Texas Studio: Michelle Cortez Gonzales in Full Bloom
“I consider myself a bit of a late bloomer,” artist Michelle Cortez Gonzales tells me from her home studio in Fort Worth.
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Texas Studio: Lauren Moya Ford
“What does it mean to make an image of a woman now?” Lauren Moya Ford asked during our recent studio visit. For her, the question is not sensational or rhetorical; instead, it’s personal.
Art on the Run: Austin’s Artist Run Club
Every Wednesday, people run around Austin to get a good look at contemporary art.
‘Hyperreal: Gray Foy’ Draws Devotion at the Menil
By the late ’60s, Foy’s drawing practice had waned, and by 1975 he had stopped drawing altogether, seemingly for Lerman’s sake.
When Abstraction Gets Personal: Robert Motherwell at the Modern
Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting, on view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth from June 4 to Sept. 17, is the first presentation in over 25 years to survey the life and work of the influential post-war artist, whose paintings have been recognized as some of the most inventive of his time.
A Kind of Dream: Mark di Suvero at the Nasher Sculpture Center
Many readers will be familiar with Mark di Suvero and his work.
The Curatorial Imagination: Walter Hopps at the Menil
During a visit to the Getty Research Institute years ago, on an informal tour through the archives, I caught a glimpse of a box filled with Walter Hopps’s letters, marked “Top Secret” or some such about how the contents were to remain sealed until a certain date.
The Meaning of Meaningless: Walter De Maria at the Menil Collection
What constitutes meaning? It’s not a simple question, and it’s one that has captured the imagination of artists, philosophers, and scholars alike for millennia.
Lone Star Legacy: Anne Windfohr Marion’s Philanthropy Lives On at The Modern
Anne Windfohr Marion’s life story has the makings of a Lone Star legacy. Recognized as an oil heiress, rancher, horse breeder, and business executive, her philanthropy included support for the arts as well.
The Parts that Make Us Whole: Benny Andrews and Deborah Roberts at the McNay Art Museum
“Creative people need time to sit around and do nothing.” This perceptive quote from author Austin Kleon, a self-described “writer who draws,” is front and center on Deborah Robert’s Instagram account as I’m writing.
Scaling Up: Landmarks Unveils a New Commission by Sarah Oppenheimer
The project Oppenheimer is referring to, which will be unveiled Sept. 15, is C-010106, commissioned by Landmarks, the public art program of the University of Texas at Austin.
Beyond the Binary: Women Painting Women at The Modern
On view at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth May 15 through September 25 is Women Painting Women, a thematic exhibition of forty-six women artists who choose women as subject matter in their works.