Erin Keever is an Adjunct Professor of Art History, freelance writer, art historian and art appraiser. She lives and works in Austin, and serves on the Sightlines board.
The ancient Greeks saw an oracle. Nostradamus made predictions. People have used everything from tea leaves, tarot cards and crystal balls, to see what the future holds and gain...
Bale Creek Allen and his gallery are leaving Austin. For just over five years Allen’s gallery has operated from a generous space in Austin’s eastside art complex, Canopy. In...
Portraits have always been more than straightforward representations of the sitter. Historically, as tools of the elite, they’ve conveyed wealth, power, beauty, virtue and thereby legitimized the ruling class.
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The McNay Art Museum’s “Limitless! Five Women Reshape Contemporary Art,” is designed to encourage interactivity and make installation artwork accessible for a variety of audiences, many of whom are...
The last time I reviewed an exhibition on view at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, I joined throngs of summertime museum-goers gorging on Takashi Murakami’s Superflat feast.
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The Blanton’s “Expanding Abstraction: Pushing the Boundaries of Painting in the Americas, 1958–1983,” succeeds in a few areas. It pulls out a lot of abstract works from the Blanton’s...
