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february 16, 2020 - february 22, 2020
14feballday16alldayFeaturedValentine's Weekend Special: Buy One Get One!
Get in the mood for art on Valentine's weekend and celebrate with your loved one by getting them into the museum for FREE! When you buy one admission at regular price,
Get in the mood for art on Valentine’s weekend and celebrate with your loved one by getting them into the museum for FREE!
When you buy one admission at regular price, you’ll get a second admission absolutely free. So choose your plus one, whoever that might be, and make it a date at the Blanton. 👥💙
Offer applied when purchase made at Front Desk. Use discount code IHEARTBLANTON if purchasing tickets online → http://bit.ly/
Offer good Friday, February 14 through Sunday, February 16, 2020.
Add our Facebook EventPaid 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 for payment and validation.
february 14 (Friday) - 16 (Sunday)
16feb3:00 pm4:00 pmPublic TourThe Artist At Work
Artists have long created images of themselves engaged in art-making in order to elevate their social status and establish their cultural importance. Whether in grand self-portraits, views of studios and
Artists have long created images of themselves engaged in art-making in order to elevate their social status and establish their cultural importance. Whether in grand self-portraits, views of studios and art academies, or depictions of outdoor sketching expeditions, artists frequently cast themselves as their primary subject. Showcasing representations of artists at work from the Blanton’s collection, this exhibition examines the ways in which artists have performed their identities, built their reputations, and interacted with the marketplace over the last 500 years.
Exhibition InformationPlease 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.
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.
(Sunday) 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
17feballdayMuseum ClosedPlease note the museum is closed on Mondays
All Day (Monday)
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Join Veronica Roberts, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, for a special tour of Ed Ruscha: Drum Skins. Included with museum admission. The Blanton is located at the
Join Veronica Roberts, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, for a special tour of Ed Ruscha: Drum Skins.
Included with museum admission. 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.
Installation View, “Ed Ruscha: Drum Skins,” January 11 – July 12, 2020, Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin
(Wednesday) 12:30 pm
20feballdayalldayFeaturedThird Thursday at the BlantonFree Admission 10am-9pm
Ready for art after hours? We're open till 9pm on the Third Thursday of every month! Explore our ever-changing galleries and enjoy free admission all day, including access to Austin
Ready for art after hours? We’re open till 9pm on the Third Thursday of every month! Explore our ever-changing galleries and enjoy free admission all day, including access to Austin by Ellsworth Kelly. You’ll also find tasty specials in our Blanton Café and gifts galore in our Museum Shop.
Free admission every Thursday is generously provided by the Moody Family Free Day Endowment.
The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Paid parking is available for $4 in the Blanton/Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Bring your ticket with you to the front desk of the museum to receive the discounted rate.
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All Day (Thursday)
The 1920s were a period of rapid modernization and artistic innovation across the globe, and magazines played an integral role in disseminating bold new ideas and movements. The Avant-Garde Networks
The 1920s were a period of rapid modernization and artistic innovation across the globe, and magazines played an integral role in disseminating bold new ideas and movements. The Avant-Garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, and Peru in the 1920s explores this history in Latin America through the magazine Amauta, published in Peru from 1926 to 1930. With an expansive network of collaborators, Amauta captured major artistic and political conversations of the decade. These included international discussions of the avant-garde, traditional craft as innovation, the visual identity of leftist politics, and the movement of Indigenism. The exhibition has more than 300 objects that richly evoke the milieu of this radical period.
Exhibition InformationPlease 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.
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.
(Thursday) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Join us for the first special program in conjunction with our exhibition The Avant-Garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, and Peru in the 1920s. We will be joined by guest speaker
Join us for the first special program in conjunction with our exhibition The Avant-Garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, and Peru in the 1920s. We will be joined by guest speaker Dr. Omar Rivera from Southwestern University, who will share insights into the life of José Carlos Mariátegui, the founder of radical Peruvian journal “Amauta,” exploring the paradoxes of a socialist “Indigenismo.”
José Carlos Mariátegui (Peru, 1894-1930) was widely recognized for his original interpretation of Marxism from an Andean context. He understood art as a key site of revolutionary struggle. He found in aesthetics the possibility of addressing the global, social and political contradictions of the tumultuous 1920s, and he invoked the power of the imagination to bring them to a tipping point. His journal Amauta, especially in its convergence of Indigenist and avant-garde artworks, is a quintessential expression of this revolutionary imagination.
This event will take place in our Capitol Room, located in our Smith Building where our Café and Shop are also located.
Thursdays are free admission at the museum. 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.
(Thursday) 4:00 pm
The 1920s were a period of rapid modernization and artistic innovation across the globe, and magazines played an integral role in disseminating bold new ideas and movements. The Avant-Garde Networks
The 1920s were a period of rapid modernization and artistic innovation across the globe, and magazines played an integral role in disseminating bold new ideas and movements. The Avant-Garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, and Peru in the 1920s explores this history in Latin America through the magazine Amauta, published in Peru from 1926 to 1930. With an expansive network of collaborators, Amauta captured major artistic and political conversations of the decade. These included international discussions of the avant-garde, traditional craft as innovation, the visual identity of leftist politics, and the movement of Indigenism. The exhibition has more than 300 objects that richly evoke the milieu of this radical period.
Exhibition InformationPlease 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.
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.
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20feballdayalldayFeaturedThird Thursday at the BlantonFree Admission 10am-9pm
Ready for art after hours? We're open till 9pm on the Third Thursday of every month! Explore our ever-changing galleries and enjoy free admission all day, including access to Austin
Ready for art after hours? We’re open till 9pm on the Third Thursday of every month! Explore our ever-changing galleries and enjoy free admission all day, including access to Austin by Ellsworth Kelly. You’ll also find tasty specials in our Blanton Café and gifts galore in our Museum Shop.
Free admission every Thursday is generously provided by the Moody Family Free Day Endowment.
The Blanton is located at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Paid parking is available for $4 in the Blanton/Brazos Garage on Brazos Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Bring your ticket with you to the front desk of the museum to receive the discounted rate.
This slideshow requires JavaScript.
All Day (Thursday)
The 1920s were a period of rapid modernization and artistic innovation across the globe, and magazines played an integral role in disseminating bold new ideas and movements. The Avant-Garde Networks
The 1920s were a period of rapid modernization and artistic innovation across the globe, and magazines played an integral role in disseminating bold new ideas and movements. The Avant-Garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, and Peru in the 1920s explores this history in Latin America through the magazine Amauta, published in Peru from 1926 to 1930. With an expansive network of collaborators, Amauta captured major artistic and political conversations of the decade. These included international discussions of the avant-garde, traditional craft as innovation, the visual identity of leftist politics, and the movement of Indigenism. The exhibition has more than 300 objects that richly evoke the milieu of this radical period.
Exhibition InformationPlease 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.
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.
(Thursday) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Join us for the first special program in conjunction with our exhibition The Avant-Garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, and Peru in the 1920s. We will be joined by guest speaker
Join us for the first special program in conjunction with our exhibition The Avant-Garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, and Peru in the 1920s. We will be joined by guest speaker Dr. Omar Rivera from Southwestern University, who will share insights into the life of José Carlos Mariátegui, the founder of radical Peruvian journal “Amauta,” exploring the paradoxes of a socialist “Indigenismo.”
José Carlos Mariátegui (Peru, 1894-1930) was widely recognized for his original interpretation of Marxism from an Andean context. He understood art as a key site of revolutionary struggle. He found in aesthetics the possibility of addressing the global, social and political contradictions of the tumultuous 1920s, and he invoked the power of the imagination to bring them to a tipping point. His journal Amauta, especially in its convergence of Indigenist and avant-garde artworks, is a quintessential expression of this revolutionary imagination.
This event will take place in our Capitol Room, located in our Smith Building where our Café and Shop are also located.
Thursdays are free admission at the museum. 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.
(Thursday) 4:00 pm
The University of Texas at Austin
200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Austin, TX 78712
210 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Austin, TX 78712
(present ticket inside museum for $4 rate )
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