Event Type 2: Fantastically French

Explore three centuries of creative artistic imagination from the trend-setting center of Europe! C’est magnifique! Come for a public tour of this Paper Vault show and learn more about the exhibition HERE.

Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the tour. Our tours can accommodate a maximum of 25 people on a first come, first serve basis. Please check-in with our Visitor Services Desk to secure your place.

Due to construction on the grounds, our visitor entrance has changed and is accessible only via Brazos Street. Check for updates here when planning your visit. 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.

Feature Image Caption: René Boyvin, Design for a Fountain Supported by Dolphins, after Léonard Thiry or Rosso Fiorentino, 1560s, engraving, 5 11/16 x 7 3/16 in. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1988

Wed. June 15, 2022 | 12:00 p.m. CT [1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT]
(Note our new day/time for these Curated Conversations!)
FREE to attend; registration required. If you love our online offerings, help us continue to make them possible and pay what you wish at registration.

French kings and their royal courts were known for luxurious lifestyles. Explore the magnificence and splendor of these royal residences, from the famed Galerie François I at Fontainebleau to the vast gardens of Versailles, with art historian Jamie Kwan. Come along on a virtual tour that brings to life royal interiors, gardens, and decorative arts inspired by the art in Fantastically French! Design and Architecture in 16th-to 18th-Century Prints.

Funding for this program is provided by the Charles and Dorothy Clark Lectureship in Fine Arts.

Jamie Kwan, PhD, Lecturer at University of California, Riverside

Jamie Kwan is an art historian and curator based in Los Angeles. She received her doctorate in Art History from Princeton University, where she focused on French Renaissance and Baroque art. Jamie has held positions at the Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, the Huntington Library, and the Morgan Library and her work has been supported by a Fulbright research grant.

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Explore three centuries of creative artistic imagination from the trend-setting center of Europe! C’est magnifique! Come for a public tour of this Paper Vault show and learn more about the exhibition HERE.

Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the tour. Our tours can accommodate a maximum of 25 people on a first come, first serve basis. Please check-in with our Visitor Services Desk to secure your place.

Due to construction on the grounds, our visitor entrance has changed and is accessible only via Brazos Street. Check for updates here when planning your visit. 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.

Feature Image Caption: René Boyvin, Design for a Fountain Supported by Dolphins, after Léonard Thiry or Rosso Fiorentino, 1560s, engraving, 5 11/16 x 7 3/16 in. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1988

Join us on as we place Susanna Clarke’s critically acclaimed fantasy novel Piranesi in conversation with Fantastically French! Design and Architecture in 16th- to 18th- Century Prints. Let the exhibition’s extravagant whimsy enrich your imagination as you traverse the surreal halls of Piranesi’s House within the novel.

Email member@blantonmuseum.org to learn how to join this virtual discussion! Not a member? Join at bit.ly/BlantonMembership

Image Credit: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Giovanni Laterano [Interior view of the Basilica of St. John Lateran], from Vedute di Roma [Views of Rome], circa 1769-1771, etching and engraving, 18 1/4 x 27 7/8 in. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002

Explore three centuries of creative artistic imagination from the trend-setting center of Europe! C’est magnifique! Come for a public tour of this Paper Vault show and learn more about the exhibition HERE.

Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the tour. Our tours can accommodate a maximum of 25 people on a first come, first serve basis. Please check-in with our Visitor Services Desk to secure your place.

Due to construction on the grounds, our visitor entrance has changed and is accessible only via Brazos Street. Check for updates here when planning your visit. 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.

Feature Image Caption: René Boyvin, Design for a Fountain Supported by Dolphins, after Léonard Thiry or Rosso Fiorentino, 1560s, engraving, 5 11/16 x 7 3/16 in. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1988