{"id":151389,"date":"2026-02-05T00:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/151389\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T00:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:49:10","slug":"austrian-visual-artist-heimo-wallners-desesperado-opens-thursday-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/151389\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian visual artist Heimo Wallner&#8217;s \u2018desesperado\u2019 opens Thursday in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"488\" data-attachment-id=\"395111\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/arts\/visual-art\/austrian-visual-artist-heimo-wallners-desesperado-opens-thursday-in-san-antonio\/attachment\/screen-shot-2026-02-04-at-3-23-15-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screen-Shot-2026-02-04-at-3.23.15-PM.png?fit=1068%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1068,667\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2026-02-04 at 3.23.15 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Austrian artist Heimo Wallner\u2019s latest exhibition of drawings opens this Thursday. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Austrian artist Heimo Wallner\u2019s latest exhibition of drawings opens this Thursday. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screen-Shot-2026-02-04-at-3.23.15-PM.png?fit=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screen-Shot-2026-02-04-at-3.23.15-PM.png?fit=780%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screen-Shot-2026-02-04-at-3.23.15-PM.png\" alt=\"Austrian artist Heimo Wallner's latest exhibition of drawings opens this Thursday. \" class=\"wp-image-395111\"  \/>Austrian artist Heimo Wallner\u2019s latest exhibition of drawings opens this Thursday.  Credit: Courtesy Image \/ Heimo Wallner<\/p>\n<p>A solo exhibition of new drawings by Heimo Wallner, \u201cdesesperado,\u201d will open this Thursday at Un Grito Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Tamsweg, Austria, Wallner attended the Akademie der Bildenden K\u00fcnste in Vienna and now divides his time between teaching studio art in Vermont and running the artist-in-residence program hotelpupik in Scheifling, Austria. <\/p>\n<p>However, the artist is no stranger to the Alamo City. He spent an extended period of time at the University of Texas San Antonio as an official visiting artist, a program that culminated in a solo exhibition at UTSA Satellite Space in 2007. <\/p>\n<p>Wallner characterizes his work as rooted in stupidity mined from the endless font that surrounds humankind, which generates a push and pull between the banal and indispensable epiphanies. <\/p>\n<p>Free, 7-10 p.m., Thursday-Friday, Feb. 5-6 and by appointment, Un Grito Gallery at Blue Star Arts Complex, 1420 S. Alamo St., (210) 992-0585, instagram.com\/ungritogallery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/sanantonio\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to SA Current newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.news\/TiFMu3wPkRj6PC4xS5L36bg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWE5oWTNWeWNtVnVkQzVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US%3Aen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599768?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SanAntonio_Current\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/sacurrent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sacurrent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAcurrent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0| Or sign up for our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/feed\/?partner-feed=all\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RSS Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Stories<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/food-drink\/san-antonios-monarch-hotel-to-debut-4-food-drink-concepts-when-it-opens-next-month\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770252550_306_Courtesy-Rooftop.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"San Antonio\u2019s Monarch Hotel to debut 4 food, drink concepts when it opens next month\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"395136\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/food-drink\/san-antonios-monarch-hotel-to-debut-4-food-drink-concepts-when-it-opens-next-month\/attachment\/courtesy-rooftop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Courtesy-Rooftop.jpg?fit=1000%2C665&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,665\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Courtesy Rooftop\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;An artist\u2019s rendering shows The Monarch Hotel\u2019s rooftop bar and restaurant, which will focus on flavors from the Yucatan. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;An artist\u2019s rendering shows The Monarch Hotel\u2019s rooftop bar and restaurant, which will focus on flavors from the Yucatan. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Courtesy-Rooftop.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Courtesy-Rooftop.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tThe downtown hotel\u2019s concepts will include Texan-inspired fine dining at Oak &amp; 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