Art
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Time of Nic »
Sixteen years after rocketing into the Whitney Biennial, Dallas photographer Nic Nicosia is still on the cutting edge.
November 1999 by Michael Ennis
Edifice Complex »
Once upon a time, you went to a museum to see what was inside. Now you go to see the museum itself—and nowhere is this trend more in evidence than in Texas.
September 1999 by Rebecca S. Cohen
Photography • Kate Breakey »
Artist of the portrait.
September 1999 by Anne Dingus
Speed, Queen »
Austin painter Julie Speed is the latest ascendant to the ranks of art royalty. Talk about a brush with greatness.
August 1999 by Anne Dingus
Garden Variety »
From antique benches to cast-iron planters, a selective guide to the yard art of your dreams.
June 1999 by Suzy Banks
Arte and Soul »
Thirty years ago, Monterrey had no galleries, no museums, and no collectors. Today, it’s an art market that rivals Dallas and Houston.
May 1999 by John Davidson
Deep in the Heart of Exum »
The Exum files: No one questions her drive.
January 1999 by Eileen Schwartz
A Wild Life »
A terrific and prolific photographer remembered.
December 1998 by Anne Dingus
Georgia O’Beef »
Fort Worth art patrons fight the Presbyterians over Georgia O’Keefe
October 1998 by Evan Smith
ART • Luis Jimenez »
Sculpting a legacy.
September 1998 by Michael Ennis
Joe Cool »
Joe Ely hits the road.
May 1998 by John Morthland
Metal of Honor »
I wanted to see lightning strike the steel rods that artist Walter De Maria installed in a New Mexico field. I didn’t, but the trip was still illuminating.
May 1998 by Helen Thorpe
Statues of Limitations »
Which version of history should be promoted by El Paso’s new statue series: the Wild West or the mild West?
April 1998 by John Morthland
The Return of the Native »
With a major retrospective of his work at three Houston museums, Robert Rauschenberg is once again the talk of Texas. What’s he been up to? A portrait of the artist as an old man.
March 1998 by Michael Ennis
Joan of Art »
Less than a decade ago, she was a homemaker and an arts volunteer, but today the Arlington Museum of Art’s Joan Davidow is the most imaginative and adventurous museum director working in Texas.
January 1998 by Michael Ennis
Tiles and Tiles of Texas »
The ceramic designs created by these four Texas studios will look great in your kitchen or bathroom—and except for their shape, there’s nothing square about them.
November 1997 by Patricia Sharpe
Art • Peter Marzio »
On the money.
September 1997 by Patricia Sharpe
Folks »
The boom in “outsider” art that began in New York, Chicago, and Atlanta has finally come to Texas, driven by true visionaries whose images conjure worlds that may have never existed but are invariably inhabitedby penetrating psychological truths.
August 1997 by Michael Ennis
Shock Therapy »
By employing stereotypes like Sambo and Aunt Jemima, Austin painter Michael Ray Charles hopes to master the art of racial healing.
June 1997 by Michael Ennis
On With the Shows »
Now that both its building and its mission have been renovated, Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum is ready to win back the public and reestablish its eminence.
May 1997 by Michael Ennis
Artbeat »
Charting the state’s museum-building boom.
May 1997 by Rebecca S. Cohen
Blue Period »
Thanks to his wildly popular bluebonnet paintings, Dallas artist W.A. Slaughter is living on easel street.
March 1997 by Skip Hollandsworth
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