The ballroom and his other proposed building projects are many things, but they are not exactly works of architecture.

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Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

A remarkable retrospective shows how Asawa’s art practice emerged from the broken rhythms of daily life, overlapping with family and with community.

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In Georgian mythology, the blacksmith is often portrayed as a magical figure endowed with superhuman strength—sometimes even ...

Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a bustling city that is best discovered at a leisurely pace.

Drawn to the city’s cheap and easy beach life, thrift shops and seedy glamour, Pierson stayed on for six months working as a busboy at the fabled deli Wolfie’s on Collins Avenue, where a Cuban ...

Interview with artist Raul De Lara, an immigrant whose art at The Contemporary Austin reflects timely thoughts on immigration ...

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