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Day Trips: Menil Collection, Houston
This summer, one of the Bayou City’s most interesting collections of art celebrates its 30th anniversary
"...Collection is an oasis, even among Houston's world-class art museums. Somehow the two-block park that is the art museum's..."

July 14, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup
Activities to help you stay cool as summer heats up
"...Experience Day on Sat., July 29, opens three world-class museums with free general admission. The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston..."

July 6, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Your Path to Tech Success
A CEO at 25, Brian Wong draws us a road map to victory
"...inspired, the simplest path is just to go to museums, because museums are a collection of greatness – ideas,..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

"Nathan 'Sloke One' Nordstrom: Another Side"
At its best, this solo exhibition captures the swagger of graffiti on the street and the introspection of the gallery
"...a technique and as a culture – belongs in museums is no longer controversial or exciting. What is more..."

March 10, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Austin Monuments to Pop Culture
Fiji mermaids, vintage toys, and a Cathedral of Junk
"...hoax? Steve Busti’s Sixth Street homage to the dime museums of the 19th century features, among other weirdnesses, shrunken..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Essential History Museums and Cultural Spaces
Fun for everyone from history buffs to kids who like hands-on science
"...Home to a presidential library, history museums and historic homes, a state-of-the-art children's museum, and a..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

10 Can’t-Miss Art Museums and Galleries
Old Masters and new whiz kids all have a home here
"...hanging on the walls of our very fine art museums and galleries...."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Eye Wide Open on Lance Letscher
With two major solo shows and a new documentary about him, the Austin collage artist readies to be seen in a new way
"...of his pieces are housed in permanent collections at museums around the world. Letscher swats off the praise he..."

March 3, 2017 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

Luv Doc: Crock-Pot Potpourri
In which the Luv Doc gives a one-word answer
"...bookstore, whether they're playing Bowie or Bach. At art museums, I sometimes find myself in a sort of interpretive..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

The Bob Dylan Nobel: Live From Stockholm
Local Dylan scholar reports from Sweden on Prize festivities
"...high alert for Patti Smith in the cafes and museums. Today I'm heading toward Djurgarden and the Vasa Museum,..."

Dec. 11, 2016 Arts Post by David Gaines

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
by Dominic Smith
"...there's us, the audience and owners, who stand in museums, in our homes, making space for someone else's view..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Events We're Looking Forward To In September
These events are sure to brighten your month!
"...Museum Day Sept. 18 Multiple Locations..."

Sept. 12, 2016 Events Post by Morgan Menendez

Day Trips: Taxidermy
Stuffed and mounted animals may have their place in museums, but they're kind of creepy
"...and John J. Audubon were noted taxidermists. Natural history museums around the world display mounted animals, and so do..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup
Festivals all over Texas!
"...(Sept. 30-Oct. 23), the 277-acre complex also contains several museums and the Cotton Bowl. At a time other than..."

Aug. 31, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

A Shortlist of the City’s Most Memorable Museums
Gaze upon objets from the weird to the sublime
"...Austin isn’t necessarily known for its world-class museums. But we are known for embracing our offbeat culture..."

June 16, 2016 Columns Post by Mary Cantrell

“Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s”
The Blanton Museum of Art’s retrospective may tap nostalgia for a certain generation, but it can be deeply moving, too
"...phrase, the video is funny, a novelty in most museums where typically people's faces are perpetually tightened in grim..."

April 29, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The Queer Curator
Getting to know the Blanton's talented curator, Evan Garza
"...can have access to spectacular art [in Houston]. Free museums like the CAMH and the Menil Collection are why..."

April 11, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Dan Gray

Donya Stockton Isn’t Going Anywhere Near Hell in That Handbasket
The Austin clubland mover-and-shaker weaves much to the imagination
"...hid it under rocks or whatever, put it in museums and nobody taught it anymore.” Just like how all..."

April 4, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: Six Baseballs for Cuba
Capt. Day Trips makes friends in Cuba by handing out new baseballs
"...houses that sugarcane built were now government schools and museums. For a town far from the tourist centers, it..."

March 16, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

L. Shapley Bassen's "Portrait of a Giant Squid"
First Place winner
"...learning about the pain ing, Ray visited three Manhattan museums exhibiting Riesenkalmars. MOMA displayed two from her cephalopod series...."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by l. Shapley Bassen

Day Trips: Marble Falls
Falls on the Colorado Museum hosts rare Chief Quanah Parker photographs
"...Texas Historical Com­mis­sion, the show is traveling to community museums around the state. The presentation contains 40 rare photos..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

PrintAustin: Inking Out Loud with Cathy Savage and Elvia Perrin
The third annual PrintAustin floods our artful river city with multiple originals
"...Jan. 15-Feb. 15 at more than 30 art galleries, museums, studios, and other venues across Austin. For a full..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ones to Watch
A new year, a new batch of filmmakers
"...have since screened all over the world – in museums, classrooms, and countless festivals. All the while, they began..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

UT Working Group Recommends Allowing Guns in Classrooms
Says to do otherwise would violate SB 11
"...about anywhere with a significant amount of kids, including museums when pre-K through 12th grade students are visiting on..."

Dec. 10, 2015 News Post by Mac McCann

Public Notice: A Tale of Two Processes
An ugly process to get to a not-awful ordinance
"...city libraries, recreation centers, nature centers, cultural centers, and museums will be closed Thursday and Friday. On the other..."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Day Trips & Beyond: Amon Carter Art Museum
This Fort Worth museum is one of the coolest in Texas
"...still one of the coolest among the many cool museums in Texas...."

Nov. 20, 2015 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Brothers Quay
Influential animators honored with retrospective and Christopher Nolan doc
"...the great Karlheinz Stockhausen; 1991's "The Comb (From the Museums of Sleep)"; and the film that brought them to..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Upgrade Coming for the Contemporary Austin
$3 million renovation coming for the museum's downtown home
"...will put them on par with those of major museums around the world...."

Sept. 10, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Protect and Preserve
How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?
"..."The idea that historic preservation necessarily produces 'open air museums' is more myth than reality. The vibrant character of..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

The Wrong Kind of Rebel Rock
Why bands are lowering the Confederate battle flag
"...propaganda statuary of Stalinist Russia, they should be in museums, not shrines...."

July 22, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

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