Travel Secrets

The amazing city you never knew you wanted to visit: Stumbling upon a South Pacific secret

By Stephan Lorenz

11.30.14 | 12:03 pm

Locals wrinkled their brows and other travelers were in shocked disbelief that we even considered spending a few days in Noumea. But here we were, our travel plans foiled by unexpected local school ...

Third Thursday at the Blanton

Blanton Museum of Art

09.19.13

Join the Blanton Museum for a free evening of arts and activities, starting with Beat the Rush at 5:30 p.m. with Peter Stopschinski of Brown Whornet in the museum's galleries. At 6 p.

105th Birthday Celebration for President LBJ

LBJ Library and Museum

08.27.13

The LBJ Presidential Library and Museum would like to extend some birthday wishes to their namesake, and you can join them in the party. The museum will offer free admission for the day, and you ca

Screenings at the Blanton:Gerhard Richter Painting

Blanton Museum of Art

07.18.13

The process of creation is explored in this film, which depicts the famous German artist as he paints and treats the canvas in real time. Several of Richter’s works will be on display as part

Inside an Artist's Home

An intimate look inside the preservation of Austin's Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum

By Adrienne Breaux

04.02.13 | 1:41 pm

Austin's Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum just got more intimate: Plans are now underway to improve and preserve artist Charles Umlauf's Austin home and studio, which have rec ...

Visiting Lecturer Series at AMOA: Sarah C. Bancroft

The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center

11.29.12

This series brings several internationally-renowned contemporary art curators, directors, and arts professionals from around the globe to Austin to conduct studio visits with selected area-based ar

Day Tripping delights

The Goddess of Love: Exciting Aphrodite exhibit at SAMA shows us not much has changed

By Shelley Seale

10.15.12 | 10:43 am

She was the patroness of brides, seafarers and warriors; agent of political harmony; adulterous seductress; and mother to mischievous Eros. Known to the Romans as Venus, the goddess Aphrodite is th ...

family stuff

Growing up weird: Kid-cool Austin activities for October

By Roby Brown

10.02.12 | 4:01 pm

Halloween: When the memories of wearing a plastic Ben Cooper Halloween costume with a cheap plastic mask return. Remember how we'd suffer for one magical night of free Tootsie Rolls? These ...

CultureMap Video

85-year-old artist returns to high school: David Adickes reinvents himself and talks "band camp"

By Joel Luks

08.15.12 | 2:17 pm

Pretending his student days were not long ago, 85-year-old artist David Adickes ambles through the halls of the former Huntsville High School building in Walker County, reminiscing a ...

art and technoloy

The Blanton Museum expands online, provides access to over 17,000 of their collected works

By Austin Sanders

05.20.12 | 4:34 pm

In a move that further advances the intertwining relationship of culture and technology, The Blanton Museum of Art has completely redesigned their online database, providing access to over 17,000 o ...