Big Medium launches two international artist exchanges
Big Medium is leading two international art exchange programs in Korea and Spain, the Austin...
Two city projects receive public art prizes; Temporary public art projects announced
The 10-story tall mural on a city parking garage, "Tau Ceti," by Joseph Kristofoletti has...
UT Landmarks nets national public art award
Americans for the Arts today today that "Amistad América," José Parlá’s 4,000-square-foot mural at the University...
Remembering and imagining: Lauren Moya Ford’s “Sandy Water”
Remembering something is like looking into sandy water — things get lost and hidden by...
Polly Rosenwaike flips the script on writing and motherhood
Polly Rosenwaike will be discussing her debut story collection, "Look How Happy I’m Making You," at...
Between elusive and familiar: Daniel Rios Rodriguez’s “Bruisers”
Daniel Rios Rodriguez’s new solo exhibition, "Bruisers," at San Antonio’s Artpace, starts in the hallway,...
Texas-made documentaries shine at Austin Asian American Film Festival
After a year-and-a-half-long hiatus, the Austin Asian American Film Festival is settling into a new...
Salvage Vanguard Theater names new executive artistic director
Kate Taylor has been named the new executive artistic director of Salvage Vanguard Theater, the...
The female gaze
There are myriad ways female artists seek to subvert the hierarchy and inequality of the...
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Between elusive and familiar: Daniel Rios Rodriguez’s “Bruisers”
Daniel Rios Rodriguez’s new solo exhibition, "Bruisers," at San Antonio’s Artpace, starts in the hallway,...
WOW! (that’s amazing!): Rosa Nussbaum’s “Horizonland”
As its title suggests, Rosa Nussbaum’s solo show "Horizonland" — on view through June 6 at...
At DORF, a thoughtfully curated exhibition of self-portraits
How many DORFS does it take to change a light bulb? I don’t know, I...
Navigating Yuliya Lanina’s “Misread Signs”
Russian-born, Austin-based artist Yuliya Lanina (profiled previously in Sightlines) is known for her surreal multimedia...
Katy McCarthy explores the ways that women are remembered by history — or not
After a long day of collecting plant specimens in West Texas, Mary Sophie Young hitched...
Why is Impressionist artist Berthe Morisot not well known today?
As empowerment movements #MeToo and Time’s Up fuel public conversation about women’s issues around the...
Vladimir Mejia: The importance of considering space
Vladimir Mejia has been a busy member of the Austin arts scene for nearly a...
Nathan Randall Green collapses cosmologies
Recently, Nathan Randall Green returned to Austin with “Everyone Universe, Everyone Dust,” a solo exhibition...
Susan Scafati’s “If a tree 🌳falls”
Midmorning visitors to the Austin Central Library find themselves bathed in kaleidoscopic hues of pink,...
Magdalena Jarkowiec’s Giant Mutant Dolls
I first encountered one of Magdalena Jarkowiec’s giant mutant dolls while taking a routine hike...
Asking the unspoken questions in “Soldier Songs”
American perceptions of war are often built on hot takes, gruesome images, and untruthful power...
Bryan Washington captures a specific, contemporary Houston
Bryan Washington is a writer from Houston. His fiction and essays have appeared in the New...
