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Studio Visit: Kota Ezawa

Studio Visit: Kota Ezawa May 2023, by Donato Loia, 2022-2023 Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Modern and Contemporary Art, Blanton Museum of Art Back to Blog Kota Ezawa transforms images from art history, film, and television into animated stories. Often exploring infamous events in popular culture, one of his notable works is The Simpson Verdict. […]

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Women’s History Month 2023: #5WomenArtists in Day Jobs

Women’s History Month 2023: #5WomenArtists in Day Jobs March 2023, by Meg Burns, Curatorial Administrative Assistant, Blanton Museum of Art Back to Blog Since 2016, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has been asking a simple question: can you name five women artists? This question has sparked conversations on the underrepresentation of

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An installation view of an exhibition featuring paintings on a wall and two mannequins wearing 18th-century formalwear inside a glass enclosure.

The Unusual and Ravishing: Beauty Marks, Cochineal, and Prints Galore

The Unusual and Ravishing: Beauty Marks, Cochineal, and Prints Galore by Daniel Ymbong, Gallery Assistant, Blanton Museum of Art Back to Blog As a Gallery Assistant at the Blanton Museum of Art, I couldn’t wait for the wonderfully unique and ravishingly beautiful Painted Cloth: Fashion and Ritual in Colonial Latin America  to open. I hold

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Divine Details: Exploring Museo Franz-Mayer’s Chasuble

Divine Details: Exploring Museo Franz-Mayer’s Chasuble by Nina Datz, 2022-23 Bridging Disciplines Program in Museum Studies Intern, Art of the Spanish Americas Back to Blog As an art history student and museum studies intern, I recently had the opportunity to closely interact with a religious vestment known as chasuble currently on display in the Blanton

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