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The Butterfly Effect: Creative Connections in the Work of VLM

The Butterfly Effect: Creative Connections in the Work of VLM June 2023, by Meg Burns, Curatorial Administrative Assistant, Blanton Museum of Art Back to Blog In both her day job and her expansive artistic practice, Virginia L. Montgomery (VLM, b.1986) is keenly attuned to the symbols that populate our world. Working as a graphic facilitator, …

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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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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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A detail of an embroidered chasuble, cover with birds and flowers

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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