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‘Night of glory’ shows off

Oct 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Visual Arts

A long stream of people flowed down Guadalupe Street Saturday night for “Una Noche de La Gloria — Contemporary Art in the Culture Zone,” an expo that showcased the arts and artists of the Latino creative community.



Chalk It Up leaves colorful mark on downtown

Oct 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Visual Arts

The sixth annual Artpace event on Houston Street includes two kid zones, a public mural, teamwork zone, freestyle section and 15 by 20-foot original images by 11 showcase artists.



New Quran to swarm with images of U.S. life

Oct 9th, 2009 | By | Category: Visual Arts

Painter Sandow Birk’s latest exhibit, “American Qur’an,” is a re-imagining of the Islamic holy book that pushes cultural and religious boundaries by blending the tome’s ancient chapters with postcards from the American experience.



Arts festival a creative outlet for veterans

Oct 8th, 2009 | By | Category: Visual Arts

More than 100 of the nation’s most gifted military veterans are in San Antonio for a creative festival culminating in a free public variety show on Sunday



Exhibit: ‘Rx Art: Take Your Medicine’

Oct 8th, 2009 | By | Category: Visual Arts

Check out the creative side of area health professionals in “Rx Art: Take Your Medicine” at Bihl Haus Arts.



Exhibit: ‘Reclaimed: Paintings From the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker’

Oct 8th, 2009 | By | Category: Visual Arts

Old Master paintings stolen by the Nazis in 1940 comprise a just-opened exhibition at the McNay Art Museum.



Event: Chalk It Up

Oct 8th, 2009 | By | Category: Visual Arts

This year, Chalk It Up will be covering more ground. Literally.



McNay displays art that was stolen by Nazis

Oct 4th, 2009 | By | Category: Uncategorized

Part of Adolf Hitler’s vision for the Third Reich was the Fuhrermuseum, which would be the centerpiece of a cultural district in Linz, Austria, a spectacular storehouse of the world’s art — that is, the works of art that passed the one-time painter’s “degeneracy” litmus test.



Seeing Mexico in a bend of light

Sep 26th, 2009 | By | Category: Uncategorized

Rudy Choperena claims he “can’t dance, can’t sing, can’t draw and can’t write.” In other words, he insists, he’s not an artist. “I’m on the other side,” he says.



Color, balance and a connection to the viewer

Sep 26th, 2009 | By | Category: Uncategorized

“The artist is anonymous,” Brooklyn artist Suzan Frecon wrote in a catalog essay for a 2007 exhibition of her big oil painting at San Antonio’s Lawrence Markey Gallery. “Then the viewer and the artwork are alone.”