"Sum You Some Me" at Butridge Gallery

This show pairing artwork by Felice House and Dana Younger feels dedicated and warm, a committed homage to the body

"...real human, and experiences feelings of revulsion. Robotics is not my field (though I did own a Teddy Ruxpin..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

“Elizabeth Chiles and John Swanger: Lumens & Currents” at grayDUCK Gallery

This exhibition has a softness that’s seductive, but it also speaks to our timeless wonder at the workings of wildness

"...gauzy forms and shapes that are distinct from one another but still cohesive. The work is by two artists,..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

"Valerie Fowler: Nature and Other Stories" at the Butridge Gallery

The art here tells local stories but is universal in ways that are loud, strange, and reverent for uncontrolled nature

"...a freedom for boldness that the smaller images do not. The subject is the Lost Pines Forest in Bastrop..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

“Elizabeth Chapin: Careful/Uncareful” at Wally Workman Gallery

These portraits jettison the obvious for the sake of drama and harnessing the truth of a human being in a singular moment

"...than the capturing of a person's essence (regardless of notoriety or lack thereof) on a flat surface. The portraits..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Austin Restaurant Weeks, Texas French Bread’s Secret Garden, Hyde Park Bar & Grill’s Partial Departure, MASS Gallery’s New Food Trailer, the Diner Bar’s Austin Family Kitchen, and More, More, More…

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...TFB on and cross all our dough-loving digits, but not hold our breath.) More power to you, Murph &..."

Aug. 30, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Jim Roche: Some Americans Feel Like This" at Bale Creek Allen Gallery

The show's hand-stenciled, colorful re-creations of political signs are a timely vessel for America's honesty

"...Like This" recall outsider art, though Roche himself is not an outsider artist. He has been making and showing..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

"Richard Forster: Levittown" at Lora Reynolds Gallery

The artist's reconsideration of his suburban hometown hinges on the conflict between the mass-produced and the personal

"...United States"), and a wallpaper design "based" on the notion of nostalgia for East Germany. All of the images..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

"Scorch and Drag" at Flatbed Gallery

John Robert Craft's objects and prints, combined with the viewer's eye, creates a chamber of reverberating visions

"...massive beam laid across the floor. If you are not careful, you might trip over it. The beam appears..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

"Seeking Surreal" at Davis Gallery

Each of the artworks in this group show finds some place where the fantastic makes contact with the everyday

"...might expect from a show of surrealist art, a notion informed by Dalí and Magritte postcards: bizarre scenes of..."

July 8, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

"Painters Painting Painters" at Davis Gallery

With 10 artists making portraits of themselves and one another, it’s the variety of styles that provides the show’s strength

"...a way the other women in Offutt's paintings are not, but all the same, she doesn't smile. She seems..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

"Disparate Mythos: Women of Sculpture" at Dimension Gallery

In this varied group exhibition, Magdalena Jarkowiec's two-ness shows the richness of sameness and difference in duos

"...floor. I imagine the oneness of this creature might not be damaged by two heads, but it is certainly..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

"Peter Brown Leighton: Live Snakes" at Photo Méthode Gallery

The words that best describe the manipulated vintage photos in this exhibit are blithe, triumphant, and hilarious

"...the baby is gleeful. It would be endearing if not for the skulls grinning by the dozens just behind..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

What Not To Wear on Your Walls

Dress your dorm room right with Austin purveyors of poster art

"...boyfriend/girlfriend/non-gender-specific-significant-other currently usurping precious wall space. (College Station is not "long distance," by the way.)..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'Chronicle' Not as Good as It Used to Be

"...Dear Editor, The Austin Chronicle Calendar is not as good as it used to be. I am..."

Aug. 25, 2004 Postmarks

UT's Cocks Not Glocks Demonstration

Photo gallery

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature

Your Weekend's Not All Wet, Citizen!

Regardless of whatever else might be happily moist

"...Friday night's opening reception for Fugue States at grayDUCK Gallery right off South First ... the final night of..."

May 11, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Shooting Gallery

"...Danny Trejo, and Ricardo Montalban wandering around town when not on set. Autographs, no vampires. Other local productions firing..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

We Have an Issue: When the Art Gallery Is Everywhere, All Around Us

This week's cover story is all about Austin street art and murals

"...lot of boring buildings with amazing art." Whether or not you agree with his dismissal of Austin as a..."

March 24, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

We're Not Like Everybody Else

The 2014-15 Austin Music Awards, an alumni free-for-all

"...(Molly Ringwald) arouse the French-Canadians of Quebec. The Texan hypnotizes an audience similar to his sold-out run on Sixth..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

When She’s Not Touring With Star Musicians, Photographer Pooneh Ghana Settles in Austin

New Radio/East concert series highlights the globe-trotter’s indie origins

"...an "All Are Welcome" sign adorned with a cartoon gallery of local celebs, including music industry figures. Peeking out..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Austin's Airport Art Program Makes Every Flight a Trip to the Gallery

Got some time at AUS? There's many distractions in plane sight.

"...landscapes by Austin's Jimmy Jalapeeno after you've trudged through another security line with your shoes in your hands. ..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Definitely Not Pee

Looking a gift horse in the mouth

"...no sex, she gushes like a firehose. It did not bother me when we were at her place, but,..."

March 3, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Not Very Statesman-like

The daily of record's release of Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, its only full-time arts critic, isn't getting good reviews

"...unique strength coming from 19 years on the beat, not only reporting but actively shaping the cultural landscape with..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Touching Art and Not Dating Drummers

Four working artists share more thoughts on arts and parenting

"...of advice through this article, it should be do not date a drummer...."

Oct. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Elizabeth Cobbe

Dazed, But Not Confused

The next 96 hours of SXSW Music starts here

"...South by Southwest, we've got one music festival after another – Old Settler's, ¡Pachanga!, Chaos in Tejas – and..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Alejandro Escovedo – Not Slowing Down

Third annual Moody show on Saturday whips up a hurricane

"...at the Moody Theater stage Saturday night to present another elaborately-produced, highly personal show. Teaming his Orchestra with Elias..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Austin Restaurateurs Discuss Plans to Reopen (or Not)

Local restaurants on how they made the tough decision

"...As for Austin’s restaurants – bars are not included in Phase 1 plans – owners’ perspectives vary..."

May 6, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

"Low Down: New Works on Paper by Ricardo Vicente Jose Ruiz"

How the strange visions in this solo show relate to one another is difficult to say, but they're all both ancient and immediate

"...and so they've come prepared for anything. They do not feel fear, because they have known it all before...."

June 24, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The Art of the Business of Art

Gallery owners David Berman, Wally Workman, and Steve Clark talk about their lives promoting artists and selling art

"...money. Most don't have enough of it, at least not enough to live on while they produce their art...."

July 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

The Art of the Dealer

Exploring the Relationships of Artists & Gallery Owners

"...way the system works, for the most part -- not because dealers are an innately crooked bunch out to..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Arts Feature

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