Art
July 31, 1981
Unentitled
Artists and art organizations are getting cut off from the federal dole - and maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
Art
Storytelling, news, and reviews about works of art and the artists behind them
Art
April 1, 1981
Little Big Museum
While other U.S. museums sought Rembrandts and Cészannes, Fort Worth’s maverick Amon Carter Museum collected an astound assortment of paintings and photographs of the American West.
Art
December 1, 1980
Art From the Underground
Dissident Russian artists paint a grim picture of life behind the Iron Curtain.
Art
November 1, 1980
Love’s Labors Found
Sculptor Jim Love makes art look easy—and fun.
Art
September 30, 1980
Man-child
Leon Box is a retarded artist whose work underscores the beauty and absurdity of a world he has seen very little of.
Art
June 30, 1980
Got My Jomo Workin’
Dallas’s David McManaway is an artist of many charms.
Art
April 30, 1980
Animal Magnetism
Horses of different colors leapt from the bright, bold palette of German abstractionist Franz Marc.
Art
April 1, 1980
Would You Pay $2.5 Million for That Painting?
‘The Icebergs’ is the most expensive American painting in history, but it is also the center of an art-world mystery with a trail leading from an English boys’ school to a Dallas millionaire.
Art
March 1, 1980
Russian Orthodox
The USSR today wouldn’t tolerate the radical art that was nurtured during the Russian Revolution.
Art
February 1, 1980
Ramblin’ Rose
Eminent art critic Barbara Rose has assembled an exhibit of paintings of the eighties. Oh, yeah? Where did she get them?
Art
December 1, 1979
The Thin Man
Albert Giacometti’s sculptured figures, now at the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, are tall, emaciated, uncomprehending—and breathtaking.
Art
September 30, 1979
Mission Possible
Art
August 31, 1979
Another Roadside Attraction
Houston National Bank’s ìLarger Canvas Twoî takes it to the streets.
Art
July 31, 1979
The Resurrection of Patrick Henry Bruce
Houston Museum of Fine Arts exhibits the works of an unsung American artist. UT-Austin gathers the best contemporary art for “Made in Texas.”
Art
June 30, 1979
The Collector
Did Helmut Gernsheim make a mistake when he sold his priceless photography collection to UT?
Art
May 31, 1979
The Camera Knows
Photographer Harry Callahan gets the picture. Painter Robert Levers gets his message across loud and clear.
Art
April 30, 1979
The Vienna Goods
Austrian artists entered the twentieth century a few years early.
Art
April 1, 1979
The Dark at the End of the Tunnel
Houston’s Museum of Fine Art resurrects the genius of Mark Rothko. James Surls tries to answer the tricky question: what is Texas art? Amarillo hosts five pioneers of American photography.
Art
March 1, 1979
Golden Oldies
Look, but don’t touch-three museums with glittering antiques from Pompeii, India, and Peru.
Art
January 1, 1979
The Emperor’s Old Clothes
Old embroidery doesn’t die, it just becomes art.
Art
December 1, 1978
The World on an Easel
The modern realist’s motto is what you see is what you paint.
Art
September 30, 1978
Rainbow County
From China, with kid gloves.
Art
August 31, 1978
Of Mice and Mini
The large art of the very small.
Art
June 30, 1978
Rhythm ‘N’ Hues
Riding a color merry-go-round with America’s first modern painters.
Style & Design
December 1, 1977
Living in Glass Houses
The world is full of monuments to art—but how many can you live in?
Art
December 1, 1977
Flash!
Who won the Texas Monthly Photo Contest, and why.
Art
August 1, 1977
From Here to Infinity
Smile, you're a candid camera.
Design
June 30, 1977
Hello, Walls
When is a wall not a wall? When it's a work of art.
Texas History
August 31, 1976
Making the Best of It
A great photographer looks at plain people caught in the hard times of another Texas.
Art
November 1, 1975
The Taxman Cometh
The IRS is waging a secret war against big art donors.
Art
September 30, 1975
Is Texas A New Mecca For Artists?
The word is out among young artists that our state is a good place to work.
Art
March 31, 1975
Three for the Show
Fort Worth’s art museums are a bigger attraction than the stockyards and, what’s more, most art doesn’t smell.
Art
August 31, 1974
Steel Walls Do Not an Art Museum Make
The Houston Contemporary Arts Museum has an acute case of schizophrenia.
Art
February 28, 1974
Touts
DEGAS IN DALLASBetter known for his paintings, the French Impressionist artist Edgar Degas saw only one of his seventy-three sculptures exhibited in his own lifetime. Admirers of his work today are more fortunate. Seventy pieces, on loan for the first time from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, are currently
Food
January 31, 1974
Touts
Everybody, Sing! If you always wanted to sing with an orchestra but no conductor ever asked you, plan to be at “The Sing,” Houston’s bright new community sing-along.“The Sing” is for anyone who wants to sing the world’s great choral favorites (yes, of course, the Hallelujah Chorus is included). No less
Art
January 1, 1974
Touts
Modern Art In HoustonSince its establishment in Dallas 6 years ago, the Janie C. Lee Gallery has been known for showing the most celebrated of contemporary American artists. In mid-December, they opened a Houston branch that promises more of the same.The initial show is a group exhibition which includes most
Art
December 1, 1973
Touts
Future-Shocking ExhibitionHouston’s Contemporary Arts museum takes the prize again for the new and different in experimental art. Beginning sometime in mid-December (the opening date had not been selected at press time) the museum will present the combined efforts of the futuristic-oriented Ant Farm, NASA, and the Texas Medical Center, in
Music
November 1, 1973
Touts
Some recommendations on what to do, see and buy this month.
Art
June 30, 1973
Touts
Fiddle-FaddleFiddler’s festival? A hillside field and a lake would be the perfect setting. But now they’ve covered it over with a shopping center and a parking lot.Seminary South isn’t country heaven, but it’s all right for a shopping center—it has lots of grass and flowers and trees and fountains. And
Art
June 30, 1973
Letitia Goes to Town
Another Texan stuns the New York art and theater world.