Founded in 1963, the Blanton Museum of Art holds the largest public collection in Central Texas with more than 21,000 objects. Recognized as the home of Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, its major collecting areas are modern and contemporary American and Latin American art, Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings, and prints and drawings.
Our collection areas are categorized as follows. Click on the area to be directed to the highlighted works on our collection site:
- Large-Scale Artworks
- Ancient Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern Art 800 BCE – 300 CE
- European Art: 1400-1899
- Prints and Drawings: 1480–1899
- Prints and Drawings: 1900-present
- Art of the Spanish Americas: Painting and Sculpture
- Art of the Spanish Americas: Silver and Furniture
- Latin American Art: 1900-1949
- Latin American Art: 1950-1969
- Latin American Art: 1970-present
- Art of the United States: pre-1900
- Art of the United States: 1900-1944
- Art of the United States: 1945-1969
- United States Latino Art
- International Contemporary Art: 1980 – present
- William J. Battle Collection of Plaster Casts
- Recent Acquisitions
Step inside our galleries virtually by exploring our 360-degree virtual tour page. Visit our Art Primers page to take deeper dives into art themes, as well as exhibition-related resources that include artist chronologies and a focus on race and social justice in art. For specific questions relating to artist inquiries, exhibition submissions, donations of art, and appraisals and authentications, visit our Curatorial Inquiries page.