Austin Art Galleries: Venues in bloom

This is the season when new visual arts galleries seem to sprout up everywhere like bluebonnets, and this spring brings us a bumper crop

"...blooming all across the city. No, not bluebonnets – art galleries. This is the season when new showplaces for..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Knit Scarves, Not Art

"...I give a sly smile and answered, “Oh, it's art.” Needless to say, I was dismayed to find that..."

May 4, 2010 Postmarks

But Is It Art?

Austin Kleon gets creative with poetry in his new collection, Newspaper Blackout

"...a Web designer by day; he's also a talented cartoonist (check out his work at www.austinkleon.com) and prolific blogger...."

April 9, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Take Another Little Piece of My Art

"...Pacific because it's generally more focused on safety than graffiti...."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature by Monica Riese

Tag – You're It!

Celebrating urban scrawl with Gallery Lombardi's exhibition 'Austin Graffiti Art: From Birth to Present'

"...Recent announcements from APD that graffiti is on the rise make Gallery Lombardi's "Austin Graffiti..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

EMERGE: The Four Elements of Hip Hop – Right Here, Right Now!

Annual celebration of graffiti culture goes bigger this Saturday

"...of Hip Hop culture – DJs, MCs, breakdancing, and graffiti – will wreak a vibrant alchemy this Saturday at..."

April 22, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cartoon Heritage

Food faces, renegade puppets, rainbow purses, and nicotine washes – it's all part of the art of Matthew Rodriguez

"...This is the thing about stripped-down, bare-bones cartoon illustration: It can communicate important safety information or juvenile..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

"Nathan 'Sloke One' Nordstrom: Another Side"

At its best, this solo exhibition captures the swagger of graffiti on the street and the introspection of the gallery

"...I was an undergrad at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, students were sent into a frenzy..."

March 10, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

First Night Schedule

"...Ongoing all afternoon Mexic-Arte Museum – Feliz Años, Feliz Familias, Mexic-Arte Museum, 419..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Feature

Our Murals, Ourselves

"...of Genesis by S. Fogel, 1950 photograph by Sam Martin..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Exhibitionism

"...trio performing pop hits and musical theatre numbers as part of Live Oak Theatre at the State's flourishing --..."

March 14, 1997 Arts Review

Page Two: "Fab 5 Freddy Told Me Everybody's Fly"

Out of nothing, street art achieved velocity

"...so bad as to be more an idea of graffiti, than art, in the way the Shaggs' first album..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Documentary? Artwork? Puzzle? Prank? Social commentary? This film by the British graffiti artist known as Banksy is, indeed, all of the above.

"...Directed by: Banksy. Documentary? Artwork? Puzzle? Prank? Social commentary? This film by the internationally..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Idea Man for the Future

Ian Cion is out to build a better world, through public art

"...Ian Cion is for an art that is regional, for an art that utilizes technology;..."

March 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

I Am Hiphop

One of the hiphop elders delivers a sermon.

"...Jersey with a nine-tiered curriculum of emceeing, beatboxing, breaking, graffiti art, DJing, fashion, language, knowledge, and trade. More immediately,..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Jimmy Leets World

Graffiti Research Lab's James Powderly takes technology to the street

"...This is where James Powderly and Evan Roth of Graffiti Research Lab come in. They're artists and hackers, enablers..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

Portrait of the artist as a young man is more a portrait of NYC.

"...period of time, a formative time, in an iconic artist’s life. And that’s not untrue. Yet the film isn’t..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Federico Archuleta Has More Murals to Make

The artist who made “‘Til Death Do Us Part” isn’t letting the pandemic stop him from making art

"...No sooner had SXSW been canceled and the CDC started circulating guidelines for keeping COVID-19 at bay than the..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nailing the Market

The next time you go out to eat, keep an eye out for the work of Austin artist Elizabeth Guenthner. She's showing in almost every cafe where it's possible to display art, and her works' precise, distinctly disturbing beauty is simply transcendent.

"...Austin native Elizabeth Guenthner is exhibiting her artwork, throughout the year, in almost every local cafe where..."

July 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Austin community with distinction and integrity over the years, particularly its ever-changing music community, and for that we are..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Column

Gimme the Loot

This prize-winning indie debut follows two wannabe graffiti artists on one long night.

"...2012 Grand Jury-winning narrative feature Gimme the Loot, young graffiti artists Sofia (Washington), a softer, perhaps not-too-distant cousin of..."

May 17, 2013 Movie Review by Monica Riese

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...too close to what I and my fellow critical counterparts have been writing lately: "It's coming! The best movie..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

'Nooooooo! R.I.P. Falling Girl'

"...most longstanding and hands-down one the most creative and artistic pieces of graffiti in the entire city ["Naked City,"..."

Sept. 24, 2007 Postmarks

1% for Soul

Weighing the Costs of the Art in Public Places Program

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March 7, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Au Revoir, Le Bonheur de Vivre

Doug Jaques' award-winning 24th St. mural gets painted over

"...Don't expect to see this art the next time you pass the intersection of 24th..."

Oct. 25, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

New Street Craft Book Features Local Yarnbomber Magda Sayeg

We’d recommend it anyway, because it’s just that good

"...producing books – well-researched, beautifully designed books – about art and culture...."

March 3, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

The actor Michael Rapaport turns director for this admiring portrait of the seminal Nineties hip-hop outfit.

"...the kinetic opening credits. Animated with an eye for graffiti art, the sequence – by James Blagden and Philip..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Give Urban Talent Its Due

"...Dear Editor, The review for the play B-boy bluez [Arts Review, Aug. 27] is accompanied by a photograph of..."

Sept. 1, 2010 Postmarks

The Sandlot

The movie is a grown man's memory of his first, awkward summer in a new neighborhood in 1962 and the importance of baseball as a bonding activity.

"...Starring: Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Brandon Adams, Grant Gelt, Shane Obedzinski, Victor Dimattia,..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Room

Room wears the skin of a psychological thriller, but plays out as something far darker, weirder, and more distancing. The film was invited to Cannes and earned Independent Spirit Award nominations for its Austin artists, Kyle Henry and Cyndi Williams.

"...living room – wherever, it seems – her perspective starts to go staticky, as if her reception’s going out,..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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