Hours, Admission, & Directions

Join us for this special program, with guest speaker Ilona Katzew, Department Head and Curator, Latin American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

This event will take place in our Capitol Room, located in the Smith Building across the plaza (upstairs from the Blanton Café).  A light lunch will be provided. Seating is limited so please click below link to RSVP and secure your place.

Museum admission is always free on Thursdays. On the third Thursday of each month, the museum remains open until 9 pm.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.  Paid parking is available in the Blanton/Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the front desk of the museum.

IMAGE CREDIT
Noble Woman with Her Black Slave (Sra. principal con su negra esclava)
Vicente Albán (Ecuador, Quito, active second half of 18th century) circa 1783
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 32 × 41 3/4 in. (81.28 × 106.05 cm)
Frame: 36 1/4 × 47 × 1 3/4 in. (92.08 × 119.38 × 4.45 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by the Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art Deaccession Fund

Come join us for a dynamic look at the Blanton’s world-class art collection!  Our trained docent will guide you through fan favorites found in our Latin American, European, and Modern and Contemporary galleries, providing context and insights behind the artworks on display.  Our main and specialized galleries (including the Paper Vault, Film & Video, and Contemporary Project galleries) change regularly so you will always see something new on every visit.  Learn more about our permanent collection HERE.

Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the tour. Our tours can accommodate large groups, but we encourage you to check-in with our Visitor Services Desk to secure your place.

Free admission on Thursdays.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Paid parking is available in the Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the museum.

The Community Conversations series is designed to invite consideration of Vincent Valdez’s The City through close looking, understanding of the artist’s process and intentions, and wide-ranging conversation about racism in our society.  Two facilitators—a Blanton staff member and community leader–will frame the discussion and encourage thoughtful conversation with a group of visitors interested in dialogue.  Each session will last about 45 minutes.*

This event will be facilitated by Veronica Roberts, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Blanton Museum and our Community Partner Marilyn D. Johnson.

★Please check in with our Visitor Services Desk at least 10-15 minutes before the program.★

Free admission on Thursdays.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Paid parking is available in the Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the museum.

Join us for an eclectic mix of original and tribute music performed by Austin dream gaze rock project Moving Panoramas.

Beat the Rush is a performance series that features live music inspired by visual art on view.

Museum admission is always free on Thursdays. On the third Thursday of each month, the museum remains open until 9 pm.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.  Paid parking is available in the Blanton/Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the front desk of the museum.

ABOUT MOVING PANORAMAS

It all began in Brooklyn, where lead songwriter Leslie Sisson lived while playing in a number of touring bands. She came back to her home state of Texas to be closer to her family after surviving a series of life-changing events. Picking up the pieces, she took a job teaching music in Austin. Playing music on a daily basis helped Leslie write an array of healing tunes that became the debut LP, One, recorded with Louie Lino at Resonate in Austin and released on Austin’s Modern Outsider Records in October 2015. The band just wrapped up their sophomore LP, In Two, recorded with Louie Lino again and mixed by Danny Reisch, so keep some ears peeled for that coming to a record store near you soon.

The Houston Press calls Moving Panoramas “The best band in Texas right now.” The Austin Chronicle describes them as, “Conjuring a big yet intimate sound reminiscent of Nineties output from Brit indie 4AD.” PopMatters compares the music to Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, and The Aislers Set saying, “Austin-based band Moving Panoramas waste no time creating a niche for themselves within that style on their debut album One.” NPR‘s Songs We Lovesays, “The ingredients and the sentiment might be simple, but the outcome is disarmingly complex.” KCRW‘s Today’s Top Tune says, “Moving Panoramas have been honing an expansive sound that is rooted in slithering guitar-work and crisp vocals.” BrooklynVegan says, “Austin’s Moving Panoramas make hazy psych pop with the kind of intricate harmonies that instantly elevate things a couple inches off the ground.” The Guardian‘s New Band of the Weeksays, “They’re in Warpaint’s ballpark, or Best Coast’s hazy dream pop territory, and are most likely to make Theresa Wayman and co jealous.” Tom Tom Magazine says, “In a place like Austin that is bursting at the seams with music, Moving Panoramas is definitely one of the city’s bands to keep your eye on.”

A series of intimate, 30-minute conversations about a single work of art in the museum’s galleries.

You can learn more about this program in Fusebox Festival‘s Q&A HERE.

Museum admission is always free on Thursdays. On the third Thursday of each month, the museum remains open until 9 pm.

The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.  Paid parking is available in the Blanton/Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Parking is $4; bring your ticket with you to the front desk of the museum.