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Dallas Exhibit Celebrates The Art Of Ida O'Keeffe

By • Dec 21, 2018

From Texas Standard:

The name Georgia O'Keeffe probably brings to mind images of giant, brightly-colored flowers, or the artist's famous skulls, sunsets or the Southwest. Many people don't realize that Georgia's sister was also an artist in her own right. But that's changing, thanks to an exhibition of Ida O'Keeffe's work at the Dallas Museum of Art It's called "Ida O'Keeffe: Escaping Georgia's Shadow."

Old House Near Alamodome Reveals Inner Workings Of The 'Tricentennial Clock'

By • Oct 9, 2018
Ansen Seale

Near railroad tracks, in the shadow of the Interstate 37 interchange, and about a football field away from the Alamodome, sits a house dating back to 1883 — a mauve- and cream-colored Roatzsch-Griesenbeck-Arciniega house, the only old structure within hundreds of yards.


'We Just Got Banksy-ed': 'Girl With Balloon' Sells For $1.4M Before Self-Destructing

By • Oct 7, 2018

"Girl With Balloon," one of the most recognized works of the England-based street artist known as Banksy, fetched a hefty $1.37 million (£1.04 million) at a Sotheby's auction in London on Friday.

But perhaps the real art installation didn't arrive until after the piece was sold.

San Antonio's Artpace Selects New Director

By • Aug 31, 2018
Chris Castillo

Updated 5:50 p.m.  

One of the city's major art institutions has appointed a new director.

Riley Robinson has been named to the top position, but he’s hardly new to Artpace — his time there dates back nearly a quarter century.

 

 


San Antonio Film Festival To Feature Documentary On Life Of Artist Chuck Ramirez

By • Jul 30, 2018
Ethel Shipton

Angela and Mark Walley had only just opened up their independent film studio in 2010 when artist Chuck Ramirez died suddenly at the age of 48. The pair had met Ramirez in 2009, and were in the beginnings of a collaborative project with him. 

Your Weekend's Here: Art, Hemingway & Oz

By • Jul 20, 2018
Jack Morgan / Texas Public Radio

From art exhibits to Hemingway to a play that's downright tornadic, there's plenty to do this weekend.


Your Weekend Is Here: Chamber Music, 'Old School' Photography & 'Drama' Mia

By • Jul 13, 2018
Siggi Ragnar / Contributed Photo

A Broadway classic, a photo exhibit and chamber music — there is plenty to do this weekend.

 


Fronteras: Lessons Of The Holocaust; Muslim Refugees In Texas; & Artist Arturo Torres

By • Jul 6, 2018
Hady Mawajdeh / KERA

This week on Fronteras:

  • San Antonio fifth-graders learn empathy and tolerance through lessons of the Holocaust (0:16).
  • Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar find refuge in North Texas (12:03).
  • From childhood abuse to illustrator of two New York Times best-sellers: a profile of artist Arturo Torres (16:30).


Spanish Royalty In San Antonio, Takes In '500 Years of Spanish Painting' At Museum Of Art

By • Jun 19, 2018
Jack Morgan / Texas Public Radio

For their last day in San Antonio, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain visited the San Antonio Museum of Art.


As Mexico Capitalizes On Her Image, Has Frida Kahlo Become Over-Commercialized?

By editor • Jun 2, 2018

In a few short decades, Frida Kahlo has gone from mainly known as the wife of of prominent Mexican painter Diego Rivera to becoming a pop culture icon. These days, she has far surpassed her husband's fame. Converse, Forever 21 and Zara have sold shoes and clothes with Frida's image.

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