Michael Ennis

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Michael Ennis has been a regular contributor to Texas Monthly since 1977. He is the New York Times best-selling author of the historical novels The Malice of Fortune, Duchess of Milan, and Byzantium, which have been published worldwide. He earned his degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley; taught art history at the University of Texas, Austin; and is a former John D. Rockefeller III Foundation Fellow. His nonfiction writing, on subjects ranging from military preparedness and national politics to art and architecture, has won several national awards; been included in the curriculum of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; and has been published in a number of books and anthologies as well as magazines such as Esquire, ARTnews, and Architectural Digest.

Stories

The Marfa Art War

Sculptor Donald Judd had the vision. The Dia Art Foundation had the money. Now they’ve had it with each other.

By Michael Ennis
Aug 1984
Texas Primer: The Blue Law

On Sunday it is legal to buy beer but not baby bottles, screws but not screwdrivers, disposable diapers but not cloth ones. No place but Texas.

By Michael Ennis
Jul 1984
Light in the Hills

German landscape artist Hermann Lungkwitz saw romantic vistas in the Hill Country at a time when most Texans saw only hardscrabble farmland.

By Michael Ennis
Apr 1984
Venetian Finds

Five Texas artists are among those selected for “Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained”, this year’s American entry into the Venice Biennale.

By Michael Ennis
Feb 1984
The Roadside Eye

Robert Frank took casual but expressive snapshots that captured dramas of American life and altered the course of modern photography.

By Michael Ennis
Nov 1983
Personal Space

Houston’s brash “alternative spaces” are doing more than the city’s mainstream galleries to keep Texas art fresh, rich and diverse.

By Michael Ennis
Aug 1983
Lady on the Edge

Photographer Carlotta Corpron moved to Denton in 1935, and the burst of avant-garde work she produced is, so far, unsurpassed in Texas.

By Michael Ennis
Jul 1983
The Retrograde Sophisticate

Danny Williams of Dallas has a clear grasp of the modern masters and unequaled ambition and skill.

By Michael Ennis
Jun 1983
A Monument to Making It

It’s a Xanadu of condos, restaurants, gardens, and gyms, a high-tech haven that can outritz nearby Dallas. It’s Las Colinas, a home for corporations that appreciate the finer things in life.

By Michael Ennis
May 1983
The Cutting Edge

Texas’ glass artists are leading a revolution in ancient craft.

By Michael Ennis
Mar 1983
The Cutting Edge

Texas’ glass artists are leading a revolution in ancient craft.

By Michael Ennis
Mar 1983
The Quixotic Theotokopoulos

A spectacular show at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts reexamines the genius of El Greco.

By Michael Ennis
Jan 1983
Tintypes And Stormscapes

A new book on the Amon Carter Museum’s photography collection chronicles one and a half colorful centuries of America in haunting black and white.

By Michael Ennis
Dec 1982
Tintypes And Stormscapes

A new book on the Amon Carter Museum’s photography collection chronicles one and a half colorful centuries of America in haunting black and white.

By Michael Ennis
Dec 1982
The Shrine Of The Bleached Skull

Roy Fridge’s curious assemblages reflect the cryptic world he created to replace the one he left behind.

By Michael Ennis
Nov 1982

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