Rundberg Rising

How do you keep improving a neighborhood after $1 million in grant money runs out?

"...and a bunch of Austin ISD school kids are painting. It doesn't look like much: a little concrete pedestrian..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Force of Circumstance

Houston honky-tonks + Americana surrealism = Robert Ellis

"...Collection in Houston, Robert Ellis stares at René Magritte's painting The Invisible World with a crooked grin of delight,..."

June 3, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Rundberg Reblend

Groups remake North Austin neighborhood one bridge at a time

"...and nonprofits). The recent bad weather has slowed the painting process, but Dubois said, "We hope to get 10..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

"Frank Selby: High Writer" at Lora Reynolds Gallery

This show's eight works offer a rewarding investigation into the relationship between objects and images of them

"...trying to fill the gaps between them. A medium-sized painting of a sculpted head is followed by three much..."

April 8, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

State of Wonderment

The Texas Biennial's first outside curator describes what he saw in Lone Star art

"...from Los Angeles to find out about his curatorial process...."

March 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

The Comics (Artist) Panel

Five Austinites on the state of the sequential art, from comics to comix to manga and beyond

"...starting to learn is that it's part of the process: For every idea that makes it, you have five..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Joey Seiler

Candace Briceño: Nevermore

With her solo exhibition Nevermore, Austin artist Candace Briceño continues her sustained inquiry into landscapes while driving her use of color and line into new territory

"...& Their Work, Briceño continues her sustained inquiry into landscape-painting conventions, the chemical properties of pigment-dyes, and the range..."

July 7, 2006 Arts Review by Amanda Douberley

Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...in divine light. The state already owns that McArdle painting and -- surprisingly in this day and age --..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Short and Sweet

The Texas Documentary Tour showcases the work of three MFA students from the University of Texas' Radio-Television-Film Department, whose documentary program faculty member Paul Stekler calls, completely without bias of course, the "best in the country, bar none."

"...harpsichord. Building a harpsichord from scratch is a slow process. I knew there was a story there, because a..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Postmarks

Righteous readers respond to recent rape reportage, and our Best of Austin issue garners a kudo or two.

"...visionary leaders in East Austin that stuck with the process to make our development and their community a better..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Universal Talent

From 1961 to 1992, Julioeloy Mesa worked in the Cuban Institute of Cinematic Industry and Art, making movie posters that earned international awards, exhibitions in museums, and even a permanent collection in the Library of Congress. Though he now lives comfortably in Austin, Texas, Mesa's artistic struggle continues.

"...de Mai in Paris, 1968. The following year, his paintings won him another accolade from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma..."

July 13, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

Naked City

Katherine Anne Porter School | Wimberley | Larry McDowell | Grady Roper | Elizabeth Lee | Yana Bland | David Bland | Pat O'Bryan

"...remain intact, the five-member school board decided that the painting was inappropriate and took matters into their own hands...."

Nov. 17, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Making a Front Porch for the City

As he was completing the final design for the Austin Museum of Art's long-awaited downtown facility, architect Richard Gluckman took time to discuss the project, his approach to architecture, and what it means to design buildings for a boomtown.

"...that Georgia O'Keeffe was trying to paint in her paintings. Can a painter capture the quality of light in..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Book Reviews

The Politics of Prose

"...When a collection of paintings by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) toured the..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

A Mysteriously Happy Atmosphere

"...an end. Founder John Andrew Rice saw the creative process as a way to develop integrity in the students,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Arts Feature by John Spong

Joni's Jazz

"...her more than 30 years' worth of songs and paintings certainly prove the astrologers right. During an hour-long interview..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Exhibitionism

Race of the Ark Tattoo: Trap Doors in the Mind

"..."Plein air" painting is a French thing. It refers to the Impressionist..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Arts Review

You Are What You Art

"...I was... horrified when Bob Huot gave me a painting... When I said so, he got really pissed off..."

July 11, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Adjusting to the Mise-en-Scène

Nine nonfilmmakers – artists out of place – make one in 48 hours

"...film's script, he's already miles away from his normal process. Without so much as a line of dialogue in..."

July 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Money for Nothing

Millions of Williamson County taxpayer dollars pour into a contractor's pocket, and no one seems to know why.

"...that last November a flooring subcontractor, Austin-based Sunrise Commercial Painting, incorrectly applied an epoxy coating to the facility's concrete..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Public Notice: Hear Ye, Hear Ye

Listening in on the CodeNEXT Sound Check

"...the city of Austin is about halfway through a process known as CodeNEXT: a complete ground-up rewrite of the..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

“The Contemporary Print” Celebrates One of the World’s Oldest, Most Exacting Art Forms

ICOSA and PrintAustin juried exhibit runs through Feb. 17

"...It’s a process, however, that remains incredibly impressive. The current exhibition “The..."

Jan. 31, 2024 Arts Post by Meher Qazilbash

Mondo's Big Picture

Gallery's huge success belies the company's humble beginnings, but like the art within, you have to see it up close

"...A poster has to be designed with the printing process and the classic Mondo poster proportions – 18 inches..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Putting It Together

The Austin Symphony's Peter Bay on Leading an Orchestra, Interpreting a Score, and Seeing Music

"...is what it is. Whatever you interpret from that painting is your input. But I suppose music has an..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Eric's World

The Many Fanastic Colors of

"...surfaced. Also figuring in on the long, protracted recording process was Johnson's scaling back to a mere six days..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Art, Eggs, Kink, and Sleaze in This Weekend’s Art Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar consideration

"...gravity – that produces movement within their own dialectic process of searching for equilibrium.” Opening reception is this Saturday,..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Visual Arts Review: Karim B. Hamid’s “Saturn Returns”

Lydia Street exhibit ponders subversion and deconstruction

"...It’s a process Hamid calls “psychic archaeology,” the act of allowing your..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

For 12 Years, There's Been a Gap in One of Austin's Most Famous Murals

Will an image from an iconic Austin movie complete the picture?

"...400 Blows. Clowns from Fellini's 8½ played before a painting of the Varsity's own front doors, with poster-sized images..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

From the Walls to the Page in ATX Urban Art

New book ATX Urban Art catalogs Austin's street art, murals, mosaics, and graffiti

"...goes along with them, be it the act of painting it, who I was with, what was going on..."

March 24, 2023 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Austin Studio Tour 2022 Is All Over the Map

The annual celebration of art expands to match its city's size

"...Painting. Sculpture. Woodworking. Murals. Glasswork. Metalcraft. Collage. New-media manifestations in..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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