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• Blanton Museum of Art Announces New Grounds Initiative that will Transform Museum Experience
• Blanton Museum to Present ‘After Michelangelo, Past Picasso: Leo Steinberg’s Library of Prints’
• Blanton Museum to Present ‘Diedrick Brackens: darling divined’ 
• Blanton Museum to Present ‘Expanding Abstraction: Pushing the Boundaries of Painting in the Americas, 1958-1983’
• Media Alert: Blanton Museum Reopens 
• Ellsworth Kelly’s ‘Austin’ Goes Digital During the COVID-19 Crisis
• Media Alert: Blanton Museum Announces #MuseumFromHome Initiatives
• Still Water Foundation Gifts Strengthen the Arts on Campus 
• Blanton Museum Presents Fourth Annual Block Party 
• Blanton Museum to Exhibit ‘Ed Ruscha: Drum Skins’
• Blanton Museum to Present ‘The Avant-garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, and Peru in the 1920s’
• Blanton Museum to Present ‘Arte Sin Fronteras: Prints from the Self Help Graphics Studio’
• For Second Year in a Row, Blanton Museum Welcomes 200,000 Visitors
• Blanton Museum Announces New Curator of Latin American Art
• Media Alert: Blanton Presents “SoundSpace: In Such Times” 
• The University of Texas at Austin Presents Two Exhibitions on Acclaimed American Artist Charles White 
• Blanton Museum Presents New Work by Lily Cox-Richard 
• Blanton Museum Receives 76 Works by Ellsworth Kelly through Several Significant Donations
• Blanton Museum to Present ‘Jeffrey Gibson: This Is the Day’
• Blanton Museum Announces Landmark Endowment for Curator in Art of the Spanish and Portuguese Americas Underwritten by the Thoma Foundation
• Media Alert: Blanton Expands Evening Hours for the Summer Season 
• Moody Foundation Donation of $20 Million to Blanton Will Transform Museum Grounds 
• Blanton Museum Announces Acquisition of 119 Works from the Spanish and Portuguese Americas 
• Blanton Museum Announces Third Annual Block Party
• Blanton Museum to Present ‘Words/Matter: Latin American Art and Language at the Blanton’
• Dell Medical School Building Features Soaring Sculpture Passage from Blanton Museum of Art 
• Blanton Museum Shop Celebrates Museum Store Sunday
• Blanton Museum’s 20th SoundSpace Transforms Sounds of the Body Into Immersive Gallery Performance
• Blanton Museum to Exhibit ‘Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design’
• Blanton Museum Collaborates With The Contemporary Austin to Transfer 500 Works of Art to Texas Museums
• Blanton Museum to Exhibit ‘Vincent Valdez: The City’ 
• Blanton Museum to Exhibit ‘Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan & Levi Collection’ 
• Blanton Museum Invites City to Second Annual Block Party 
• Blanton Museum Celebrates Opening of Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin With Historic Gala
• Blanton Museum Receives Gift of Contemporary Latin American Art From the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
• Blanton Museum Announces Form Into Spirit Exhibition to Accompany Opening of Ellsworth Kelly’s “Austin” 
• Blanton Museum of Art Completes $23 Million Fundraising Campaign ahead of the Debut of Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin
• First-Ever Museum Store Sunday offers Blanton Visitors Deals on Unique Holiday Gifts
• Blanton Expands Curatorial Team with Two New Hires 
• Blanton Museum brings The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip to Austin this Fall
• Blanton Museum’s September SoundSpace will Celebrate the Innovative, Multicultural Music of Alice Coltrane 
• Blanton Museum’s SoundSpace Announces its New Music Residency Program
• Blanton Museum Partners with Writers’ League of Texas to Explore Mythology at August Third Thursday Event
• Blanton Museum’s Latest SoundSpace brings the Refugee Experience to Life with Musical Works by and about Refugees
• Blanton Museum to Exhibit Epic Tales From Ancient India: Paintings From the San Diego Museum of Art
• The Contemporary Austin Transfers Legacy Art Collection to The Blanton Museum of Art, Solidifying Focus of its Collecting Program on Outdoor Sculpture
• Blanton Museum is One of Five Museums to Receive a Gift of Spanish Colonial Art from The Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
• Blanton Museum’s Latest SoundSpace Brings the Refugee Experience to Life With Musical Works By and About Refugees
• The Blanton’s Reinstalled Collection Galleries Now Open to the Public
• Blanton Museum of Art Gifted Twenty-Eight Video Works by Renowned Contemporary Art Collectors, Jeanne and Michael L. Klein [PDF]
• Blanton Museum of Art Announces 2017 Gala Celebrating the Opening of the Museum’s Renovated and Reinstalled Permanent Collection and Honoring Jeanne and Michael L. Klein
• Blanton Announces 2017 Art on the Edge Fundraising Event
• Blanton to Present First Touring Museum Exhibition of Works by Nina Katchadourian
• Blanton Announces Curator of Spanish Colonial Art Underwritten by Thoma Foundation, Long-term Loan of Works from Thoma Collection
• Advanced Exhibition Schedule, 2016-2017
• Blanton’s SoundSpace Explores the Museum’s Interior and Exterior Spaces
• Blanton Museum of Art Presents First Exhibition in U.S. to Examine Andy Warhol’s Extensive Work In Books 
• Blanton’s SoundSpace Celebrates Work of Musicians Who Have Recently Passed, From David Bowie to Prince 
• Blanton Museum of Art Announces Carter E. Foster as Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Prints and Drawings
• Blanton to Exhibit Xu Bing’s Iconic Book from the Sky in First Full-Scale Texas Installation
• Blanton Organizes Exhibition of Prints and Paintings by Francisco de Goya 
• Blanton Organizes Exhibition of Peruvian Photography from the 1960s Through Present; Announces New Acquisitions
• Blanton’s SoundSpace Pays Homage to Music of the 1990s; Brings Together Noted Musicians and Artists including Graham Reynolds, Tim Barnes, and Others 
• Blanton Museum Presents First Major Historical Survey of Art of the 1990s
• Museum Shop to Host Fair Trade Trunk Show Featuring Companies that Empower Artisans
• Blanton Museum Announces Groundbreaking For Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, Organizes Symposium with Leading Kelly Scholars
• Blanton’s Art on the Edge Gala After Party to Become Stand Alone, Annual Event
• Paintings from Esteemed Spanish Colonial Collection Offer New Insight Into Depictions of the Virgin Mary
• Blanton Presentation Offers Rare Look at One of History’s Most Celebrated Medieval Manuscripts; Includes Medieval Arms and Armor
• Blanton Museum’s SoundSpace Celebrates Composer and Musical Theorist, Paulie Oliveros, and Deep Listening, Brings Together Noted Musicians Incorporating Site-Specific Sounds
• Moderno: Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1940-1978
• Blanton Museum First to Use Live-Streaming Platform, Periscope; Announces Periscope Tour Series
• Blanton Museum of Art Presents New Acquisitions by Texas Native Donald Moffett
• Blanton Museum’s SoundSpace Spotlights Musicians Working Outside the Mainstream, Including Phil Niblock, Conlon Nanacarrow, and Others
• Blanton Museum Receives Key Works by Celebrated American Artist Charles White
• Blanton Exhibition Explores the Capitvating and Unsanitized World of Grimm’s Fairy Tales
• Advance Exhibition Schedule, 2015-2016 Season 
• Exhibition Spotlighting Pioneering Puerto Rican Impressionist Francisco Oller to Premiere at the Blanton Museum 
• Blanton Museum Acquires Installation by Texas Artist Collective Okay Mountain 
• Blanton Museum Makes Key Additions to Curatorial Staff 
• Blanton Museum of Art Announces Acquisition of Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, A Site for Art and Contemplation 
• Blanton Museum’s SoundSpace Spotlights Improvisation, Brings Together Noted Musicians, Dancers, and Sound Artists
• Blanton Museum of Art and Harry Ransom Center Partner to Present Works by Legendary Photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard
• Annette DiMeo Carlozzi to Retire After 18 Years at the Blanton Museum of Art 
• Blanton Exhibition Explores Artists’ Response to the 1960s Civil Rights Movement
• Blanton Museum of Art to Honor UT President Bill Powers
• Blanton Museum Announces Launch of National Leadership Board
• Blanton Museum of Art Names Koven Smith Director of Digital Adaptation
• Blanton Exhibition Features Works by Botero, Caldas, Kahlo, and Others from Recently Gifted Collection of Latin American Art 
• Blanton Museum Announces Major Gift of Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art 
• Blanton Museum’s SoundSpace: Sound Construction Explores Unconventional, Newly Constructed Instruments and Techniques
• Two Years, 1,242 Drawings: Immersive Blanton Exhibition Spotlights Extraordinary Draftsmanship of Artist James Drake
• Blanton Commissions Artist Leslie Mutchler to Create Innovative Art Making Stations 
• 2014-2015 Advance Exhibition Schedule
• From Ancient Egyptian Sculpture to Works by Goya, Hopper, and Wegman, Blanton Exhibition Investigates the History and Psychology of Human Relationships with Cats and Dogs 
• Blanton Museum’s Acclaimed SoundSpace Series Transports Visitors to 1960s Downtown Manhattan
• UT Mourns the Loss of Jack S. Blanton 
• 2013 A Record Year for the Blanton 
• Blanton Museum of Art Names Beverly Adams Curator of Latin American Art 
• Innovative Blanton Exhibition Unites Art, Dance, and Technology 
• Blanton Exhibition Sheds New Light on Art and Lives of Artists Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt  
• Blanton Museum of Art Exhibition Highlights Art of Ancient Andes, Explores Relationship Between Art and Environment  
• Blanton Museum of Art Receives Prestigious Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant
• Panel Developed by Blanton Museum Selected for 2014 SXSW Music Conference 
• New Development Director and Director of Collections and Exhibitions Appointed
• Waltercio Caldas: The Nearest Air 
• Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540 
• Cubism Beyond Borders
• Lifelike
• Luminous: 50 Years of Collecting Prints and Drawings 
• Blanton 2013 Gala Raises Record $1 Million 
• Blanton Receives Iconic Sculptures by Luis Jiménez