Grief Belongs Here: Tavares Strachan’s Black Madonna Series Written by Brit E. Schulte, 2024-25 Modern and Contemporary Art Fellow, Blanton Museum of Art Back to Blog I stand, or often sit on a folding stool or on one of the benches in the European galleries housing Tavares Strachan’s Black Madonna series. Typically I visit one […] The post Grief Belongs Here: Tavares Strachan’s Black Madonna Series appeared first on Blanton Museum of Art ..read more

Funding the Future of Art through the 2025 Blanton Gala Introduction by Lizabel Stella, Senior Digital Content Manager, Blanton Museum of Art Back to Blog On March 29, 2025, the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas in Austin celebrates its 20th gala. This energizing evening event is known for bringing together patrons […] The post Funding the Future of Art through the 2025 Blanton Gala appeared first on Blanton Museum of Art ..read more

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Appreciating Art as a Mestizo American by Paul e. Kimball III, 2024 Bridging Disciplines Program (BDP) in Museum Studies, Art of the Spanish Americas, Blanton Museum of Art Back to Blog The Americas: North, Central, and South. Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish. Turtle Island and Abya Yala. Different names are given to this land where nature, […] The post Appreciating Art as a Mestizo American appeared first on Blanton Museum of Art ..read more

Beneath the surface of Belkis Ayón’s Vamos by Catalina Cherñavvsky Sequeira, 2023-2024 Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Prints and Drawings, Blanton Museum of Art Back to Blog Three years ago, the Blanton acquired Vamos (Let’s Go) by the prolific Cuban printmaker Belkis Ayón (1967-1999). This was the second work by the artist to enter the […] The post Beneath the surface of Belkis Ayón’s Vamos appeared first on Blanton Museum of Art ..read more

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Las Hermanas Iglesias: The Deities in the Details June 2023, by Itza Cantera-Guerrero, Spring 2023 Marketing & Communications Intern, Blanton Museum of Art Back to Blog As someone who loves looking at tiny details and conducting research, I was immediately drawn to the nine collages in the Blanton’s Contemporary Project exhibition by Las Hermanas Iglesias, … Las Hermanas Iglesias: The Deities in the Details More The post Las Hermanas Iglesias: The Deities in the Details appeared first on Blanton Museum of Art ..read more

Artists at the Blanton: When a Museum Job is Muse Introduction by Lizabel Stella, Social Media & Digital Content Manager, Blanton Museum of Art Back to Blog How can a job be your muse? The exhibition Day Jobs, on view at the Blanton through July 23, 2023, probes this very question. Many visual artists in … Artists at the Blanton: When a Museum Job is Muse More The post Artists at the Blanton: When a Museum Job is Muse appeared first on Blanton Museum of Art ..read more