While other museum gift stores sometime resemble art installations, Laguna Gloria's actually is one.
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The Contemporary Austin Acquires a Tree Trunk Sculpture by Ai Weiwei
by Brandon Zechby Brandon Zech'Iron Tree Trunk' sits among other trees in the pathways of Laguna Gloria, essentially blending into its surroundings.
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Contemporary Austin’s Laguna Gloria Phase One Transformation Breaks Ground Next Month
by Glasstireby GlasstireThe Contemporary Austin’s has big plans for improving and revitalizing its 14-acre Laguna Gloria campus in northwest Austin; it has announced it will break ground on Phase I of its…
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His work’s jumping-off point is his deep disdain for systems—for the nuclear family, for institutions and communities and religions that we’re all pushed through in an endless gauntlet.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a new artist residency, finding grace in destruction, and this weekend's dialogue between two creative icons.
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From growing up in a doomsday cult in Montana to almost accidentally (and deservingly) finding his way into a BFA and MFA from SMU by 2004, the acclaimed Brooklyn-based artist Lionel Maunz will…
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The Department of Art and Art History and Visual Arts Center has announced that Jade Walker is stepping down as director of the Visual Arts Center (VAC) as of October…
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Well, we’re ashamed to have missed International Cat Day on Monday, August 8, but we’ll try to make up for it by sharing an article from the Austin American-Statesman about…
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To experience art in the everyday requires a willful suspension of disbelief about that experience.
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POSTPONED: Before the Halloween Parties, Catch up on Some Sleep with Andy Warhol
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonIf you’ve never seen more than a still or a clip from Andy Warhol’s 1963 avant-garde film Sleep, now is your chance to experience the full 5 ½ hour epic…
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State of Museums: The Pop-In and Trip-To of The Contemporary Austin
by Allyn Westby Allyn WestI pointed my Instagram-primed iPhone up at the blocks, tilting back until the espresso I forgot I was holding dumped all over my face and collar. I blame you, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis!
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The artist's human-made randomness is controlled through edits, but Walker isn’t interested in controlling nature. This is a language he’s creating to commune with it.
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Long’s installations are about watching others experience them: amongst the barrage of sensorial stimulations, we can see ourselves as a part of the crowd—the insatiable consumers of cultural experiences.
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Artist Nancy Holt died on Saturday, February 8, in New York City. From 1995 to 2013, she worked and resided in Galisteo, New Mexico. A pioneer of earthworks and public…
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Contemporary Austin Announces Finalists for Laguna Gloria Landscape Master Plan
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Contemporary Austin is wasting no time in getting its 12-acre lakeside estate ready for the future Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, for which it was…
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Pairing of Gillick and Vitale is a strategic curatorial pick for the rebranded institution. This choice is as smart as it is risk-free.
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The Contemporary Austin: New Name, New Money, New Sculpture Garden!
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonWhen The Austin Contemporary changed its name in July, it also said that it planned to refocus its mission and begin a seriously exciting series of art commissions. The Dallas-based…
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It’s official! As of today, the AMOA-Arthouse will now be called The Contemporary Austin. In traditional marriages, the wife takes the name of the husband; a few modern marriages hyphenate…
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Arthouse and Austin Museum of Art To Merge. No Shake-Up Announced but New Director and Rebranding are on the Horizon
After months of backroom talks and explorations, the boards of the AMOA and Arthouse have declared the orgs united. The merger makes financial sense: the new entity will have an…
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Glass-and-Limestone Sculptor Damian Priour dies at 61; Native Texan Noted for Monuments and Community Involvement
Travis County Sculptor Damian Priour died Wednesday after a years-long struggle with cancer. He was 61. Priour’s symbolically abstract glass and limestone sculptures adorn the Austin Convention Center and the…