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July 6, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
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
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
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
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
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
Culture Flash!
Austin Museum Day turns 10, and TCA names a new director
"...here again this Sunday, Sept. 23, with 30 area museums and sites offering free admission all day. Take your..."
Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Venus: Shocking Blue & Cabanel
The Shocking Blue scores Alexandre Cabanel's Birth of Venus
July 20, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Site Unseen
"America Starts Here" shows how the pioneering artistic team of Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler made the overlooked visible
"...primarily for commercial galleries or at the invitation of museums. In many ways, Ericson and Ziegler approached their work..."
March 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley
Culture Flash!
Austin museums want you, and Richard Buckley conducts in the Windy City
"...free! The Austin Museum Partnership, a consortium of local museums, ranging from arts institutions to botanical gardens to our..."
Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Funny Ha Ha
In his microbudget debut, writer/director Bujalski shows a superb knack for capturing real moments (the stuff that happens between all the big moments) and the residue of our half-fulfilled inclinations.
"...outside more, to befriend a co-worker, and to visit museums. Elsewhere in the film she pines for a guy..."
July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Day Trips
A look back at 2004
"...at the bottom of Matagorda Bay in 1996. Eight museums around the bay and the Bob Bullock Museum in..."
Jan. 7, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
The Art of the Business of Art
Gallery owners David Berman, Wally Workman, and Steve Clark talk about their lives promoting artists and selling art
"...this together. As a result, many local galleries and museums pay dues to be part of a collective called..."
July 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...museum devoted to natural sciences. Unlike many natural history museums, that focus no longer includes anthropology...."
March 28, 2003 Column
Day Trips
"...it filled a void in the quilt of American museums that had been missing since the original Cowgirl Museum..."
July 5, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Thuja / Alastair Galbraith & Matt De Gennaro
Reissues
"...Jones)Alastair Galbraith & Matt De GennaroLong Wires in Dark Museums (Vol. I) (Emperor Jones) Like documentary filmmakers, there's a..."
Feb. 15, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy
The Hightower Lowdown
Selling the Commons; The Corporate Tax-Dodgers
"...nonprofit institutions, ranging from zoos and children's hospitals to museums and theaters...."
March 16, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower
Articulations
More money for the Long Center, more art for AMOA, and more national exposure for a Flaming Idiot.
"...ways to go to catch up with its peer museums, but it's working on it. Recently, AMOA added two..."
May 12, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires
A Big Word With a Small "A"
Sue Graze leads an organization that works to bring the visual arts to the entire Lone Star State. She talks with Rebecca Cohen about her first year directing the Texas Fine Arts Association.
"...programs or panels that travel with each exhibition to museums or other art spaces?..."
Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen
Public Notice
This week, PN gears up for some serious turkey stuffage, reminds you to "Buy Nothing" on the day after Thanksgiving, tells all about the City's official holiday closings, vindicates 101X morning DJ Jenn Garrison, and wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving!
"...remain closed Thursday and Friday. The city of Austin museums and utility offices will be closed Thursday and Friday...."
Nov. 26, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer
El Corazón de Santa Barraza
"...over the years; she has shown in galleries and museums across the U.S. and Mexico, and is chair of..."
Feb. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza
Articulations
"...compensation package -- befitting a city with 21st-century art museums and cultural centers in its future. Well, just before..."
Jan. 15, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Articulations
AMOA Selects Architect
"...Gluckman brings light into his buildings. In contrast to museums of the past that insulated themselves from natural illuminations,..."
Sept. 4, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Tracking the MACC
A Brief History of Austin's Latino Cultural Center
"...Dia de los Muertos. Mexico City alone has 600 museums and the government supports them. They have very little..."
June 12, 1998 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza
Sculpting a School
David Deming on the Art of Being a Dean
"...has been exhibited across the country and acquired by museums in Columbus and San Antonio, not to mention Austin...."
Aug. 29, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
"What I Wanted"
Chuck Cooper Takes Collecting Art Personally
"...opera, theatre, and, finally, to a slew of first-rate museums. By the time he returned to the University of..."
July 25, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen
Haitian Vacation
AMOA's Downtown Exhibition Offers a Cool Getaway
"...shop has learned a thing or two from big museums -- marketing to the exhibition at hand. "Tell them..."
June 6, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen
True Women Cookbook
"...She is knowledgeable about the national network of cultural museums and historical sites that present historical cooking demonstrations, including..."
May 30, 1997 Food Feature
The Relic
