The Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio is marking its first decade with a new publication that showcases its permanent collection.
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An overview of shows coming to Central Texas museums, including the Blanton Museum of Art, The Contemporary Austin, Ruby City, and more.
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Review
“Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine Horwitch” at the Briscoe Western Art Museum
Caroline Frost reviews an exhibition featuring artists shown by the legendary Arizona art dealer Elaine Horwitch.
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Last week the City of San Antonio announced that it has partnered with Google Arts & Culture to bring several local institutions onto the online platform.
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A list of Earth Day events hosted by arts organizations across Texas.
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News
Contemporary Western Art Showcase Returns to San Antonio’s Briscoe Museum
by Glasstireby GlasstireThe Briscoe Western Art Museum, a collecting institution located on San Antonio’s River Walk, has announced the details of its 2023 Night of Artists exhibition and art sale.
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The prototypes for our rangy, tougher-than-leather symbols of American independence were Mexican. Without vaqueros crossing the Rio Grande, there would have been no "Lonesome Dove."
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Article
The Briscoe is Trying to Update How We Visualize the American West
by Josh Feolaby Josh FeolaThe San Antonio museum is attempting to expand representation both in terms of the artists it exhibits and the subjects that appear in its permanent collection's depictions of the West.
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Review
They Ain’t Marlboro Men: Another “New West” at the Briscoe Museum
by Gene Fowlerby Gene FowlerHow new is this 'New West?' Museumgoers will realize that Western art is not uniformly relegated to relic status, and that vast horizons of the genre continue to evolve.
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Neil Fauerso and guest Michael Menchaca on some Texas exhibitions you can still catch before they close, including Menchaca's show at the the McNay, and a show of Rembrandt etchings in a place you haven't heard about.
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As a panorama moving through the decades, the images present a rolling chronology of style and pastime that brings our collective memory into the glimmering yet gawky end of the previous century.
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San Antonio’s Briscoe Western Art Museum today announced recent significant gifts it has received from several donors, including the Jack and Valerie Guenther Foundation, Judy and Warren Knowlton, and Debbie…
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It’s clear that Schenck has soaked up more of the big-sky psyche than the fella called Drella. But there wouldn’t have been a Billy Schenck if there hadn’t been an Andy Warhol.
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News
Texas Museums to Celebrate National Day of the Cowboy with Community Events
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechThis coming weekend, on July 28, two Texas museums will celebrate National Day of the Cowboy with community events. In San Antonio, the Briscoe Western Art Museum will host a day…
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It’s remarkable how many obscure and hidden niche-cultures of the west Wilson was allowed to photograph.
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The San Antonio Magazine lists tons of stuff to do to celebrate Valentine’s Day, including an “Art Party: The Art of Love” tonight (February 10) at the San Antonio Museum…
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The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) has given its 2015 Award for Distinguished Service to Museums to Thomas A. Livesay, executive director of San Antonio’s Briscoe Western Art Museum. The…
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News
San Antonio to Open New Museum: Director Explains “You’re in a Western Art Museum”
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThis fall, the Briscoe Western Art Museum will open along San Antonio’s River Walk, in the original site of the San Antonio main library. The museum, which former Governor Dolph…
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The editorial board of the San Antonio Express-News griped Friday about the continuing mismanagement of the nascent Briscoe Western Art Museum, which was supposed to be another tourist magnet on…