Sara Hensley Turns Over a New Leaf
The new PARD director has big ideas – to realize them, she'll have to raise big bucks
"...PARD also runs the Dougherty Arts Center and four museums – though it may soon hand those over to..."
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July 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Gay New York: Sappho at the Met
Andy gets lesbianic in The Big City.
"...have already been leaping about the city going to museums and enjoying all that this queer place has to..."
July 23, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell
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The economic downturn claims a unique Austin visual arts space – at least temporarily
"...budget cuts and layoffs instead of major companies or museums permanently closing their doors. The latest example: The experimental..."
July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Political Sage Creekmore Fath Dies
Longtime Austin resident served under FDR
"...artist Thomas Hart Benton, which was exhibited at several museums and galleries. "They had a house full of treasures,"..."
July 3, 2009 News Feature by Amy Smith
Will Travel for Food and Wine
Well-made wine, exquisite food, and great art – Spain should be on anyone's short list of travel destinations
"...wine, food equal to any in the world, myriad museums, sophisticated cities, and a dazzling countryside? Let me recommend..."
June 26, 2009 Food Feature by Wes Marshall
Symposium on Early Texas Art
Texas art isn't an oxymoron, and the members of CASETA will gladly tell you why
"...new exhibit, "Texas Treasures: Early Texas Art From Austin Museums," which pulls together for the first time works from..."
May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Hightower Report
Reactivating the CCC for National Recovery; and Pothole Advertising
"...just about any American city, and you'll find schools, museums, parks, stadiums, and all sorts of other public facilities..."
April 17, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower
Pondering Downtown Condos
Frequently Asked Questions
"...of residents supports the restaurants, coffee bars, shops, and museums that visitors and workers also enjoy. He also pointed..."
March 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
State of Wonderment
The Texas Biennial's first outside curator describes what he saw in Lone Star art
"...to pleasing a specific constituency. There are so many museums that feel they have to be more conceptual than..."
March 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Andrew Long
Respublica
Citizen's calendar, Jan. 15-22
"...will be closed, as well as city libraries and museums, recreation centers, and the Town Lake Animal Shelter...."
Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature
Res Publica
A minicalendar for all those who resolved to be a good citizen this year: Jan. 1-8
"...libraries, the Austin Nature and Science Center, and city museums. Also, no one's going to pick up your garbage..."
Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature
Truth Seeker
Photographer Sebastião Salgado bears witness to the world in black and white
"...exhibit and sell his work through art galleries and museums has been controversial, as some view this as the..."
Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Andrew Long
Forrest J Ackerman Remembered
"...Forrest J Ackerman, 92, passed away last Friday and..."
Dec. 11, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
The Four-Day Weekend
Road and agency closures for Thanksgiving
"...All state agencies, city adminsitrative offices, libraries, city museums, recreation and senior citizens centers will be closed Nov...."
Nov. 26, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Blanton Museum Cafe
The Blanton follows the trend of pairing high art and gourmet treats
"...Frequenters of art museums tend to be discerning and knowledgeable about food as..."
Nov. 14, 2008 Food Review by Kate Thornberry
Fun Fun Fun Fest Interviews: Sunday
The Justice Society of Texas garage punk
"...Reds, and more recently, the Bad Sports and Wax Museums, Denton-based fivepiece High Tension Wires represents a supergroup of..."
Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell
Culture Flash
Free museums, FronteraFest applications, Gray's tap award, and new Salon leaders
"...Day on Sunday, Sept. 14. Thirty-one institutions – including museums devoted to art, science, history, and Texas music; historic..."
Sept. 12, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires
After a Fashion
Stephen goes to San Francisco, hunting for Trannyshack and rolling papers
"...are brilliant pieces that have even been performed in museums. The riveting performance by Ana Matronic of Scissor Sisters..."
Aug. 29, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
Paleontologist author Richard Fortey comes across like an aging UK dreamboat with a twist of Indiana Jones' wry charisma
"...Natural history museums, such as the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and..."
Aug. 22, 2008 Books Review by Dan Oko
A Man Named Pearl
A self-taught topiary artist in South Carolina is profiled in this amiable but unadventurous documentary.
"...a self-taught artist who’s been commissioned not only by museums and city governments but also Waffle Houses, it’s also..."
Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Living With 'Monstrosities'
Jen Hirt and Scott Webel and their Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata
"...value of ownership, and I think it's something that museums play up."..."
June 27, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Luv Doc Recommends: B Scene
The Blanton Museum of Art, Friday, May 2, 2008
"...Texas is blessed with some of the finest art museums in the nation. One of them, the Blanton, is..."
May 2, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc
We Come From the Land of the Ice and Snow
Sword drummer Trivett Wingo hammers out an appreciation of Led Zeppelin III
"...TW: Don't recall making it to any museums, but then again there's a lot I don't remember...."
March 28, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Show and Sell
Austin art is getting national buzz, but is anybody buying it?
"...seen better-attended openings; friendlier relations among artists, galleries, and museums; and a larger and more involved public...."
March 14, 2008 Arts Feature by Clayton Maxwell
Blanton Museum of Art: Ann Wilson takes the reins
Ann Wilson has been named interim director of the Blanton Museum of Art
"...effective immediately. "Ann Wilson's long professional experience with art museums and her familiarity with the Blanton make her uniquely..."
Feb. 15, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Day Trips
The National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg is a must-visit for World War II buffs
"...The Admiral Nimitz Museum is now five museums rolled into one – the Nimitz collection, the George..."
Jan. 25, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Art for Healing
The stunning art collection of the Dell Children's Medical Center
"...and, as I understand it, many people find art museums almost as intimidating. But fear gives way to wonder..."
Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen
The Hightower Report
The Luxury of Chinese Labor; and Taking Care of the Smithsonian
"...venerable Smithsonian Institution. This is the 150-year-old complex of museums on the National Mall that houses an amazing array..."
Jan. 11, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Rape of Europa
During WWII, works of art were moved, hidden, and plundered on a vast and often institutional scale, and this film documents the shaky process of reclamation.
"...Wiesbaden were recalled by another monuments-man as the greatest museums produced by civilization. Others include Paris’ Louvre and the..."
Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez
Collaboration From Conception
Half the exhibition calls into question notions of originality and authenticity, but the other half undermines it
"...In their efforts at audience outreach, museums and galleries are steadily increasing the amount of supplementary..."
