The Museum Store is temporarily closed!
The pop-up shop that had been located in the Michener Gallery Building is permanently closed as of February 2021. The main Museum Store located in the Smith Building will remain temporarily closed until early 2023, when the museum will celebrate the grand reopening of its new grounds initiative. We apologize for this inconvenience as we understand the Museum Store is a popular shopping destination for many members and visitors. Thank you for your continued support of the Blanton. We look forward to seeing you in the galleries soon!
Shop the Blanton
The Blanton Museum Store reflects the dynamism, quality, and creative spirit of the Blanton’s collection and the Austin community, offering a variety of art-inspired gifts for visitors of all ages. You’ll be able to visit the store in 2023 during the much-anticipated grand reopening of the revitalized museum grounds. Visit our Pinterest page to get a taste of what you might find.
From our Walls to Yours!
A selection of reproductions from our permanent collection is now available to purchase online. Several sizes and frames are available, including new 5×7 notecards.
Blanton Publications
Painted Cloth: Fashion and Ritual in Colonial Latin America
Edited by Rosario I. Granados, Marilynn Thoma Associate Curator, Art of the Spanish Americas
This lavishly illustrated exhibition catalogue focuses on the social role of civil and religious clothing in Latin America during the 1700s.
Ellsworth Kelly: Austin
Co-published in 2020 with Radius Books, this comprehensive book provides a thorough look at the project, from its inception to its current position as one of the artist’s most important and enduring works. An incisive, thorough essay by Blanton Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Carter E. Foster includes archival material, drawings, historic photographs, and nearly all related works Kelly created as he developed the building’s design. The perfect companion to your coffee table art book selection.
Charles White: The Gordon Gift to The University of Texas
An exhibition catalog featuring the artwork of Charles White, an influential and beloved artist, educator, and activist. Edited by Veronica Roberts. With essays by Esther Adler, Carter E. Foster, Edmund T. Gordon, Edmund W. Gordon, Rudolph H. Green, Ashley James, John P. Murphy, Jared Quinton, Veronica Roberts, Cherise Smith, and Phillip A. Townsend.
Nina Katchadourian: Curiouser
Nina Katchadourian: Curiouser accompanies the Blanton Museum’s mid-career survey of the work of Brooklyn-based artist Nina Katchadourian, organized by Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Veronica Roberts. The diverse range of art it highlights include Under Pressure, a video that Katchadourian took of herself lip-synching to David Bowie and Freddie Mercury’s duet using her mobile phone in the cramped quarters of an airplane lavatory.
Blanton Museum of Art: 110 Favorites from the Collection
110 Favorites from the Collection features some of the most beloved and highly regarded examples from the Blanton Museum of Art’s permanent collection of more than 17,000 works. This volume offers a glimpse of the breadth and depth of the museum’s holdings, which span antiquity to the present and a wide range of media in a travel-friendly size.
La línea continua: The Judy and Charles Tate Collection of Latin American Art
La línea continua celebrates a significant moment in the history of patronage at the Blanton Museum of Art and in the study of Latin American art. Judy and Charles Tate are among the University of Texas at Austin’s most exemplary alumni and friends. The Tates’ gift promises to foster new opportunities for study across disciplines and will greatly enhance the holdings of the museum, which has been a leader in the field of Latin American art since the late 1960s. A part of the Blanton-organized exhibition La línea continua.