A New Book from UT Press Sets the Record on Michael...
It took the modest, little Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin to give Michael Ray Charles his first solo exhibition in the United...
Monster-making at the Blanton is Not All Fun and Games
Once upon a time books were written and illuminated by hand. Manuscripts were designed by monks or masters and used for public and private...
Dances With Wolves: Matthew Barney’s “Redoubt”
A softer, more succinct Matthew Barney?
Kind of. In his latest film, "Redoubt," Barney eschews the epic turgidness of his five-film "Cremaster Cycle" — and...
Bob ‘Daddy-O’ Wade, 1943-2019
A master of Texas camp, artist Bob “Daddy-O” Wade has died.
The 76-year-old Wade died Dec. 23 of heart failure at his Austin home, the...
The Contemporary Austin Selects Artists for 2020 Crit Group
Eight Austin artists have been selected to participate in the Contemporary Austin's Crit Group program, the museum announced recently.
The eight were selected from a...
PrintAustin 2020 Announces its Line-up of Exhibitions and Events
It starts with a parade.
A annual celebration of all things printmaking, PrintAustin runs from January 15 through February 15 with more than 60 events...
Beatriz González and her Transformed Universal Art
There’s something odd about this bed.
Instead of a mattress, it’s got a painting of Jesus. He’s bleeding, crowned with thorns, and in the throes...
The End of Knowledge
The Contemporary Austin’s latest show, "The Sorcerer’s Burden: Contemporary Art and the Anthropological Turn," is a sprawling and ambitious investigation of colonialism, race, appropriation,...
Chelsea Hernandez Stages a Project on Student Loan Debt, in the...
Student debt figures scribbled on neon sticky notes are posted on the wall of Chelsea Hernandez’s residency suite at The LINE Hotel in downtown...
After 25 Years, Yard Dog Art Gallery Leaves its South Congress...
When Yard Dog Gallery opened on South Congress Avenue in 1995, it was among the few indie businesses that were staking out a strip...
