Behind the Velvet Curtain: The Makings of the Blanton’s Symbolist Exhibition
March 6, 2019 by Vivie Behrens
Deep in the Blanton Museum of Art’s exhibition Ideas in Sensuous Form: The International Symbolist Movement, chaste virgins and conniving femmes fatales peer from the bounds of black frames, generating a Symbolist ambiance of desire and mystery. To complement the atmospheric artworks, Claire Howard, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, created a luxurious, immersive gallery…
Digital Platforms in “Making Africa”: From the Continent to the World
January 3, 2019 by Lizabel Stella
One of the most exciting aspects of our current exhibition Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design is how it combines creative work across mediums—from fashion to furniture, photography to websites and apps—to show the many forms design can take, shifting and responding to economic, social, and political change on the continent and beyond. Below…
9 Notable Exhibitions
To See In 2019
December 13, 2018 by Lizabel Stella
Planning your cultural calendar can be a challenging task with all the things-to-do and must-see events happening in Austin, Texas throughout the year. So we wanted to save you some time by listing nine notable exhibitions opening at the Blanton in 2019 that you won’t want to miss. From the colorful artworks created by a genre-bridging Choctaw-Cherokee…
The Blanton’s Snowiest Skating Scenes
December 12, 2018 by Mairead Horton
This Third Thursday, December 20, join us for a pop-up exhibition of winter scenes from the Blanton’s collection. The works cover the sixteenth to twentieth century in Europe and America, and range from allegorical depictions of the season to snowy landscapes and winter entertainments. Artists have been inspired by ice skating since at least the…
