Behind the Curtain: Big Medium Hosts its Wildly Popular East Austin Studio Tour
Since 2003, Big Medium’s East Austin Studio Tour (or EAST for shorthand), Nov. 12-13 & 19-20, has offered Austin artists the chance to open their doors to the public.
Visual Art
A Culture Collective: Art Outside the Therapy Hour
In the months following our two comedy improvisation classes with Beta Theater last year, our teacher, actor Jerry Emeka remarked candidly, “I could not for the life of me figure out what your collective ‘deal’ was.”
A New Focus: Objectives at Artpace
Ryder Richards, Maya and Stack, Courtesy Artpace For the first time, Artpace has asked the guest curator for...
Material History: CraftTexas 2016 at Houston Center For Contemporary Craft
It seems as though we are in an ‘artisanal’ moment: Pickles, dinnerware, boots, you name it and someone has handcrafted it.
Timeless Details: James Buss at Holly Johnson Gallery
Installation shot of James Buss: The Poem’s Four Corners Credit: Todora Photography Artist and Fort Worth native James...
Sculpture Month Houston Takes Over the Silos and Area Galleries
This October, a new event will arise in Houston, highlighting this diversity and the plethora of sculpture to which we’ve grown so accustomed.
Abstract Independent: Dorothy Hood Retrospective at Art Museum of South Texas
Dorothy Hood’s artwork is a reflection of a life of unapologetic independence. Before man walked on the moon, the Texas native began making her own trailblazing discoveries in the art of abstraction.
Pierre Huyghe Wins 2017 Nasher Prize, the Foremost International Sculpture Honor
Pierre Huyghe, Cambrian Explosion, 2014, Live marine ecosystem, Photo credit: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich Monday night, the Nasher...
Show Up: Shayne Murphy
“Do you know the stereotype that any male who’s approaching his mid-30s becomes really interested in World War I or World War II?,” Shayne Murphy laughs sheepishly, including himself in this group.
Learn/Imagine: Pablo Helguera at DiverseWorks
Pablo Helguera's exhibition The Fable is to be Retold at DiverseWorks (on view through Nov. 19) opened with a performance recital in five parts, each of which considers the ways we learn and imagine, evoked through the lens of youth.
Collages of Consumption: Lucie Stahl at Dallas Museum of Art
Lucie Stahl, Critic’s Pick, 2014, Inkjet print, aluminum, epoxy resin. The next person you see rummaging through trash...
Projecting Poetry: Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola’s Eastext
When Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola arrived in the United States from Argentina in 2002, he had with him three hundred dollars and a bicycle.