relics of the Past" -- is..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Features Feature by Michael King

Articulations

AMOA Selects Architect

"...Who says there's no good news these days? With the announcement last week that its..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Blanton's #MuseumFromHome Offers Tours, Talks, and More From Its Collection

Just cuz you're at home doesn't mean you can't get some culture

"...probably not providing much artistic stimulation. Luckily, the Blanton Museum of Art has brought its galleries, and much more..."

April 30, 2020 Arts Post by Gianni Zorrilla

Day Trips: Coming in 2020 Across Texas

What Capt. Day Trips is looking forward to in the new year

"...and interactive experiences are becoming the norm for a new kind of entertainment. Whether a permanent or touring show,..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Toys in the Attic

There's something for the kid in all of us at the Austin Toy Museum

"...most toys? If it's true, then the Austin Toy Museum is the ultimate victory...."

April 15, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Starring Role: Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our man Brenner talks with the famed astrophysicist, because science.

"...subject of a thousand Facebook quote-posters, the Daily Show's new man-about-science, the former Austinite, the man whom media wags..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

That Was Then; This Is Now

The latest version of 'New Art in Austin' shows how much has changed in three years

"...this aesthetic. In the fall of 2005, the Austin Museum of Art opened the second exhibit in its new..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Salvador Castillo

Keeping Pace, Culturally

Proposition 4 calls for an investment in cultural facilities for the city, and, Austin, it's time

"...Austin better roads, more green space, and a big new library...."

Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Let There Be Light

After a $14 million facelift, UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is letting the light in, literally, through new windows across the front of the structure, and philosophically, through a new mission to give the public more opportunities to see and enjoy its astonishing accumulation of cultural treasures.

"...The new front corners of the Ransom Center exterior are impressive..."

May 16, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Blanton Architect Named

"...Ever since the Austin Museum of Art announced that Richard Gluckman had been selected..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Demons & Delights – The Art of Billie Buck

Local illustrator makes “Hot Soup” at the relocated Austin Museum of Popular Culture

"...for her first-ever exhibit, "Hot Soup," at the Austin Museum of Popular Culture. The show kicks off Sunday, 2-6pm,..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Celebrating the Women of Flatbed Press at PrintAustin 2019

Elisabet Ney Museum gives Austin’s world-class press its historic due

"...helluva way to celebrate your 30th birthday. But hey, New Austin can't always be bothered with how many decades..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Unveiling Umlauf's Process

Exhibit designers discuss re-creating the sculptor's studio

"...25th anniversary this year, the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum decided to look inward. Rather than showcasing outside artists..."

July 27, 2016 Arts Post by Mary Cantrell

Upgrade Coming for the Contemporary Austin

$3 million renovation coming for the museum's downtown home

"...A new canopy over the popular open-air deck on top of..."

Sept. 10, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Hightower Report: Help Oust Junk Science From Our Public Science Museums

Climate change denialism comes for natural history museums

"...to the Koch brothers, however, to invent a whole new category of greenwashing. Doling out millions of their oil-smeared..."

April 10, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Setting the Table

New director Ned Rifkin wants to bring more people to the feast that is the Blanton

"...art for the Smithsonian Institution doing running the Blanton Museum of Art? And how does one shift from the..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Explore Texas and beyond in 2022

"...Start the new year off with a tour of prehistoric cave paintings,..."

Jan. 6, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

More Art for Laguna Gloria

The Contemporary Austin gets $9 million for sculpture park

"...Arts Association to be used as a civic art museum, a multimillion grant to The Contemporary Austin will transform..."

Sept. 12, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Step Right Up

The terror and the wonder of the Museum of the Weird

"...WPIX's Chiller Theatre. The railway cuttings near my upstate New York home were awash in shale-stuck trilobites from the..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

The lady behind the big Texas ladies, art shake-ups, and what to do, what to do

"...MUSEUM CHAT Things are shakin' at museums across town. The..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Articulations

The LBJ Library swaps paintings with the National Gallery of Art, the Blanton Museum of Art gets $1 million for a new gallery, and Patsy Cline teaches you how to apply make-up

"...came calling on Austin. Seems the LBJ Library and Museum had a fine example in its head-of-state gift collection:..."

March 19, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

They're History

The Blue Genie boys -- those whimsical artists responsible for the armadillo-festooned entrance to Threadgill's World Headquarters, the guitar gal atop Fran's Hamburgers, and other mini-landmarks around Austin -- have been fun for the people who see them and fun for the people who made them. Making giant panels for the new Texas State History Museum, though, was a bit more than just that.

"...more than halfway up the front face of the new Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum at the corner..."

April 27, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

What's in a Name?

"...are cases in point. Last month, the fine arts museum on the University of Texas campus changed its name..."

April 24, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Fall into fun!

"...Lubbock throws a party with free admission to the museum, tours, movie screenings, and birthday cake...."

Aug. 31, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: The Elissa, Galveston

Tall ship returns as sailing school and museum

"...was towed to the Texas harbor to become a museum piece in 1979...."

April 19, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Southgate-Lewis Survives Code Probe

City finds insufficient evidence Eastside house was operating as museum

"...after a complainant accused the society of running a museum without proper permitting...."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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