Art

Art Openings

"...ALTERNATE CURRENT ART SPACE, 2209 S. First, 443-9674. "The Sacred and Profane,"..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

10 Can’t-Miss Art Museums and Galleries

Old Masters and new whiz kids all have a home here

"...city of murals and outdoor sculptures and inspired graffiti, art is all around you in Austin – including, more..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

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

"...Visual artists of all ilk have a thing with money. Most..."

July 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Blanton Museum of Art: Adios, Pérez-Barreiro

Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, the Blanton's curator of Latin American art, is leaving UT to head the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

"...Last week the University of Texas' Blanton Museum of Art announced the departure of Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, curator of Latin..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Rachel Cook

Getting Your Head Around (and Hands on) the Art of Abraham Cruzvillegas

Conceptual artist brings "Hi, how are you, Gonzo?" to the Contemporary Austin

"...Cruzvillegas' "Hi, how are you, Gonzo?," now at the Contemporary Austin, visitors are encouraged to get up close and..."

May 3, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Art

Art Openings

"...4); "N-O-N," Terra Children's Gallery (Mar 5); "Texas Film Art," Pro-Jex (Mar 5); "C-21 Expo -- Metamorfosis," Austin Visual..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

A Passage to (the Contemporary Art of) India

Intermission at Bass Concert Hall got a lot more interesting last month when Kala Fine Art filled the building with 80 large pieces of contemporary art from India

"...a lot more interesting last month when Kala Fine Art filled the building with 80 large pieces of contemporary..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Talking Art at the Top

The executive directors of the city's museums shed light on the local visual arts scene

"...If you didn't know, the Austin Museum of Art is not going to build its new downtown facility..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

'Art Should Be Convulsive'

The Austin Film Society and SXSW celebrate the films of Mexican cinema giant Arturo Ripstein.

"...Mexico's most renowned and prolific contemporary filmmaker is, most likely, someone you've never heard of:..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Curatorial Reportage

The Blanton Museum's ever-shifting WorkSpace offers up- to-the-minute views of what's happening in contemporary art

"...In the visual arts, we talk a lot about the white cube, a..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Seeing Stars

A Constellation of Latin American Drawing Shines at UT

"...1976-77 According to Mari Carmen Ramirez, the curator of Latin American Art for UT's Huntington Art Gallery, the exhibition..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Five Arty Reasons to Visit the Blanton

As the art museum gets an exterior makeover, don't miss the beauty inside

"...The two halves of the Blanton Museum of Art have always divided, but the refurbishment of the connecting..."

May 12, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Inside and Outside the Curatorial Box

Husband and wife curators Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro and Regine Basha discuss the art of their profession.

"...about? How do you influence the world through the art you select to exhibit? After talking with curators Gabriel..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

Sin Fronteras

Most observers would agree that Austin has a Latino visual arts community, but within that community are many voices, many points of view, many styles -- and no borders.

"...Is there a Latino visual art movement in Austin? Most observers would nod..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

How to Celebrate Austin Museum Day 2020

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

"...annual Austin Museum Day, citizen, that free celebration of art, culture, history, music, nature, and science – with local..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Arts Post

Articulations

On the Funding Front

"...Mari Carmen Ramírez, curator of Latin American Art for the Archer M. Huntington Gallery at..."

July 25, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin’s Best Free Summer Events

From museums to live music to yoga to bats, Austin has it all

"...free live music and events in the worlds of art, yoga, and theatre have something for everyone...."

July 15, 2022 Events Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

Let There Be Light

After a $14 million facelift, UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is letting the light in, literally, through new windows across the front of the structure, and philosophically, through a new mission to give the public more opportunities to see and enjoy its astonishing accumulation of cultural treasures.

"...welcoming all believers, everyone with an interest in the arts and humanities. It's a new age for Harry Ransom's..."

May 16, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Summer travel opportunities and news from all over Texas

"...and do across the state, from seeing ancient Roman art to finding Aunt Rosie’s missing teeth...."

June 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Cultural Coolness Around Texas This Month

"...Son of Art of the State '98..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

Downtown Austin Is Getting a Fresh Coat of Museums

"...illustration by Robert Faries..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Articulations

The Texas Commission for the Arts gets a new executive director, the Blanton Museum of Art gets a new curator for its collection of Latin American art, and Toronto's Harbourfront Festival gets an Austin dance company.

"...The Texas Commission on the Arts has a new executive director, but he's an old..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Shortlist of the City’s Most Memorable Museums

Gaze upon objets from the weird to the sublime

"...the Weird, an homage to Austin oddities, to the Mexic-Arte Museum, rooms upon rooms of Mexican influenced artwork, help..."

June 16, 2016 Columns Post by Mary Cantrell

Culture Flash!

A Blanton curator goes south, a solo show master goes back to Houston, an area quilter and portraitist go national, and the Long Center and KMFA go to the bank

"...• Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, curator of Latin American art at the Blanton Museum of Art, has..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Bi-ology

The Texas Biennial's second rising

"...biennial is linked to a very different type of art from that which will be on display at the..."

March 2, 2007 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

A Museum Comes of Age

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July 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...tech, and so much money was flowing that even arts groups were seeing the green. More than a dozen..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

WorkSpace: Fabián Bercic

Meditate on this: a Zen garden made of perfectly smooth, shiny plastic

"...Blanton Museum of Art..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Imagined Mexico

A personal guide to three exhibits on Mexico through one bifurcated perspective

"...to him, everything in Xilitla – the air, the earth, the taste of rain, the smell of the sun,..."

April 16, 2010 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Monumental Shift

Major personnel changes across the Austin arts scene signal the start of a new era

"...Something similar has been going on in the Austin arts community this past year. In 2007, an unusual number..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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