Looking for people with Hedwige Jacobs
“All this must go into a letter,” wrote poet John Ashbery, in “The Skaters.” “Also the feeling of being lived, looking for people, /...
ICOSA Collective to Move Its Gallery to Canopy
After more than two years operating its gallery in East Austins Pump Project building — and facing imminent closure with the impending sale of...
(Re)discovering Conquest-era maps of Mexico
One afternoon when I was a student at the University of Texas, my art history professor took the class to see some maps at...
Texas Book Festival Names 2018 Poster Artist
The Texas Book Festival today announced that Austin-based painter Valerie Fowler is the festival 2018 poster artist.
Fowler’s oil painting "Spring, Everything Changes" is a luscious,...
Co-Lab Projects Purchases East Austin Property for a New Arts Complex
Austin non-profit Co-Lab Projects has purchased a property in East Austin and plans to build a studio complex, gallery, and outdoor performance venue, the...
Big Medium Postpones Texas Biennial to 2021
Big Medium has announced that it is postponing the Texas Biennial, which was originally planned for this fall, until 2021.
"The health and wellbeing of...
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, where a small drawing of a jumble of eyes...
Bucky Miller and The Toad
Walking up to the Austin apartment complex where artist Bucky Miller lives, the stirrings of his aesthetic are in the surroundings that have served...
Look, and Touch: Terra Goolsby’s Slick Sculptures Dazzle at Dimension Gallery
The title for Terra Goolsby’s showing of new work at Dimension Gallery, “Black Rainbow,” derives from an anecdote she tells about her daughter.
“I one...
Ballroom Marfa appoints Laura Creed as new Executive Director
Ballroom Marfa, the West Texas contemporary arts institution, has named Laura Creed as the organization's new executive director.
Creed has served as director of development...
