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As the art museum of a major research university, the University of Texas at Austin, the Blanton Museum of Art is committed to being a center of excellence, knowledge and learning, building the finest collections possible, and serving as a vital resource for teaching in a broad variety of disciplines. As the principal art museum in a major metropolitan area and state capital, the Blanton Museum of Art is committed to be a welcoming place for all visitors, building a lively and engaged community of art lovers of all ages, and serving as a gateway between the University, the city of Austin, and the state of Texas. Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm, Thursday 10:00am-8:00pm, Sunday 1:00pm-5:00pm, Closed Monday Price: $5/Adults, $4/Seniors (65+), $3/Children (ages 13-25), Free/Children (12 and under) and Blanton Members

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    Blanton Museum of Art

    1 University Station
    Austin, 78701

    Phone: (512)471-7324   |   Fax: (512)471-7023   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    09/30/08- Ongoing

    Bach Cantata Project Blanton Museum of Art Bach Cantata Project Presented by Blanton Museum of Art at Blanton Museum of Art September 30, 2008 - Ongoing Take a little time out of your day to experience the joy of listening to beautiful music in the soaring space of the Blanton's atrium. The Bach Cantata Project is a joint venture of the UT School of Music Choral Program and the Blanton. Performances include a connection with an artwork in the museum's galleries. September program: Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde BWV 53 by J.S. Bach Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan BWV 100 by J.S. BachBWV 53 Schlage doch,...

  • Upcoming Events

    06/20/13

    Third Thursday at the Blanton Blanton Museum of Art Third Thursday at the Blanton Presented by Blanton Museum of Art at Blanton Museum of Art June 20, 2013 Join us for our free evening of art and activities. Enjoy an extended happy hour in the Blanton Cafe, featuring a glass of wine and a slice of gourmet pizza for just $5. 6:00pm – Art Gazes with Kara Hallmark UT Lecturer in Visual Art Studies and Art Education, Dr. Kara Hallmark, will facilitate a deep-looking session in the Blanton’s galleries. Art Gazes is a new series of gallery talks featuring slow, contemplative conversations about artworks in the...

    06/27/13

    Perspectives Talk: Luminous: 50 Years of Collecting Blanton Museum of Art Perspectives Talk: Luminous: 50 Years of Collecting Presented by Blanton Museum of Art at Blanton Museum of Art June 27, 2013 Join Blanton Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings and European Paintings Francesca Consagra for a discussion of the new exhibition Luminous: 50 Years of Collecting Prints and Drawings at the Blanton. Luminous celebrates some of the finest prints and drawings in the Blanton’s collection by artists such as Raphael, Rembrandt van Rijn, Edgar Degas, and Jasper Johns.

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  • Current Events

    09/30/08- Ongoing

    Bach Cantata Project Blanton Museum of Art Bach Cantata Project Presented by Blanton Museum of Art at Blanton Museum of Art September 30, 2008 - Ongoing Take a little time out of your day to experience the joy of listening to beautiful music in the soaring space of the Blanton's atrium. The Bach Cantata Project is a joint venture of the UT School of Music Choral Program and the Blanton. Performances include a connection with an artwork in the museum's galleries. September program: Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde BWV 53 by J.S. Bach Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan BWV 100 by J.S. BachBWV 53 Schlage doch,...

  • Upcoming Events

    06/20/13

    Third Thursday at the Blanton Blanton Museum of Art Third Thursday at the Blanton Presented by Blanton Museum of Art at Blanton Museum of Art June 20, 2013 Join us for our free evening of art and activities. Enjoy an extended happy hour in the Blanton Cafe, featuring a glass of wine and a slice of gourmet pizza for just $5. 6:00pm – Art Gazes with Kara Hallmark UT Lecturer in Visual Art Studies and Art Education, Dr. Kara Hallmark, will facilitate a deep-looking session in the Blanton’s galleries. Art Gazes is a new series of gallery talks featuring slow, contemplative conversations about artworks in the...

    06/27/13

    Perspectives Talk: Luminous: 50 Years of Collecting Blanton Museum of Art Perspectives Talk: Luminous: 50 Years of Collecting Presented by Blanton Museum of Art at Blanton Museum of Art June 27, 2013 Join Blanton Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings and European Paintings Francesca Consagra for a discussion of the new exhibition Luminous: 50 Years of Collecting Prints and Drawings at the Blanton. Luminous celebrates some of the finest prints and drawings in the Blanton’s collection by artists such as Raphael, Rembrandt van Rijn, Edgar Degas, and Jasper Johns.

• Past
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  • Past Events

    05/16/13	Third Thursday at the Blanton Blanton Museum of Art
    05/05/13	Jazz Trio: Expressionism The Blanton Museum of Art
    04/27/13	Blanton Fifty Fest Blanton Museum of Art
    03/26/13	Music at the Blanton: Bach Cantata Blanton Museum of Art
    03/24/13	Blanton Poetry Workshop (en Espanol) Blanton Museum of Art
    03/23/13	Blanton Screening: Le mystere Picasso Blanton Museum of Art
    03/21/13	Perspectives Talk: Greek art in Through the Eyes of Texas Blanton Museum of Art
    03/21/13	Third Thursday at the Blanton Blanton Museum of Art
    03/10/13	Music at the Blanton: SoundSpace Blanton Museum of Art
    03/07/13	Perspectives Talk: Annette DiMeo Carlozzi on Through the Eyes of Texas The Blanton Museum of Art
    02/25/13	Radcliffe Bailey and Michael Ray Charles in Conversation Blanton Museum of Art
    12/28/12- 12/29/12	Holiday Family Days: What’s Old is New Again Blanton Museum of Art
    12/20/12	The Blanton’s Third Thursday Blanton Museum of Art
    12/09/12	UT Faculty Ensemble: A Very Blanton Christmas Blanton Museum of Art
    12/06/12- 12/07/12	Global Holiday Bazaar in the Museum Shop Blanton Museum of Art
    12/06/12	Perspectives Talk: Restoration and Revelation Blanton Museum of Art
    11/30/12	A Jazz Age Inspired B Scene Blanton Museum of Art
    11/27/12	Music at the Blanton: Bach Cantata Blanton Museum of Art
    11/15/12	Third Thursday at the Blanton Blanton Museum of Art
    11/08/12	Perspectives Talk on Into the Sacred City Blanton Museum of Art
    11/03/12	Girl Scout Day at the Blanton Blanton Museum of Art
    11/01/12	Perspectives Talk on The Rules of Basketball Blanton Museum of Art
    10/21/12	SoundSpace at the Blanton Blanton Museum of Art
    10/06/12- 01/13/13	William Hogarth: Proceed with Caution Blanton Museum of Art
    06/10/12- 08/12/12	The Human Touch: Selections from the RBC Wealth Management Art Collection Blanton Museum of Art
    06/10/12- 08/12/12	The Collecting Impulse: Fifty Works from Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Blanton Museum of Art
    06/08/12	B Scene Sultry Summer Night Blanton Museum of Art
    06/07/12- 08/10/12	Free Family Summer Programs at the Blanton Museum of Art Blanton Museum of Art
    06/07/12- 08/10/12	Drop-In Art Activity Blanton Museum of Art
    06/07/12- 08/10/12	Story Time Tours Blanton Museum of Art
    06/07/12- 08/09/12	Choose Your Own Adventure Tours Blanton Museum of Art
    05/17/12	Third Thursday at the Blanton Blanton Museum of Art
    05/10/12	Blanton Perspectives: Go West! Blanton Museum of Art
    04/28/12	James Luna: Phantasmagoria Blanton Museum of Art
    04/19/12	Cowboy Poetry with Joel Nelson Blanton Museum of Art
    03/24/12	The Blanton Presents: Art on Tap: Craft Beer & Local Fare Blanton Museum of Art
    01/14/12- 09/23/12	Go West! Representations of the American frontier Blanton Museum of Art
    12/03/11- 04/22/12	Pun Value: 4 Works by Lee Lozano Blanton Museum of Art
    11/18/11- 12/17/11	MAKE Blanton Museum of Art
    11/18/11- 12/17/11	Department of Art and Art History Faculty Exhibition: Part One Blanton Museum of Art
    11/17/11	Blanton Screening: Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui Blanton Museum of Art
    11/04/11- 12/17/11	The Mobile Archive: Video Selections from the Israeli Center for Digital Art Blanton Museum of Art
    11/04/11- 12/17/11	Looking for a Fight Blanton Museum of Art
    11/03/11	Blanton Conversation: Writing Histories of Art Blanton Museum of Art
    09/09/11- 11/05/11	Queer State(s) Blanton Museum of Art
    09/09/11- 12/17/11	Mika Tajima: The Architect's Garden Blanton Museum of Art
    09/09/11- 10/22/11	Jamie Isenstein: “ ” Blanton Museum of Art
    09/09/11- 10/22/11	Ezra Masch: Music of the Spheres
    04/30/11- 09/04/11	About Face: Portraiture as Subject Blanton Museum of Art
    08/19/10	Perspectives: Repartee: 19th Century Prints and Drawings Blanton Museum of Art
    04/25/10	Film Series: La Diosa Arrodillada Blanton Museum of Art
    03/20/10- 08/01/10	Picasso: A Graphic Inquiry Blanton Museum of Art
    12/05/08	B Scene Blanton Museum of Art
    11/01/08	The Counterculture in the 1950s and 1960s: From the Beats to Bucky Fuller Blanton Museum of Art
    09/28/08- 01/18/09	Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960s New York Blanton Museum of Art
    09/28/08- 01/18/09	The New York Graphic Workshop: 1964 – 1970 Blanton Museum of Art
    09/26/08	Artist Panel
    09/25/08	Round Table: The New York Graphic Workshop
    09/21/08	UT Faculty Chamber Ensemble Blanton Museum of Art
    09/18/08	Third Thursday: Explore Art in Three Dimensions Blanton Museum of Art
    09/14/08	Austin Museum Day: Hot Art Hip Kids Blanton Museum of Art
    09/05/08	B scene Blanton Museum of Art
    08/01/08	B scene Blanton Museum of Art
    07/01/08- 08/27/08	Exquisite Visions of Japan Blanton Museum of Art
    06/19/08	Third Thursday - Summer Relaxation Blanton Museum of Art
    06/07/08	B Scene Blanton Museum of Art
    05/15/08	Third Thursday: Where in the Art World? Blanton Museum of Art
    05/11/08	Expert Perspective Blanton Museum of Art
    05/04/08	Expert Perspective Blanton Museum of Art
    05/03/08- 05/04/08	Mother's Day Trunk Show Blanton Museum of Art
    05/01/08	Expert Perspective Blanton Museum of Art
    04/29/08	Bach Cantata Project Blanton Museum of Art
    04/27/08	Expert Perspective Blanton Museum of Art
    04/27/08	UT Faculty Chamber Ensemble Blanton Museum of Art
    04/24/08	Expert Perspective Blanton Museum of Art
    04/22/08- 08/17/08	The Language of Prints Blanton Museum of Art
    04/19/08- 06/08/08	Atelier 2008: Selections from the Department of Art and Art History Faculty Blanton Museum of Art
    04/17/08	Third Thursday Blanton Museum of Art
    04/06/08	If These Walls Could Speak: The Blanton Poetry Project Blanton Museum of Art
    04/04/08	B Scene Blanton Museum of Art
    03/25/08	Bach Cantata Project Blanton Museum of Art
    03/25/08	Artistic License - Matheus Rocha Pitta Blanton Museum of Art
    03/20/08	Third Thursday Blanton Museum of Art
    03/20/08	Curator's Tour Blanton Museum of Art
    03/17/08	B scene Blanton Museum of Art
    03/16/08	Special Public Tour Blanton Museum of Art
    03/07/08	B Scene Blanton Museum of Art
    03/06/08	Expert Perspective Blanton Museum of Art
    03/04/08	Artistic License - Jorge Macchi Blanton Museum of Art
    03/02/08	Special Public Tour Blanton Museum of Art
    03/01/08	Hot Art Hip Kids Blanton Museum of Art
    02/28/08	Expert Perspective Blanton Museum of Art
    02/26/08	Bach Cantata Project Blanton Museum of Art
    02/21/08	Third Thursday - Art and Music Blanton Museum of Art
    02/21/08	Expert Perspective Blanton Museum of Art
    02/17/08	UT Faculty Chamber Ensemble Blanton Museum of Art
    02/17/08	Special Public Tour Blanton Museum of Art
    02/14/08	Special Public Tour Blanton Museum of Art
    02/09/08	Sugarluxe Trunk Show Blanton Museum of Art
    02/07/08	Expert Perspective Blanton Museum of Art
    02/02/08	Expert Perspective University of Texas at Austin
    02/01/08	B Scene Blanton Museum of Art
    01/31/08	Curator's Tour - Jorge Macchi: The Anatomy of Melancholy Blanton Museum of Art
    01/29/08	Bach Cantata Project Blanton Museum of Art
    01/29/08- 03/16/08	The Virgin, Saints, and Angels: South American Paintings 1600-1825 from the Thoma Collection Blanton Museum of Art
    01/24/08	Artistic License - Paul Raimrez Jonas Blanton Museum of Art
    01/17/08	Third Thursdays Blanton Museum of Art
    01/17/08	Curator's Tour - Paul Ramirez Jonas Blanton Museum of Art
    01/04/08	B Scene Blanton Museum of Art
    12/15/07- 03/16/08	Jorge Macchi: The Anatomy of Melancholy Blanton Museum of Art
    12/07/07	B scene Art Party - December Blanton Museum of Art
    12/02/07	A Baroque Christmas Blanton Museum of Art
    11/29/07	Artistic License - Paul Ramirez Jonas Blanton Museum of Art
    11/27/07	Bach Cantata Project Blanton Museum of Art
    11/15/07	Art Fix Blanton Museum of Art
    11/15/07	Expert Perspective: Albrecht Dürer Blanton Museum of Art
    11/04/07	Panel Discussion - Mirror, Mirror: Creative Self-Invention in a Televisual World University of Texas at Austin
    11/03/07- 02/03/08	WorkSpace: Paul Ramirez Jonas Blanton Museum of Art
    11/02/07	B scene Art Party - November Blanton Museum of Art
    11/01/07	Curator's TourExpert Perspective - Mike's World Blanton Museum of Art
    10/30/07	Bach Cantata Project Blanton Museum of Art
    10/29/07	Expert Perspective - 'Albertus Dürer Noricus': A European Artist in the Context of His Native City o Blanton Museum of Art
    10/25/07	Expert Perspective: Mike's World Blanton Museum of Art
    10/25/07	Artistic License Blanton Museum of Art
    10/21/07	The University of Texas at Austin Faculty Chamber Ensemble Performance Blanton Museum of Art
    10/21/07	Expert Perspective: Transactions Blanton Museum of Art
    10/18/07	Art Fix: Greek Cuisine Blanton Museum of Art
    10/18/07	Expert Perspective - The Madrid 'Christ Among the Doctors': a Dürer Patchwork and Its Sources Blanton Museum of Art
    10/18/07	Expert Perspective: Transactions Blanton Museum of Art
    10/11/07	Book Signing with Artist Melissa Miller Blanton Museum of Art
    10/05/07	B scene Art Party - October Blanton Museum of Art
    10/04/07	Michael Smith Blanton Museum of Art
    10/02/07	A. Mozart Fest Blanton Museum of Art
    09/27/07	Artistic License: Ben Kinmont Blanton Museum of Art
    09/27/07	Expert Perspective: Transactions Blanton Museum of Art
    09/25/07	Bach Cantata Project Blanton Museum of Art
    09/23/07	Austin Museum Day and Hot Art Hip Kids Blanton Museum of Art
    09/20/07	Art Fix Blanton Museum of Art
    09/20/07	Expert Perspective - Albrecht Dürer: Drawing and the Imagination Blanton Museum of Art
    09/20/07	Expert Perspective: Albrecht Dürer Blanton Museum of Art
    09/13/07	Expert Perspective: Dürer and the Art of the Print Blanton Museum of Art
    09/11/07- 12/30/07	Mike's World: Michael Smith and Joshua White (and other collaborators) Blanton Museum of Art
    09/11/07- 11/18/07	Transactions Blanton Museum of Art
    09/08/07- 11/25/07	Albrecht Dürer: Prints from the Foundation of Lower Saxony and the Konrad Liebmann Foundation Blanton Museum of Art
    09/07/07	B scene Art Party - September Blanton Museum of Art
    08/16/07	Art Fix Blanton Museum of Art
    08/03/07	B Scene Art Party - August Blanton Museum of Art
    07/07/07- 10/21/07	WorkSpace: Josefina Guilisasti Blanton Museum of Art
    07/06/07	B scene - July Blanton Museum of Art
    06/28/07	Artistic License WorkSpace Artist Josefina Guilisasti Blanton Museum of Art
    06/01/07	B scene - June Blanton Museum of Art
    06/01/07- 08/12/07	Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery Blanton Museum of Art
    05/18/07- 08/05/07	A Century of Grace: 19th-Century Masterworks from Dahesh Museum of Art Blanton Museum of Art
    04/26/07	Artistic License WorkSpace Artist Jedediah Caesar Blanton Museum of Art
    04/24/07	Bach Cantata Project Blanton Museum of Art
    04/21/07	Guest Lecture: Brazilian Concrete Art and Poetry of the 1950s and 60s University of Texas at Austin
    04/20/07- 08/26/07	The Happiest Day Wedding Customs in Transition Blanton Museum of Art
    04/19/07	Art Fix: Latin American Poetry Blanton Museum of Art
    04/15/07	Guest Lecture: Concrete Poetry: A Brazilian Revolution of the Word University of Texas at Austin
    04/12/07	Curator's Tour: Workspace: Jedediah Caesar Blanton Museum of Art
    04/10/07- 06/17/07	WorkSpace: Jedediah Caesar Blanton Museum of Art
    02/27/07	Bach Cantata Project Blanton Museum of Art
    02/22/07	Artistic License: Fabian Marcaccio Blanton Museum of Art
    02/22/07	Curator's Tour: The Geometry of Hope Blanton Museum of Art
    02/20/07- 04/21/07	The Geometry of Hope Blanton Museum of Art
    02/17/07	The Geometry of Hope Symposium Blanton Museum of Art
    02/15/07	Art Fix Playwriting Workshop Blanton Museum of Art
    02/08/07	Curator's Tour: Matthew Day Jackson Blanton Museum of Art
    02/02/07	B Scene at the Blanton Blanton Museum of Art
    02/01/07	Art Fix Fiction Writing Workshop Blanton Museum of Art
    12/26/06- 12/30/06	Storytime at the Blanton Blanton Museum of Art
    10/13/06- 12/31/06	WorkSpace: Cristian Silva Blanton Museum of Art
    09/19/06- 01/14/07	Luca Cambiaso Blanton Museum of Art

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    • Event Name: Third Thursday: Explore Art in Three Dimensions
      "Camille Claudel, a Novel"
      Comment posted by: Alma H. bond, Ph.d. , author from New York, NY, Oct 12, 2008
      

      I am delighted that my book, Camille Claudel, a Novel, was the Sept. 18 book club selection. I hope your members liked the book, and would welcome any comments from readers.

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      I am delighted that my book, Camille Claudel, a Novel, was the Sept. 18 book club selection. I hope your members liked the book, and would welcome any comments from readers.

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