Dave Hickey Archives

Hickey in his office on November 13, 1969.

May 13, 2021

The Risk-Taking, Boundary-Breaking Austin Gallery That Changed the Face of Texas Art

A half century ago, the maverick curator Dave Hickey closed down A Clean Well-Lighted Place. He left behind an art scene that would never be the same.

By Daniel Oppenheimer

Art |

March 1, 2008

Being an Art Critic

Dave Hickey on being an art critic.

By Katy Vine

The Culture |

March 1, 2005

Return to Splendor

From humble Oak Cliff roots did a hip intellectual giant grow. In this oral history, friends and fans remember the late Grover Lewis, one of the great magazine writers of our day.

By Katy Vine

Art |

February 1, 2000

The Art Guy

He looks like a cross between Ed Asner and Uncle Charley from My Three Sons, but don’t get Dave Hickey started on the subject of beauty— his own or anyone else’s.

By Michael Hall