A Peek into the Blanton Café
As a new employee at the Blanton, I am naturally interested in nearby places to eat. What better place to start than at the Blanton Café? Located just across the plaza from the museum in the Edgar A....
View ArticleBehind the Blanton: Koven Smith, Director of Digital Adaptation
You may have seen him around on our blog, but Koven Smith is actually the Blanton’s Director of Digital Adaptation. In our latest installment of Behind the Blanton, a series profiling different Blanton...
View Article‘Tis the Season for Gifting
It’s the Monday after Thanksgiving, which means the holiday shopping season is in full swing! Whether you’re looking for the perfect gift for the first night of Chanukah, an ideal stocking stuffer for...
View ArticleRoad Trip: Upcoming Kelly Installation Inspires Art Pilgrimages
I was amazed and ecstatic when I heard that the Blanton — that UT —that Austin was going to be the site of a major installation by Ellsworth Kelly. I’m a huge devotee of his work. I find its simplicity...
View ArticleThe Art and Sound of Free Beer
In his free time, Blanton preparator Dave Culpepper produces, with several friends, the local arts podcast Free Beer. The show has been around for a year, and has received a Cultural Engagement grant...
View ArticleOut on the Edge with Kate Perez
The Blanton’s Art on the Edge black-tie party is coming up this Saturday. Launched for the first time as a stand-alone event, it promises to be an unforgettable night of live music, dancing, cocktails...
View ArticleFeel Like a True Insider with These Blanton Hacks
If you’ve spent any amount of time on the internet, you’ve probably seen articles with titles like, “10 Home Life Hacks to Make Your Life Simpler,” or “This One Simple Trick Will Blow Your Mind.” Life...
View ArticleMember Appreciation Month Spotlight
Some museums might have a member appreciation day, or maybe even a week—at the Blanton, we have an entire Member Appreciation Month! Over the course of June, we’ve set up special perks, treats, and...
View ArticleChoose Your Own Heist: A Blanton Summer Caper
School is out. It’s time to explore, play, and have adventures. The Blanton’s family and community programs team crafted just the thing for anyone who wants make the most out of their visit to the...
View ArticleAustin is changing, and so is the Blanton
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you might have noticed that Austin is changing. Rapidly. Sitting in traffic is now officially Austin’s #1 pastime ( “tweeting about sitting in traffic” comes in...
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Eerie Exhibitions for Halloween 2017
It’s equal parts merry and macabre. Wicked and wonderful. Delightful and demented. Our Dancing with Death exhibition explores interpretations of Death in works of art on paper that span the fifteenth...
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Rhymes of the Times: Burma-Shave Signs Along The Open Road
On the open road of old, travelers didn’t have mobile phones, satellite radio or GPS keeping them company in their cars. Drivers relied entirely on paper maps and signs to navigate, and backseat...
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Five Austin Birds for Ellsworth Kelly’s “Austin”
From a young age, artist Ellsworth Kelly was quite the bird lover, watching and learning to identify local species in the woods behind his house in upstate New York. For our May 11th lunchtime lecture,...
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Vincent Valdez & Maria Hinojosa in Conversation about “The City”
“One of the issues I find when I step back and observe…for far too long it’s been too easy for America to avoid the conversation about racism.” — artist Vincent Valdez On July 17, the Blanton launched...
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Wonder Women: 5 Prints and Drawings of Powerful Women
When we think about artworks featuring women as central characters, we might consider renowned works such as Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci, Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol, and Birth of Venus by Sandro...
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Weaving Mindfulness into the Blanton
In a corner of the museum known as the “Meredith Lounge,” located between our Film & Video gallery and Latin American Art galleries, visitors may have noticed a square wooden structure filled with...
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