Art City Austin

The big outdoor art fair is spreading the love, via partnerships and pink notes

"...Art City Austin 2009 is on its way this weekend,..."

April 24, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hang the DJ

The new political theatre invites you into its messy, sexy conversation

"..."Theatre gets to create a topic of conversation for a..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Gospel of Lead

Arthouse's Talking Art with Dario Robleto and Jeremy Blake is a good bet for a stimulating afternoon, with two rising art stars who have a history of weirdly personal, spicy commentary

"..."Roses in the Hospital," "Say Goodbye to Substance," "The Diva Surgery," and..."

Jan. 20, 2006 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..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

New Leader for the Long

Dallas area arts administrator Cliff Redd named executive director of the Long Center for the Performing Arts

"...David Fleming left for Green Bay, Wis., to run the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, and the Long..."

June 25, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hope 4 Hip Hop Preserves and Reanimates History for the Next Generation

“Hip-hop is a melting pot, a mestizo of the arts.”

"...Euro-stepping, a flurry of children dashing gleefully across the polished hardwood floor of the South Austin Recreation Center..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Arts Feature by Adam Wood

Day Trips & Beyond: Of Texas Rivers & Texas Art

Collection expands our appreciation for nature and art

"...The human race has a tenuous relationship with water at..."

April 26, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Blanton Museum of Art

The UT museum acquires 12 works by Texas artists through an art lottery

"...Everybody loves winning the lottery, even museums. And while the Blanton Museum of..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art for Days

Can you handle two weeks' worth of the East Austin Studio Tour?

"...In the immortal words of Chief Brody, you are going to..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

At Home at the Easel, If Nowhere Else

A new documentary captures Austin's homeless population finding purpose in art

"...According to government estimates, on any given night there are between 500,000 and 800,000 homeless people in the..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Ellsworth Kelly's Austin Opens at the Blanton Museum of Art

By building this structure, the Blanton enabled a major modern artist to realize his masterwork

"...Ellsworth Kelly made plans for a building. And at the time he made them – that would be 1986..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

High Tech Meets High Art in UT's CAET Initiative

New center teaches art students technical and computer skills

"...The technological explosion of the 21st century has profoundly effected..."

Feb. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

Touring the Tour

A very meta experience, guided by Heather Pesanti, senior curator of the Contemporary Austin

"...The colossal East Austin Studio Tour is coming out of..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Gifts of the Magi

A conversation about community and creativity with three wise men of the Austin arts

"...As Dave Steakley works in theatre, Stephen Mills in dance, and Craig Hella Johnson in..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The 'It' Perspective

Photographer Fritz Henle seen through the lens of Austin image-maker Matthew Fuller

"...In "Fritz Henle: In Search of Beauty," the Harry Ransom Center has shone a spotlight on a..."

June 12, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Beyond the Frame

Curator Elizabeth Dunbar likes art that punches through the gallery walls

"...She started with the exhibition that consisted of rearranging the walls..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Triumph of the Yellow Kid

Comics are art, Spiegelman notes in his panel-busting history lesson

"...From the beginning, comics knew the pain of the late Rodney..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Contemporary Austin Feeds Your Head at Home

All the art in the Jones Center and at Laguna Gloria is yours for the viewing on the museum's new website

"...You ever visit the Contemporary Austin's exhibitions in that Jones Center building Downtown?..."

May 15, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

International QuiltCon Returns to the Austin Convention Center

It's the Modern Quilt Guild’s biggest celebration & display of craft

"...QuiltCon, suggests the press release, is for modern quilters what ComicCon is..."

Feb. 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Photos as Objects of Art and History

Magnum Photos collection gets read in new book

"...The Magnum Photos collection that now resides at the Harry..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Arts Post by Rod Machen

'Creativity in the Face of Death: The Contemporary Resonance of Terezín'

UT symposium honors and ponders art created in the Nazi concentration camp

"...Art existing in the midst of genocide is a paradox..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Beat Goes On

Harry Ransom Center hosts the Kerouac scroll

"...As curators in the Ransom Center Galleries unrolled the yellowing 120-foot manuscript, cameras..."

March 14, 2008 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

Classical Revival at the Blanton

The Art of the Deal

"...So what's all this about the University of Texas being a slow, confused bureaucracy? When..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Behind the Wheel With Deezie Brown

After five years of fine-tuning, the perfectionist producer and rapper rolls out 5th Wheel Fairytale

"...Obviously, the job I refer to is not this job (Hi..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Day Trips: Pop Art Museum, San Angelo

Outdoor museum offers art in an unusual place

"...The Pop Art Museum in San Angelo salutes the "people's..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

12 Things to Do With the Family Over the Thanksgiving Break

Give blood, see the circus, do a virtual 5K, and more

"...this year. Many traditions just can’t go on in the same way because of the pandemic, and we’ve all..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Events Post by Katherine McNevins

The Contemporary Austin Finds Its New Head in the Headlands

The museum's new director, sharon maidenberg, has run a renowned multidisciplinary arts center in the Bay Area for 10 years

"...Last June, at about the time that Louis Grachos left his post as director..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...What keeps Austin's cultural scene among the liveliest in the nation is that it's never static...."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Spirit of the City and the Letter of the Law Collide at Sekrit Theater

Beau Reichert struggles with the city over his backyard arts complex

"...A welcome sign at the end of Beau Reichert's driveway greets visitors to Sekrit..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Live Nude Art Models from Paper Chairs

An interactive show about live models and the artists who paint them

"...The last time I told you about nude art modeling..."

Feb. 25, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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