Art Online: Browse 17,000 Works on the New Blanton Database
Here’s a way to make your Friday workday more enjoyable: the Blanton Museum of Art has unveiled a new online database of the museum’s vast collection, containing records for over 17,000 works in the...
View ArticleMagnificent: Local Sculpture Skates to National Acclaim
Two Austin public art projects were named among the nation's 50 best in Americans for the Arts’ 2012 Public Art Year in Review.James Edward Talbot’s “Your Essential Magnificence” on South Congress, and...
View ArticleHow a Texas Postman Became an Hermès Designer
About a year ago, writer Jason Sheeler was working on a story about Hermès scarves — the elaborately decorated silk squares that can cost as much as $400. He traveled to Lyon, in southern France, to...
View ArticleEastward Bound: Art Tour Takes Over Austin's East Side
The East Austin Studio Tour (EAST) returns this weekend. So grab a bicycle, some friends and (maybe) some cash, then head over to the east side to see work showcased by hundreds of Austin artists.The...
View ArticleThis Should Be a Hit in Texas: Oil Turns Into a Christmas Tree
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View ArticleIt’s In the Mail: An Austin Student and the Lost Art of Letter Writing
It’s that time of year when our mailboxes fill up not just with bills and credit card applications, but holiday greetings.While most of us enjoy getting cards and notes on holidays and birthdays for...
View ArticleTake a Multimedia Tour of the Blanton Museum's 'Masterworks'
The Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new exhibit — "Through the Eyes of Texas: Masterworks from Alumni Collections". The exhibit...
View ArticleAustin's 'Lamar Street Art Gallery' Says Goodbye – For Now
The “Lamar Street Art Gallery” – a collection of street art painted and pasted up on a wall by the Lamar Boulevard underpass just north of Town Lake – is no more.For now, at least.This morning, a...
View ArticleAMOA's Louis Grachos Brings New Art Vision to Austin
Austin Museum of Art-ArtHouse (known as AMOA-ArtHouse), a hybrid art institution situated at the edge of Lake Austin and in Downtown Austin, has a new leader. Louis Grachos was selected to direct...
View ArticleArtists, Sculptors Raise Canopy Studios in East Austin
East Austin’s newest creative community, Canopy, has scheduled its first open studio tour this Saturday and Sunday. A little background: Michael Hsu Office of Architecture reconfigured a former East...
View ArticleReport Asks: Why Aren’t Hispanics Sharing in Austin's Boom?
A five-year effort from a group of Hispanic community leaders is about to wrap up. In 2008, the Austin City Council asked the group to evaluate the quality of life for Hispanics in the city. They found...
View ArticlePhotos: The Three & a Half-Ton Stained Glass 'Austin Wall'
Clifford Ross’ passion for art has led him down an unusual path. Painting, sculpting, photography and camera-design have all led him to today, the day that his latest piece is displayed to the...
View ArticleUmlauf's 'Three Muses' Moved to Make Way for Medical School
A crew of contractors from Vault Fine Art Services dismantled and transported Charles Umlauf’s “Three Muses” from Centennial Park to the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum on Monday.The bronze...
View ArticleSee 'Memory Tag(s)' at Test Tube Artspace
Test Tube is an interesting new art space on the East Side. It's tucked away in Tillery Park, which one finds by going through East Austin Succulents, a nursery on Tillery Street. Once in the park,...
View ArticleAustin's Turning the 10-1 Districts and a Notorious Tank Farm Into Art
Flanked by poster board renderings and city officials, urban planners and arts nonprofits gathered in City Hall Wednesday to announce that two Austin community art projects will receive federal and...
View ArticleHow Much Has Texas Shaped Modern Art?
When you think of modern art, does Texas come to mind? According to Katie Robinson Edwards, curator of Austin's Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, it should.
View ArticleMake (and Possibly Read) a 'Texas Confessional'
Texas Confessional is an unusual art project, in that it's designed primarily to benefit the participants rather than an audience. In its physical form, Texas Confessional is a small black chapbook...
View Article'Wall Dependent?' at O2 Gallery
The group show "Wall Dependent?" is now in its final week at 02 Gallery and Project Space at the Flatbed Building. Curated by Troy Campa, the exhibition features the works of four Texas artists, Orna...
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