Top 10 of Austin's Visual Art in 2013

Much of the year's most exceptional contemporary art drew inspiration from the past and from science

"...9) 'CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE AND THE ARCHIVE' (Harry Ransom Center)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

The Family

The family that slays together, stays together – even in witness protection.

"...response to a plumber’s attempt to extort a king’s ransom for a new set of pipes, the pathetic advances..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Best in Show

The 2012-13 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Norman Bel Geddes Designs America," Donald Albrecht, curator; Harry Ransom Center Solo Gallery Exhibition..."

June 7, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...Harry Ransom Center..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mary Margaret Farabee: In Memoriam

Remembering the Texas Book Festival co-founder and Austin Arts Hall of Famer

"...Society of Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, UT's Ransom Center, KUT, KLRU, People's Community Clinic, Ann Richards School..."

March 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Visual Arts of 2012

The emergence and re-emergence of arts spaces, events, venues, and museums dominated the year in Austin art

"...'THE KING JAMES BIBLE: ITS HISTORY AND INFLUENCE' (Harry Ransom Center) While the current Norman Bel Geddes show is..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Andy Campbell

Fall Arts Issue Critics Picks

From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats

"...with boxy concrete skyscrapers and rusting industrial zones? The Ransom Center does, and returns it to us with this..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Steve Brudniak: Back from Samsara'

The artist's new solo show at ACC is a warp of the worlds

"...the photograph, the world's first photograph, at the Harry Ransom Center? It's got a booth of its own; and..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dance of the Century

Rhoda Winter Russell reflects on a historic life in dance and the Mary Wigman connection

"...of Wigman letters, photographs, and programs to the Harry Ransom Center, less a few pieces with personal significance. One..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

The Many Lives of an Incorporeal Icon

A new 'Beetlejuice' sequel may be in development, but Warren Skaaren already pondered 'Beetlejuice in Love' two decades ago

"...latter manuscript is in the archives of the Harry Ransom Center...."

Feb. 10, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Five O'Clock Land

Closing Encore Records is no walk in the park for Chuck Lokey

"...In used vinyl, Ransom Wilson looks up from his Bach/Telemann suites LP, a..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

AFF Announces 2011 Lineup

Regional premieres of Shame, The Descendants

"...by his wife, in a copresentation with the Harry Ransom Center, which houses Ray's archives...."

Sept. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

We Can't Go Home Again

Piecing through Nicholas Ray's archive at the HRC

"...a permanent home at the University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center. Such was the film director's breadth of friends..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

'In a Lonely Place,' but Found a Good Home

Harry Ransom Center acquires Nicholas Ray's archives

"...movies – for another 25 years, and the Harry Ransom Center has the goods on all of 'em. In..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"..."Becoming Tennessee Williams," Harry Ransom Center, Charlotte Canning, curator..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Shutter To Think

Six photographers offer a snapshot of the state of the art

"...historic photos held by the University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center; despite having had many great practitioners of the..."

May 20, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Postcards From America'

On an epic road trip, the legendary photo cooperative makes a stop at the Harry Ransom Center

"...May 13, to discuss the project at the Harry Ransom Center, where the Magnum Photos archive currently resides. From..."

May 13, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Press Forward

Two exhibitions capture printmaking's experimental drive

"...It shares that with photography, and just as the Ransom Center's recent showing of photographs from its Gernsheim Collection..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Target Markets

ESPN Films 30 for 30 Gift Set Collection: Volume 1

"...sports-hater in your family/crew fully engaged. Peter Berg's Kings Ransom starts off the series with the tale of Wayne..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Was It Good for You?

The year in books

"...Remember, though, the Harry Ransom Center's exhaustive and illuminating "From Out That Shadow" exhibition..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

An Echo in the Bone: A Novel

The time-transcending love story between 20th century doctor Claire Beauchamp and rugged 18th century Scottish Highlander Jamie Fraser continues

"...does not meet his own son, British Lt. William Ransom, on the American field of battle and safely delivers..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Books Review by Virginia B. Wood

Can I Touch the Tender Button?

An interview with UT professor and archive expert Ann Cvetkovich

"...Cvetkovich: I'm really interested in the Harry Ransom Center at UT. It's superqueer. I just was over..."

June 5, 2009 Features Feature by Andy Campbell

Symposium on Early Texas Art

Texas art isn't an oxymoron, and the members of CASETA will gladly tell you why

"...such as Dr. Ted Pillsbury of Heritage Auction Galleries; Ransom Center photography curator David Coleman: Museum of Fine Arts,..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Food-o-File

Austin is drowning in coffee, and the Blue Bonnet Cafe is Still Cookin' After 80 Years

"...became a busy Austin suburb, crusty barkeep Sarah "Nina" Ransom barked the same admonition to cedar choppers, hippies, and..."

May 1, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Oxford Project

Peter Feldstein talks about photographing an entire small town across a 20-year span

"...Oxford in a Focus on Photography event at the Ransom Center. On Thursday, April 16, 7pm, Feldstein will narrate..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Inevitability of Death and Texas

"...The University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center – unsurpassed in both the quality of its..."

July 18, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

News/Print

UT nets the papers of Liz Smith and Jim Crace, BookWoman's back in business, an O.Henry twofer, book-cart drill-team madness, and what's this about a new Books blog?

"...Rooney. Not bad company to keep... Additionally, the Harry Ransom Center announced on Monday that it had acquired the..."

May 9, 2008 Books Column by Kimberley Jones

Jess: To and From the Printed Page

The Ransom Center exhibition reminds us how the written word sparked a cultural revolution in the 1950s

"...Harry Ransom Center, through April 6..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Cook

On the Road, From San Fran to Taipei

Two new film series bebop and globe-hop

"...many of whom will be showcased in the Harry Ransom Center's Beat Film Series (starting April 2). Perhaps more..."

March 28, 2008 Screens Feature by Raymond Blanton

The Things He Carried: Tim O'Brien's archives find a home

The Harry Ransom Center announces the acquisition of Vietnam scribe Tim O'Brien's archives

"...The Harry Ransom Center announced on Tuesday the acquisition of National Book..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

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