Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...have considered the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1, 2017, and April..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Tonal Proximity

NMASS matured into Austin's foremost showcase of performance sound art, audiovisual improvisation, nonconformative music, and sensory installations

"...The New Media Art & Sound Summit (NMASS) began in 2009 as the..."

June 24, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

Techno-Artistic

Katie Rose Pipkin and the new art

"...It happens while talking with the 22-year-old artist on the patio of Wild Wood Bakehouse by the..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Arts Feature by Matthew Irwin

Top 9 (Plus One) Moments of Bustin' Out in '09 (In No Order)

In the art scene, 2009 saw many breaking out of old roles and building new ones

"...1) ARTHOUSE'S GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY Sometimes it takes breaking something down to..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

Finding Hope ... in Bed!

Tim Miller's latest trip to Austin finds the noted performance artist optimistic about being gay

"...been driving national policy for umpteen years. As the performance artist explains in "Oklahomo!," an essay in his new..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DIY Queer Community

Can’t relate to what Austin’s gay scene has to offer? Make one of your own!

"...So, in fall 2004 she started Foodies. "Foodies: For women who love women who love..."

June 2, 2006 Features Feature by Kate Getty

Down From the Mountain

"...Hunter, David Rawlings, Colin Linden, Chris Thomas King, John Hartford, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley and Emmylou Harris...."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

String Theory

Do-It-Yourself Symphony

"...perennial band grievances to know most of them by heart: The drummer quit, the singer's a twit, the amp..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Bringing Out the Dead

"...Directed by: Martin Scorsese. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, Tom Sizemore, Ving..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Articulations

Getting Seen

"...past week and a half, the New York City performance art cafe Here seemed more like it was here..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Giving It Up

"...make me a sentimental slob -- say, the final performance of a show I'm in or an old-fashioned holiday...."

Nov. 28, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Sculpting a School

David Deming on the Art of Being a Dean

"...photograph by Kenny Braun..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Heart of The Beast

Can Donald Byrd Make Art of True-Life Violence?

"...the stage to rake in millions and keep struggling artists afloat, despite the moral cost...."

May 9, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...have considered the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1, 2018, and April..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post 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

Gay Place

The Gay Place loves you. All of you. Hard. And will miss you when you are gone.

"...still got a full weekend ahead. Seriously, before we depart, we do wish to sincerely thank you for allowing..."

March 19, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer

The Fearless Freaks

Documentary about the band the Flaming Lips – the crazy/bizarre Oklahoma outfit that, despite itself, rose to national prominence.

"...of post-acid acne, winning a Grammy for Best Instrumental Performance in 2003 and playing to a packed house on..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Nomi Song

A documentary ode to the legendary outsider's outsider, Klaus Nomi – a singer, performance artist, and genuine human anomaly.

"...some people might. A German-born, classically trained operatic singer, performance artist, and genuine human anomaly, Nomi moved from his..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns

"...aGLIFF, but a candy-coated valentine of a documentary about art-rock quirksters They Might Be Giants. (Actually, the world premiere..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

From Zero to Infinity: Yayoi Kusama in Context: Orgiastic Color, Fuzzy Haze, and Naked Bodies

She was Pop before Andy silkscreened soup cans or Oldenburg piled up erasers, and the Blanton Museum of Art's new exhibition "From Zero to Infinity: Yayoi Kusama in Context" shows her pioneering influence in a survey of Pop Art that is freakin' amazing.

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

June 16, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

Artemisia

"...Merlot. Starring: Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault and Miki Manojlovic. Artemisia is an interesting meditation on the life of 17th-century..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Memoriam

"...An Austin artist whose work spanned the communities of dance and design,..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Arts Column

The Exhibition Switch

"...Mexic-Arte Museum sends some disappointing news this week: Due to..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Arts Column

30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial

"...Any Austin-based or Austin-headed music fan worth their salt starts encountering the same line of questioning come March: Anyone..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Five Things to Catch at OUTsider Fest

OUTsider explores the queer underground with their 2023 festival, Shapeshifting Underbellies

"...this year's festival, themed Shapeshifting Underbellies. Festgoers can enjoy art centered around places where queerness is hidden in plain..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Arts Column by James Scott

At Eternity’s Gate

Transcendent examination of van Gogh through his own eyes

"...was not crying out for another movie about the artist Vincent van Gogh when Julian Schnabel, the artist and..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Filly Brown

A young, Latina hip-hop artist gets a shot at a record contract only if she is willing to compromise her ideals.

"...hamper this film from being enormously entertaining, with riveting performances, great beats, and poetic rhymes. A talented young rapper,..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Jubilee

This Rubber Rep show throws lots of weirdness our way, but some of it is beautiful

"...Few shows come with a metaphor for the entire performance built right into the opening, but Jubilee is one..."

April 20, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

The Nanny Diaries

An awful lot of good talent was squandered on this by-the-numbers film version of the bestselling tell-all about the child-rearing habits of the rich.

"...Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Alicia Keys, Nicholas Art, Donna Murphy, Chris Evans, Nathan Corddry and Judith Roberts...."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Adapted from Patrick Süskind's heretofore unadaptable cult novel about an olfactory vampire in 18th-century France, Perfume is a gorgeous but woefully overlong and ultimately misguided mess.

"...importantly, why star Whishaw chose to model his entire performance on Anthony Perkins doing Norman Bates. (Certainly it's, hands..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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