Visual Arts Review: “My Eyes Are Starving for Beauty”

A feast of fearless art with Anthony Sonnenberg

"...hole, beckoning entrance to Anthony Sonnenberg’s “My Eyes Are Starving for Beauty” at Big Medium. It’s an anticipatory descent..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Starving and Art in Marfa, Texas

Sonic Youth plays Marfa, turns on the bright lights.

"...main street. Then the desert sky opens and it starts pouring. Thousands descended upon the small town of Marfa,..."

Oct. 8, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

A Living in Art

Nathan Jensen Creates New Frontiers

"...and metal hinges, was one of many pieces of art in the room. Judging from his missing legs and..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Arts Feature

The Art of the Dealer

Exploring the Relationships of Artists & Gallery Owners

"...Years ago, arts writer and former art dealer Dave Hickey described the..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Arts Feature

The Art of Film Producing

Lynda Obst's Hollywood Survival Manual

"...well as practical advice on such things as the art of pitching, styles of combat, types of business friendships,..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

What to Give the Starving Performing Artist O, for the Poor Player

"...times of the year, we do indeed play many parts, but come the Christmas season, we seem to take..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

At the Drive-In

An East Austin art compound reviews the magic of outdoor screening

"...bright as they used to be, deep in this heart of Austin...."

Oct. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

La Vie De Bohème

This film honors the romantic notion of the starving artist while simultaneously mocking its illusions and pretensions.

"...Samuel Fuller and Louis Malle. Oh, to be a starving artist in Paris with a loving mistress, a dog..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.

Documentary tracks the evolution of the artist and activist

"...and her activism, she has molded herself into an artist whose infectiously catchy songs belie the seething anger of..."

Nov. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Rent

Despite the grating, workmanlike direction of Chris Columbus, this boisterous film is a vivacious, wiseacre musical and an inarguable morality lesson: Love is all you need.

"...Adam Pascal, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Anthony Rapp and Tracie Thoms. Playwright Jonathan..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Che: Part Two

Steven Soderbergh concludes his two-part biopic with Che's Bolivian endgame.

"...Joaquim de Almeida and Lou Diamond Phillips. At the start of Steven Soderbergh’s two-part epic about the life of..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

La Mujer de Mi Hermano

Soap melodramatics masquerade as high art in this south-of-the-border drama about a love triangle and marital infidelity.

"...Christian Meier and Manolo Cardona. Soap masquerades as high art in this south-of-the-border romantic drama, which has nevertheless proved..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

King Kong

Jackson's remake is a corker of an action/monster movie: part RKO serial; part square-jawed, manly romp; and part classic journey into the unknown that recalls and references Heart of Darkness.

"...godhead is more than the sum of its gargantuan parts (big budget, bigger stars, biggest simian ever); it’s also..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

King of Masks

"...the marketplace where he stages impromptu performances of his art, that of “face-changing,” a sly, complex, wholly beautiful bit..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transforming a Neighborhood Near You

Since 1985, Austin's Art in Public Places program has placed more than 100 works in 57 facilities, transforming not only the look of the city but neighborhoods and the lives of people in them.

"...not for long. This happens to walls sometimes. They start their lives humbly, purely functional, until someone singles them..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Tim Miller Has a 'Lay of the Land'

Miller performs his new work at the Vortex, Jan. 29-30.

"...consciousness of the United States. Known for monologue-ish performance art pieces, Miller is always fresh, engaging, and politically savvy...."

Jan. 26, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

East Austin Studio Tour

The city's autumn marathon of art covers work by some 300 artists in 175 venues

"...Hope you've been training for Austin's annual autumn art marathon. With this year's East Austin Studio Tour, your..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Road to Freedom

The Cost of Art III: How the Fusebox Festival liberated itself from charging admission

"...would you pay to see the world's best cutting-edge arts in performance – artists from New York and Los..."

July 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Trains, Dance, and Lesbionage in This Week’s Recommended Events

Find some art and community this weekend

"...hats. On top of all these hats is her artist hat, which you’ll be hard “pressed” to ignore once..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Rethinking the Three R's

Reagan High's digital-media lab opens doors for young students into filmmaking.

"..."My kids are starving for a situation where they have freedom and are..."

May 2, 2003 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

IV, III, II, I... Contact! The Latest in the Williams Country Music Dynasty is Keeping Things Warm in Some Very Long Shadows

Coleman Williams talks moving forward with an open mind

"...is a familiar mantra amongst young musicians. No true artist would want to be limited to someone else's idea..."

Nov. 23, 2021 Music Post by Gary Lindsey

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...1983. After two years of graduate work in studio art -- the first time in her life she'd focused..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

Big Books

"...The Starving Artist's Way..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Books Feature by Jess Sauer

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Ltd., was first incorporated last year, the organization's 2,500 partners, more than half of whom are non-U.S. citizens, decided..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Where to begin? Well, let's start with some local flavor. In addition to the previously..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Feed an Artist, Nourish the World

Austin School of Film underground and avant-garde shorts

"...their way into being. It is, in short, the art of filmmaking in its purest and most virginal form,..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

The Starbucks Showdown continues; and readers voice their opinions on last week's Best of Austin issue.

"...spirit of our great state and set it clearly apart from the others. Whatever your political bent may be,..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Column

Postmarks

"...Both of the major U.S. political parties, designed, as they are, as influence-peddlers rather than as..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

Funny Pages

Portrait of the comic artist as a young idiot

"...Pages and its protagonist, Daniel Zolghadri as rising young artist Robert – rising right up his own ass, that..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...The pairings with female artists offer the album's best material, matching the showrunner's weathered..."

July 17, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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