This Museum Was Made for You and Me
Unfortunately for Texans, It’s in Virginia IMAGE: From left: Miriam Schapiro’s Another Red Room (1967), Gene Davis’s...
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A Home and a New Season
“The main question was: after eight years of doing the work we have done, and achieving some success, what is the next cycle? How do we keep improving?
No Appointment Required
It has been a busy year for Patricia Ruiz-Healy, who made the leap last fall from showing art in a house by appointment only to an East Olmos Drive gallery, only to move next door in the spring.
Eat, Err, Hug, Die
Flesh Made Word in the Art of Robert Indiana IMAGE: Robert Indiana, The Demuth American Dream #5...
Robert Indiana Under the Influence
Yesterday I finally got to see the McNay Art Museum’s presentation of Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE (read Scott...
SOLI Chamber Ensemble’s Third Decade of Youthful Beginnings
SOLI Chamber Ensemble’s May concert, titled Future, logically concludes the San Antonio-based classical contemporary quartet’s 20th season
Blue Star Rising?
In late February, Houston native Mary Heathcott leaped from Artpace, San Antonio’s internationally-acclaimed artist residency program, to take over as director of Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum.
Thomas Sully: Painted Performance
SAN ANTONIO—Well-represented in museum collections, the 19th-century Philadelphia portrait painter Thomas Sully (1783-1872) isn’t exactly a forgotten figure...
Ain’t We Fancy? Then and Now
The 21st-century status of Thomas Sully (1783-1872), a Philadelphia painter and leading successor to Gilbert Stuart’s Federal portrait style
Looking at Milwaukee, Thinking About San Antonio
At least from my vantage point in Houston, there don't seem to be many tea leaves to read regarding the abrupt departure of David Rubin from the San Antonio Museum of Art, where he's been the curator of contemporary art since 2006.
Layover Art
It’s not unusual for a gallery to show renderings, models or other materials related to public artworks. When...
Are We World Class Yet?
If a few more logistical details come together, I may be in New York next week in time...