Visual Art
Theater by Design
Beyond a round exhibition hall, a stairway leads down to the inner sanctum of the Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts at the McNay Art Museum.
After Irony
Irony has been the standard currency of avant-garde art for so long now—50 years or even a century depending on how one looks at it—that it is simply grammatical.
Dario Robleto’s Cardiosonic Chronicle
Sounds and their embedded cultural histories have long figured in the work of conceptual artist Dario Robleto.
Reevaluating Modernism’s Reevaluation
Bruno Latour’s 1991 book We have never been modern,a short but dense text that reevaluates modernism, is no light read.
A Secret Affair: Selections from the Fuhrman Family Collection
Executive Director Louis Grachos flexes his vision for The Contemporary Austin with the high-profile sculpture exhibition A Secret Affair: Selections from the Furhman Family Collection.
Mark Grotjahn Sculpture
In the latest example of the Nasher Sculpture Center’s foray into contemporary art, Mark Grotjahn Sculpture is the first museum exhibition to focus on a body of work in this discipline from an artist primarily known as an abstract painter.
Suga
Currently on view at BLUEorange Contemporary, Suga is the fifth exhibition in a cycle of collaborations between artists Rabéa Ballin, Ann Johnson, Delita Martin and Lovie Olivia.
Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775-2012
The El Paso Museum of Art’s big summer show takes ice as its epic yet delicate subject matter. Though striking imagery and art historical context, Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775-2012 gives new meaning to the phrase “moving at a glacial pace.”
Beauty Reigns: A Baroque Sensibility in Recent Painting
While beauty may be one attribute of a work of art, it is rare nowadays to see that word in a critical context. And yet, at the McNay Museum of Art, curator René Paul Barilleaux has organized a 13-person group exhibition around the topic.
A Thin Wall of Air: Charles James
The Menil Collection’s modest exhibition, A Thin Wall of Air: Charles James, is fascinating for the intimate glimpse it provides into the sensibilities of art patrons Dominique and John de Menil.
Eyes on Texas Visual Arts
Visual arts events across the state of Texas.