Unveiling Umlauf's Process

Exhibit designers discuss re-creating the sculptor's studio

"...When planning its 25th anniversary this year, the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum decided to look inward. Rather..."

July 27, 2016 Arts Post by Mary Cantrell

How to Celebrate Austin Museum Day 2020

In person and virtual events abound on the city' annual free museum day

"...Here comes the 23rd annual Austin Museum Day, citizen, that free celebration of art, culture, history,..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Arts Post

Umlauf After Dark ft. Daphne Tunes

Popular sculpture garden presents live music to recover from burglary

"...while struggling to make it through this pandemic, the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum was forced by the city..."

July 27, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Snapshot: Umlauf Unveiled

Sculpture garden exhibit shows off Charles Umlauf’s range, from his cubism period to a bronze bust of his former student Farrah Fawcett

"...Even if you're familiar with the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum (605 Azie Morton), how much..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Blanton and Umlauf Museums Are Open Again

Two iconic visual art hubs welcome the public again

"...art lovers have reason to rejoice. Two of its museums are reopening to visitors: the iconic Blanton Museum of..."

Aug. 17, 2020 Arts Post by Clara Ence Morse

“Shanie Tommasini: Slippery Clump” at the Umlauf

The Umlauf Prize-winning artist uses big, playful shapes and environmental manipulation to look at art, nature, and conservation

"...to the new-natural would be toxic. With her 2018 Umlauf Prize-winning show, "Slippery Clump," Shanie Tomassini offers a small-scale..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Umlauf Garden Party Turns 15

Sip and stroll through sculpture garden raises funds for facility

"...purpose – to raise funds to link artist Charles Umlauf's work studio and family home to the rest of..."

April 28, 2013 Food Post by Rachel Feit

The Blanton Museum and the Umlauf Sculpture Garden Are Open Again

Two beloved bastions of visual art re-open for public view

"...wanted to take a long, calming stroll around the Umlauf's fabled gardens, too – just like in the Before..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Charles Umlauf: One last sale for the city's sculptor

More than 100 works from the estate of an artist who embodied Austin are being offered for sale by his family

"...Charles Umlauf wasn't just an artist who lived in Austin; he..."

April 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Umlauf Sculpture Garden Reopening

Especially when it's rich with art, the outside is in again

"...Thus does Austin's Flatbed Press, that epicenter of the..."

June 5, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Umlauf x Sky Candy: Burlesque Ball

An elegant night of high-flying finery & bodacious bidding battles

"...We’re pretty sure that the Umlauf’s Burlesque Ball this Saturday night will cover all those..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Umlauf in the Sky Like Diamonds

The renowned sculpture garden takes fundraising to a new height

"...Dailey was the hostess and auctioneer for the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum’s first annual Burlesque Ball fundraiser..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Bullock in the Museum Shop

Supporters say the Bullock History Museum has acted as a catalyst for smaller local museums.

"...The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum isn't the only museum in town. It just seems..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature

Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden

The exhibition "Charles Umlauf: A Retrospective, 1933-1992" at the gallery Spazio by Lytle Pressley, is a fresh reminder that Umlauf was an artistic virtuoso in many ways and not simply an artist who lived in Austin, but an artist who was Austin, who embodied something of the character of the city and revealed it in his artwork.

"...by itself enough to rekindle one's appreciation of Charles Umlauf as an artist. It shows a master's sensitivity to..."

June 1, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Performa / Dance's Confections

This evening of works, performed outdoors at the Umlauf, mixed art, beauty, and nature in ways that enraptured

"...but an experience of something special. Live at the Umlauf's recent Performa/Dance night was just that sort of happenstance...."

April 19, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

'Final Farewells'

The last works from the estate of master sculptor Charles Umlauf go up for sale

"...sculptor, Elisabet Ney, had her Formosa, midcentury master Charles Umlauf had his home and studio – like it, a..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Qui and Saukam Cook Up a Garden Party

Culinary couple host annual Umlauf fundraiser

"...The annual Garden Party at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum is always one of the..."

April 21, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Public Notice: Zilker Park Vision Still Cloudy

It’s hard planning for the future, when humans insist on living in the present

"...lot), and the third across Barton Creek near the Umlauf Museum. In this vision, Barton Springs Road would become..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Michael Ray Charles' New Art Asks Hard Questions About Race and America

The internationally acclaimed artist returns to Austin with new work that, as ever, leaves us asking ourselves what we see

"...– created specifically for the current exhibition at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum and for the gallery's back..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Making the Scene

Looking back at the time when Austin was at the center of the Texas art world

"...and you're ready for the exam (or, perhaps, the museum), where images of paintings loom on a screen (or..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Local Palette

Lithographs

"...work, 11' 51/2" by 25' 53/4", came to the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1940, out..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Feature

Culture Flash!

American Fiesta makes the finals of a national new play award, the Rude Mechs get their Gun from Creative Capital, and Katalin Hausel lands the Umlauf Prize

"...• Katalin Hausel has won this year's Umlauf Prize, given annually by the Umlauf Sculpture Garden &..."

March 10, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

10 Can’t-Miss Art Museums and Galleries

Old Masters and new whiz kids all have a home here

"...hanging on the walls of our very fine art museums and galleries...."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Articulations

An invitation to the city's loosest arts awards ceremony from the Austin Critics Table, a happy birthday to the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, and playwright Ruth Margraff is a hit in Big D.

"...Happy Tenth, Umlauf!..."

June 8, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Melany Jean’s Top 10 Fine Art Moments of 2018

Unforgettably textured sculptures, unsettling exhibitions, and unusual spaces made for a memorable year in art

"...3) "SHANIE TOMASSINI: SLIPPERY CLUMP" (Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum) Another show with unforgettable textures..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

Art Week Austin

"...events this month, including the annual Fusebox Festival and Umlauf Garden Party, the Texas Biennial, and the Austin Museum..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

What would Stephen have worn in the Stone Age? Not distressed Levi's ...

"...tickets at www.octopusclub.org... The always lovely and always stylish Umlauf Sculpture Garden Party is Thursday, April 25, 6:30-9:30pm, at..."

April 5, 2013 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Making the fashion scene with Your Style Avatar, Mr. Stephen McMillan Moser, it's hard to imagine when he has time to worship at the altar of Trinity Broadcasting Network... but he does. Hallelujah!

"...the film… We left there to go to the Umlauf Sculpture Garden Party, a very well-attended benefit for the..."

May 6, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Art of Dining

Digestible Feats makes meaning out of meals

"...Two tea ceremonies, both held at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum, will highlight food's ritualistic purposes..."

April 19, 2013 Food Feature by Amy Gentry

Visual Arts Benefits

Waves in the gardens on the horizons

"...The Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum welcomes spring with its annual..."

April 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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