FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LORA REYNOLDS GALLERY IS CLOSING

After two decades of bringing international contemporary art to Austin, Lora Reynolds is proud to announce the gallery’s 20th anniversary show will be its final exhibition.

Who made the grasshopper? will open November 15 and run through February 21, 2026.

Lora Reynolds began her career in the 1990s working for Anthony d’Offay Gallery, Matthew Marks Gallery, and Gemini G.E.L. in London and New York. She served as artist liaison to Ed Ruscha and worked on projects for Maurizio Cattelan, Vija Celmins, Alex Katz, Jeff Koons, and Robert Therrien.

Lora moved back to her native Texas to start a family in 2002, and in 2005 she opened her own gallery in Austin. In the years that followed, she built a singular program foregrounding her passion for working with artists and telling their stories.

And in that time, Lora’s life has changed. She married Colin Doyle in 2023. Her son is on the verge of graduating from high school; her daughter is a rising senior at university. She is looking forward to watching her kids transition into young adulthood and finding new ways to care for her chosen families as she and her husband move into the next phase of their life together.

Lora Reynolds Gallery would not have been possible without the many artists who have dedicated their lives to their practices and shared their work with Lora. The same goes for the art lovers who have followed the gallery’s program and supported our artists. Thank you to everyone who helped make Lora Reynolds Gallery feel like the little oasis it aspired to be. Lora will always be grateful for the many years of friendships that formed the core of the gallery and is eager to continue learning and growing from watching her favorite artists do the same.
 

FINAL DAY & BOOK SIGNING PARTY
Saturday, February 21, 2–6pm

Lora Reynolds Gallery
1126 West Sixth Street
Austin, Texas 78703

Free and open to the public.

Please join us for an afternoon soirée on the occasion of the debut of a Michelle Stuart book produced by LRG, the Haas Brothers’ first comprehensive monograph, and the final day of Lora Reynolds Gallery.

Artists NIKI + SIMON HAAS and writer COLM TÓIBÍN will be in attendance and signing books.

MICHELLE STUART
Lora Reynolds is pleased to announce Boats: Horizons before the Mast, a book about the boat sculptures Michelle Stuart began making in the 1980s that were the subject of an exhibition at LRG in 2021. Colm Tóibín contributed a story to the book. FÖDA Studio designed it. Punchpress produced it.

Two versions of Boats will be available for purchase:

An edition of 100 perfect-bound paperbacks

And a special edition of 18 hand-bound hardcover artist books, signed by Michelle Stuart, each in a clamshell housing and accompanied by an archival inkjet print of one of the sculptures in the book.

“The boat is a beautiful metaphor for everything,” Stuart says.

THE HAAS BROTHERS
The Haas Brothers’ new book, Uncanny Valley, accompanies their first major touring mid-career retrospective at the Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan). It highlights more than 100 of their most iconic works, from almost-ridiculous conversation-starting furniture to cheeky life-size sculpture.

The New York Times Book Review included Uncanny Valley on their list of 13 gift-worthy art books in December 2025.

For more information, email info@lorareynolds.com.

* please note: books may be purchased at the event via Venmo, cash, or check (credit cards not accepted).
 

GLASSTIRE—"Exit Interview: A Conversation with Lora Reynolds"
by Joseph R. Wolin

"...Thank you to all of the artists who made LRG what it was — and made me who I am. I will see you soon."

Read the full interview here.
 

REVIEW: Who made the grasshopper?
Alyssa Taylor Wendt for Glasstire:

"To say that Who made the grasshopper?, the ultimate show for the Lora Reynolds Gallery is just “exquisite” would be absurdly reductive. The exhibition title hails from a poem by Mary Oliver, “The Summer Day,” which asks us what is deemed important in the world in the present moment. In Reynolds’ universe, infinite layers of innovative talents, values, art history, personal connections, anecdotes, and love are contained in this last installment for a gallerist who has been instrumental in putting the Austin art world on the proverbial map, not to mention extremely influential in a multitude of careers for dozens of contemporary visual artists."

Read the full article here.
 

PRESS: The Austin Chronicle—Lora Reynolds’ Final Curtain Call
After 20 years, 42 artists return to the matriarch of Austin’s art scene
by TeeDee Simons

Read the full review of the exhibition Who made the grasshopper? here.
 

GLASSTIRE: "Lora Reynolds Gallery Announces January 2026 Closure, After 20 Years in Austin"

read the article here.
 

HUBBARD / BIRCHLER: 
Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come 
at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
Premiering March 2, 2024 
ON VIEW NIGHTLY THROUGH SPRING 2029

Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come is a new video art installation by internationally recognized artists Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler which features historic artifacts discovered along Waller Creek from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. The installation explores the ways in which these objects connect us to Austin’s past, present, and future, offering a glimpse into the daily lives of people who once lived and worked along the creek. The video work was commissioned as a 5-year exhibition and will be displayed through March, 2029.

Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come is free and shown every night, one hour after sunset until 10pm, at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park, except for evenings when a ticketed concert or other special event is taking place.

The viewing schedule is published seasonally and subject to change on short notice. Please check the Waterloo Greenway website before planning your visit.

Learn more about Past Deposits here.
 

Lora Reynolds—her collection, and the story of her life in the art world—is profiled on Artnet, here.

“The most meaningful artworks in my own home are all tied up with my own relationships with artists and the experiences I’ve shared with them over the years. My collection helps me know myself and reminds me of the people and ideas I hold dear.”