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Austin TX 78701 blanton http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/129873/1_poster.jpg http://blantonmuseum.org 93305 Swimmer by Bill Lundberg The Blanton Museum of Art is pleased to announce that it will exhibit, for the first time since its acquisition, University of Texas at Austin professor and artist Bill Lundberg's film installation, Swimmer. The piece was created in 1975 and is one of the earliest examples of conceptual film works. The Blanton's presentation offers viewers a rare opportunity to experience this important work by a forefather of film and video installation, and I hope that you will consider covering it. It will be on view in the museum's modern and contemporary galleries from May 2 – August 20, 2009. It will make its debut during the <a href="http://blantonmuseum.org/experience_the_blanton/b_scene/index.cfm">May B scene</a> on Friday, May 1. Similar to Teresita Fernandez' Stacked Waters, Bill Lundberg's Swimmer creates the illusion of a water–based environment within the museum's walls. The sounds of splashing water fill the darkened gallery and the image of a man treading water is cast onto the floor. The horizontal projection brings the illusion of film into the realm of reality, confronting the vertical viewer. Placing emphasis on image rather than dialogue or explanatory text–a practice typical in Lundberg's work–he artist sets up an open space for viewers to construct narratives about the swimmer based on their own interpretations and experiences. Art critic Guy Brett wrote of this installation, “Projected onto the floor in the vicinity of wall-'hung paintings in a museum, Swimmer (1975) creates, with great wit and economy of means, a confrontation between two spaces, art gallery and swimming pool; two media, water and film; and two orientations, the vertical (the viewer) and the horizontal (the swimmer). So elemental are these confrontations that one cannot easily decide if the swimmer in his rectangle of water is a metaphor or freedom or entrapment.” Lundberg created this seminal work while living in London in the early 1970s, filming it from scaffolding built over a resident–based works that explored social interactions and misunderstandings between people. A painter by training, Lundberg is considered a forefather of film and video installation, and is a professor here at The University of Texas at Austin and founder of the university's Transmedia program. http://do512.com/event/2009/05/05/swimmer-by-bill-lundberg http://do512.com/event/2009/05/05/swimmer-by-bill-lundberg.xml Tuesday 05/05/09 20090505T150000Z/20090505T150000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 -0500 0 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/238254/lundberg_swimmer_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/238254/lundberg_swimmer.jpg 79319 Stacked Waters by Teresita Fernandez The Blanton Museum of Art is pleased to announce a major acquisition to its collection of American and contemporary art. Commissioned by the Blanton, renowned artist Teresita Fernández has transformed the museum's Rapoport Atrium with her installation titled Stacked Waters. The two–story, site specific work was generously underwritten by Jeanne and Michael Klein of Austin, and purchased in conjunction with The 2009 Blanton Museum Gala, Essence of Cool: Honoring Jack Blanton, Sr., held on January 31. Stacked Waters consists of 3,100 square feet of custom–cast acrylic that covers the cavernous atrium walls in a striped blue pattern resembling water. Horizontal bands of saturated color shift and fade from deep blue to white in varying gradations. The title of the work is a nod to Donald Judd's stacked pieces, and his exploration of box interiors. (The Blanton atrium functions similarly, suggesting a container.) Utilizing the natural light afforded by the space's many skylights, the work will appear as a mirror, reflecting the activity of museum visitors and becoming what the artist refers to as, “a changing portrait of Texas light…” Fernández has emerged as a major player in the contemporary art scene, with an impressive history of national and international exhibitions and awards. The addition of this new work affirms the Blanton's commitment to assembling a world–class collection of contemporary works by internationally recognized artists. <h2>ABOUT THE ARTIST:</h2> Teresita Fernández A recipient of the coveted MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2005, Fernández is one of the most accomplished artists of her generation and is known for her evocative large–scale sculptures and immersive installations that address space, light and perception. She lives and works in Brooklyn, <abbr title="New York">NY</abbr> and is represented by Lehmann Maupin Gallery. Recent commissions include Seattle Cloud Cover for the Olympic Sculpture Park at the Seattle Art Museum, a work for the Public Art Fund in 2001 and a special project at The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2000. She has had solo exhibitions at many prestigious institutions including the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia; SITE Santa Fe in New Mexico; the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia; the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C.; the Castello di Rivoli in Turin, Italy; and most recently, at the Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga in Spain. http://do512.com/event/2009/05/05/teresita-fernandez http://do512.com/event/2009/05/05/teresita-fernandez.xml Tuesday 05/05/09 20090505T150000Z/20090505T150000Z 0 1.0 10:00 AM Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 -0500 1 TUE http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/238242/installation_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/238242/installation.jpg 93308 Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece - Reconstructing a Renaissance Masterpiece The Blanton Museum of Art recently announced an important discovery regarding a work by Venetian master Paolo Veronese (1528 – 1588). Head of an Angel, a painting from the Blanton's Suida Manning collection, has been identified as a fragment of a long-lost Veronese masterpiece. <abbr title="Doctor">Dr.</abbr> Xavier Salomon, a Veronese expert and curator of the Dulwich Picture Gallery outside London, confirmed the fragment to be the head of Saint Michael, the central figure in the so-called Petrobelli altarpiece from 1565. Three other fragments from the altarpiece were previously identified in the collections of Dulwich, The National Gallery of Canada at Ottawa, and the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. These works, along with the Blanton's newly identified Saint Michael, will be reunited for the first time in more than two centuries. The reconstructed altarpiece will be exhibited alongside x-rays and other ephemera and will travel to the Blanton in October 2009. http://do512.com/event/2009/10/04/paolo-veronese-the-petrobelli-altarpiece-reconstructing-a-renaissance-masterpiece http://do512.com/event/2009/10/04/paolo-veronese-the-petrobelli-altarpiece-reconstructing-a-renaissance-masterpiece.xml Sunday 10/04/09 20091004T150000Z/20091004T150000Z false 0 5.0 10:00 AM Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0500 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0500 1 SUN http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/238272/paolo_veronese_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/238272/paolo_veronese.jpg 101189 Drawn Toward Light <h2 class="bm0 clear_right" style="text-align: center;">Drawn Toward Light </h2> November 1, 2009 – January 3, 2010   This exhibition culled from the Blanton's holdings and from local collections, explores the use of light as a medium for conveying ideas of perception, space, geometry, vision, and natural phenomenon through the work of four contemporary artists: Stephen Antonakos, Paul Chan, James Turrell, and Leo Villareal. Drawn Toward Light is organized by the Blanton Museum of Art. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/01/drawn-toward-light http://do512.com/event/2009/11/01/drawn-toward-light.xml Sunday 11/01/09 20091101T160000Z/20091101T160000Z 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 0 SUN http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283215/chan_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283215/chan.jpg 102232 Teresita Fernandez <h2 class="tp1e bm0" style="text-align: center;">Teresita Fernandez</h2> November 1, 2009 – January 3, 2010   Contemporary American artist, Teresita Fernandez, is internationally acclaimed for her immersive, room-sized installations and evocative large-scale sculptures that address light, space and the perception of change. Using common materials such as steel, glass, and plastic, in subtle and precise ways, the sculptor transforms spaces into gorgeous environments that suggest, with great delicacy and refinement, the beauty and illusion of the natural world. This traveling exhibition will survey Fernandez' recent works, and will detail both her methods of process and execution. A special, new installation will precede the exhibition and will open in the Blanton atrium in January 2009.   Teresita Fernandez: Blind Landscape is organized by the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa. The exhibition is curated by David Louis Norr, Chief Curator, <abbr title="University of South Florida">USF</abbr> Institute for Research in Art. Major support for the exhibition at the Blanton is provided by Jeanne and Michael Klein and the Linda Pace Foundation. Funding is also provided by Lora Reynolds and Quincy Lee in honor of Jeanne and Michael Klein. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/01/teresita-fernandez http://do512.com/event/2009/11/01/teresita-fernandez.xml Sunday 11/01/09 20091101T160000Z/20091101T160000Z 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 0 SUN http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283209/teresita_fernandez_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283209/teresita_fernandez.jpg 103518 Teresita Fernández: Blind Landscape Teresita Fernández is widely known for her immersive installations and evocative large-scale sculptures.  Characterized by her deft ability to transform common materials like steel, graphite and glass into forms and images invoking the natural world, Fernández' works bring ideas and experience of nature into poetic tension.  Meticulous and subtle, her sculptural scenarios offer viewers unique opportunities for contemplation and discovery.   The artist's new atrium installation, Stacked Waters, prompted The Blanton to offer Teresita Fernández: Blind Landscape.  A survey of recent works, the exhibition will include five large-scale sculptures, a series of six wall works, and a new monumental drawing made on site. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/01/teresita-fernández-blind-landscape http://do512.com/event/2009/11/01/teresita-fernández-blind-landscape.xml Sunday 11/01/09 20091101T190000Z/20091101T190000Z false 0 0.0 01:00 PM Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0600 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0600 0 SUN Blanton Museum of Art

101282 Workspace: Pablo Vargas Lugo Pablo Vargas Lugo November 14, 2009 – February 21, 2010 Pablo Vargas Lugo's WorkSpace project, Eclipses for Austin, explores solar eclipses as important collective rituals. Total eclipses of the sun provoke astonishment, anxiety, hope, joy, and fear and compel those who witness them to question their place in the world. For Vargas Lugo's WorkSpace project, 350 people will gather in the stands of <abbr title="the University of Texas">UT</abbr> 's Darrel K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium and will stage ten solar eclipses that will occur in Texas over the course of the next 340 years. In a carefully choreographed performance, participants will hold up black and white signs in a choreographed simulation of each eclipse. Visit us on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Eclipses-for-Austin/113123638399?ref=ts">eclipsesforaustin</a>. For more information, please contact <a href="mailto:eclipsesforaustin@gmail.com">eclipsesforaustin@gmail.com </a> http://do512.com/event/2009/11/14/workspace-pablo-vargas-lugo http://do512.com/event/2009/11/14/workspace-pablo-vargas-lugo.xml Saturday 11/14/09 20091114T160000Z/20091114T160000Z 0 5.0 10:00 AM Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 0 SAT http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283203/6614_113147188399_113123638399_2150792_4973011_n_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283203/6614_113147188399_113123638399_2150792_4973011_n.jpg 102236 Modern & Contemporary Prints and Drawings - Madonnas from the Cardenas Collection <h3 class="bm0" style="text-align: center;">Madonnas from the Cardenas Collection</h3> November 21, 2009-March 7, 2010   The Virgen de Guadalupe became a symbol of identity and empowerment for artists of the Chicano Art Movement. This exhibition puts a spin on traditional understandings of Marian iconography by examining images of the Virgen de Guadalupe in Chicano prints and posters spanning the late 1960s through the 1990s from the Gilberto Cardenas Collection of Latino Art, on long-term loan to the Blanton. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/21/modern-contemporary-prints-and-drawings-madonnas-from-the-cardenas-collection http://do512.com/event/2009/11/21/modern-contemporary-prints-and-drawings-madonnas-from-the-cardenas-collection.xml Saturday 11/21/09 20091121T160000Z/20091121T160000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 0 SAT http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283239/baray_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283239/baray.jpg 106511 Public Tour: Portrait of a Lady: Depictions of Women through Time http://do512.com/event/weekly/sat/public-tour-portrait-of-a-lady-depictions-of-women-through-time http://do512.com/event/weekly/sat/public-tour-portrait-of-a-lady-depictions-of-women-through-time.xml Saturday 11/21/09 20091121T200000Z/20091121T200000Z false 0 0.0 02:00 PM Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0600 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0600 0 SAT 12/27/2009 Blanton Museum of Art

106505 Public Tour: Teresita Fernandez: Blind Landscape Join us for a special gallery talk by Samuel Baker, associate professor in the department of English at UT: Quiet Rock: Borrowdale in the Sculptural Poetics of Teresita Fernández and William Wordsworth. http://do512.com/event/weekly/sun/public-tour-teresita-fernandez-blind-landscape http://do512.com/event/weekly/sun/public-tour-teresita-fernandez-blind-landscape.xml Sunday 11/22/09 20091122T200000Z/20091122T200000Z false 0 0.0 02:00 PM Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0600 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0600 0 SUN 11/30/2009 Blanton Museum of Art

106506 Bach Cantata Project A collaboration with the Butler School of Music, this popular series begins its fourth season at The Blanton. Enjoy the timeless beauty of Baroque music played in the museum's soaring atrium by this beloved group of university musicians. This month: BWV 36: Schwingt freudich euch empor (Soar in your joy) http://do512.com/event/2009/11/24/bach-cantata-project http://do512.com/event/2009/11/24/bach-cantata-project.xml Tuesday 11/24/09 20091124T180000Z/20091124T180000Z false 0 0.0 12:00 PM Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0600 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0600 0 TUE Blanton Museum of Art

102235 European Prints and Drawings: Goya's Prints:The Dawn of Modern Art <h3 class="bm0" style="text-align: center;">Goya's Prints: The Dawn of Modern Art</h3> November 28, 2009 - March 7, 2010   Modern art is often said to begin not just with Goya's art, but with his prints in particular. The Blanton possesses some thirty impressions, representing each of the artist's major series in states and editions from the earliest to latest. They include several great rarities, like El Embozado, probably left unfinished at his death, and recent acquisitions, like a brilliant proof impression from his visionary series, Los Proverbios. This exhibition will unite these works for the first time, providing an opportunity both to appreciate his genius and to assess relative quality in his etchings. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/28/european-prints-and-drawings-goyas-prints-the-dawn-of-modern-art http://do512.com/event/2009/11/28/european-prints-and-drawings-goyas-prints-the-dawn-of-modern-art.xml Saturday 11/28/09 20091128T160000Z/20091128T160000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 0 SAT http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283233/goya_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283233/goya.jpg 102237 Modern & Contemporary Prints and Drawings - The Sleep of Reason: Goya's Influence in Spanish America <h3 class="bm0 clear_right" style="text-align: center;">The Sleep of Reason: Goya's Influence in Spanish America</h3> November 28, 2009-March 7, 2010   The nineteenth-century Spanish artist Fracisco Goya, with his disquieting depictions of violence and corruption and his mastery of graphic techniques, inspired many twentieth-century artists of Spanish America. The stark style and unflinching approach to reality in Goya's prints provided a model for artists wishing to convey the darker aspects of modern life. Spanish American artists felt a sense of cultural affinity for Goya and drew from his example in depicting subjects such as warfare, madness, and alienation. This selection of drawings and prints from the Blanton's permanent collection features works by artists who were inspired by Goya, including José Luis Cuevas (Mexico), Ernesto Deira (Argentina), Armando Morales (Nicaragua), and Augusto Rendón (Colombia), among others. It complements the exhibition Goya: The Dawn of Modern Art, shown concurrently in the European print galleries. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/28/modern-contemporary-prints-and-drawings-the-sleep-of-reason-goyas-influence-in-spanish-america http://do512.com/event/2009/11/28/modern-contemporary-prints-and-drawings-the-sleep-of-reason-goyas-influence-in-spanish-america.xml Saturday 11/28/09 20091128T160000Z/20091128T160000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600 0 SAT http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283245/deira_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283245/deira.jpg 106508 Public Tour: Persuasion: Messages and Meanings in Art Join one of the Blanton's docents and explore the ways in which artists have communicated messages with their art, from the 17th century to the present. http://do512.com/event/2009/11/28/public-tour-persuasion-messages-and-meanings-in-art http://do512.com/event/2009/11/28/public-tour-persuasion-messages-and-meanings-in-art.xml Saturday 11/28/09 20091128T200000Z/20091128T200000Z false 0 0.0 02:00 PM Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0600 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0600 0 SAT Blanton Museum of Art

106509 Perspectives: Blind Landscape Dancers from the Department of Theater and Dance will perform pieces inspired by_Teresita Fernandez: Blind Landscape_. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/03/perspectives-blind-landscape http://do512.com/event/2009/12/03/perspectives-blind-landscape.xml Thursday 12/03/09 20091203T183000Z/20091203T183000Z false 0 0.0 12:30 PM Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0600 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0600 0 THU Blanton Museum of Art

106510 Artwork of the week: Eclipses for Austin Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of the new Workspace installation by Pablo Vargas Lugo, Eclipses for Austin. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/03/artwork-of-the-week-eclipses-for-austin http://do512.com/event/2009/12/03/artwork-of-the-week-eclipses-for-austin.xml Thursday 12/03/09 20091203T183000Z/20091203T183000Z false 0 0.0 12:30 PM Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0600 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0600 0 THU Blanton Museum of Art

107026 Holiday Trunk Show Enjoy hot apple cider and cookies while browsing for special gifts made by local artists during the Museum Shop Holiday Trunk Show. This year, we will feature artists specializing in jewelry and accessories from Designs by Ingrid, Sikara, and Mae Mae Stiles. Hudak O'Brien, a fabulous team of jewelers who work exclusively with the renowned silversmiths of Taxco, Mexico, will also be in attendance and feature traditional and contemporary designs from Los Castillo. Don’t forget, the museum shop also carries postcards, coffee mugs, posters, art books, and T-shirts, among many other items for holiday shopping. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/04/holiday-trunk-show http://do512.com/event/2009/12/04/holiday-trunk-show.xml Friday 12/04/09 20091205T000000Z/20091205T000000Z false 0 0.0 06:00 PM Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0600 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0600 0 FRI http://FREE Blanton Museum of Art http://FREE

103525 B scene: Winter Light Join us at the Blanton's art party!  Cash bar, live music, appetizers and more! http://do512.com/event/2009/12/04/b-scene-winter-light http://do512.com/event/2009/12/04/b-scene-winter-light.xml Friday 12/04/09 20091205T000000Z/20091205T000000Z false 0 1.0 06:00 PM Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0600 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0600 1 FRI Blanton Museum of Art

103526 UT Faculty Chamber Ensemble: A Blanton Baroque Christmas Join Professors Brian Lewis and Roger Myers as they lead a chamber orchestra of the talented Butler School of Music String Students in a selection of Baroque Christmas music and concertos. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/06/ut-faculty-chamber-ensemble-a-blanton-baroque-christmas http://do512.com/event/2009/12/06/ut-faculty-chamber-ensemble-a-blanton-baroque-christmas.xml Sunday 12/06/09 20091206T200000Z/20091206T200000Z false 0 0.0 02:00 PM Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0600 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0600 0 SUN Blanton Museum of Art

106512 Director's Circle Holiday Party Celebrate the holiday season at the Blanton. For Director’s Circle members only. Docent guided tours will highlight Teresita Fernandez: Blind Landscape. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/09/directors-circle-holiday-party http://do512.com/event/2009/12/09/directors-circle-holiday-party.xml Wednesday 12/09/09 20091210T000000Z/20091210T000000Z false 0 0.0 06:00 PM Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0600 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0600 0 WED Blanton Museum of Art

106513 Perspectives: Teresita Fernandez: Blind Landscape Frederick Steiner, Dean of the School of Architecture and Henry M. Rockwell Chair in Architecture, discusses the connection between landscape and art as explored in Teresita Fernandez: Blind Landscape. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/10/perspectives-teresita-fernandez-blind-landscape http://do512.com/event/2009/12/10/perspectives-teresita-fernandez-blind-landscape.xml Thursday 12/10/09 20091210T183000Z/20091210T183000Z false 0 0.0 12:30 PM Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0600 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0600 0 THU Blanton Museum of Art

106515 Public Tour: Paolo Veronese Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of the exhibition Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/13/public-tour-paolo-veronese http://do512.com/event/2009/12/13/public-tour-paolo-veronese.xml Sunday 12/13/09 20091213T200000Z/20091213T200000Z false 0 0.0 02:00 PM Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0600 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0600 0 SUN Blanton Museum of Art

106514 Artwork of the Week: Madonnas from the Cardenas Collection Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of the exhibition Madonnas from the Cardenas Collection, on view in our modern and contemporary prints and drawings galleries. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/17/artwork-of-the-week-madonnas-from-the-cardenas-collection http://do512.com/event/2009/12/17/artwork-of-the-week-madonnas-from-the-cardenas-collection.xml Thursday 12/17/09 20091217T183000Z/20091217T183000Z false 0 0.0 12:30 PM Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0600 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0600 0 THU Blanton Museum of Art

103527 Third Thursday 6:30 – 7:30 pm: Yoga in the Galleries 7 pm: Art Fix: Experience the taste of Italy! In celebration of the exhibition, Paolo Veronese, sample wines from Northern Italy with the Central Market Cooking School. 7 pm: Book Club, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert 7:30 pm: Art Brief Tour: Teresita Fernandez: Blind Landscape   http://do512.com/event/2009/12/17/third-thursday http://do512.com/event/2009/12/17/third-thursday.xml Thursday 12/17/09 20091217T230000Z/20091217T230000Z false 0 0.0 05:00 PM Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0600 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0600 0 THU Blanton Museum of Art

106516 Public Tour: Paolo Veronese Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of the exhibition Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece. http://do512.com/event/2009/12/27/public-tour-paolo-veronese http://do512.com/event/2009/12/27/public-tour-paolo-veronese.xml Sunday 12/27/09 20091227T200000Z/20091227T200000Z false 0 0.0 02:00 PM Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0600 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0600 0 SUN Blanton Museum of Art

106720 Holiday Hot Art Hip Kids Families are invited to explore ideas about nature and light through unique art installations and sculptures by contemporary artists. Included with museum admission. http://do512.com/event/2010/01/02/holiday-hot-art-hip-kids http://do512.com/event/2010/01/02/holiday-hot-art-hip-kids.xml Saturday 01/02/10 20100103T010000Z/20100103T010000Z false 0 0.0 07:00 PM Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:00:00 -0600 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:00:00 -0600 0 SAT Blanton Museum of Art

103528 Third Thursday 6:30 – 7:30 pm: Yoga in the Galleries 7 pm: Art Fix: The Butler School of Music Early Music Ensemble performs using period instruments 7 pm: Book Club, The Song is You: A Novel by Arthur Phillips 7:30 pm: Art Brief Tour: Art and Music http://do512.com/event/2010/01/21/third-thursday http://do512.com/event/2010/01/21/third-thursday.xml Thursday 01/21/10 20100121T230000Z/20100121T230000Z false 0 0.0 05:00 PM Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:00:00 -0600 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:00:00 -0600 0 THU Blanton Museum of Art

102233 Desire <h2 class="bm0 clear_left" style="text-align: center;">Desire</h2> February 5 – April 25, 2010   With a stellar roster of international contemporary artists working in all media, this thematic exhibition will explore the notion of desire and how artists have portrayed its related psychological states: longing, arousal, infatuation, despair, anger, whimsy, etc. Included are video works by Bill Viola, Isaac Julien and Amy Globus; paintings by Marilyn Minter, Georgann Deen and Gajin Fugita; photo–based works by Glenn Ligon, Miguel Angel Rojas and Olaf Breuning; sculpture by James Drake, Petah Coyne and Valeska Soares; drawings by Danica Phelps and Tracey Emin; and more. New works will be created specifically for the show by Adam Pendleton, Peter Saul, Robert Kushner, and Kirsten Hassenfeld, and an accompanying selection of historic prints drawn from the Blanton's holdings will exemplify the enduring nature of this theme. The exhibition will have an illustrated catalogue with texts on desire by a diverse group of writers, and will be accompanied by a full menu of interdisciplinary programs. Desire is organized by the Blanton Museum of Art. Funding for the exhibition is provided, in part, by a grant from the Houston Endowment Inc. in honor of Melissa Jones for the presentation of contemporary art at the Blanton. http://do512.com/event/2010/02/05/desire http://do512.com/event/2010/02/05/desire.xml Friday 02/05/10 20100205T160000Z/20100205T160000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0600 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0600 0 FRI http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283221/minter_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283221/minter.jpg 102234 Matisse as Printmaker <h2 class="bm0 clear_right" style="text-align: center;">Matisse as Printmaker</h2> May 23 – August 1, 2010   Henri Matisse (1869–1954) may be best known as a painter and sculptor, but he himself placed no hierarchy on the mediums in which he worked. Each medium was exploited for its unique possibilities and became totally integrated with other formal and thematic concerns. Drawn from the extraordinary collection of Matisse prints that once belonged to the artist's son Pierre and is now part of the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Matisse as Printmaker includes over 60 etchings, monotypes, aquatints, lithographs, linocuts in black and white, and two-color prints-examples of every printmaking medium that Matisse utilized. The exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. The exhibition is curated by Jay McKean Fisher. http://do512.com/event/2010/05/23/matisse-as-printmaker http://do512.com/event/2010/05/23/matisse-as-printmaker.xml Sunday 05/23/10 20100523T150000Z/20100523T150000Z false 0 0.0 10:00 AM Sun, 23 May 2010 10:00:00 -0500 Sun, 23 May 2010 10:00:00 -0500 0 SUN http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283227/matisse_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/283227/matisse.jpg 98125 B Scene, Abstrack Visions Join us for B scene, the Blanton's monthly art party. Enjoy a South American celebration and opening of <a href="http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/bma/works_of_art/exhibitions/matto/index.cfm">Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic</a>. Plus, don't miss a live performance by Maneja Beto (9 PM), music by the Peligrosa All-Stars, and the Learning Secrets (Smith Building), free appetizers, cash bar, art activities, and more. The Blanton Café will offer tasty samples of their flatbread pizzas and will be open until 9 PM. The Museum Shop will also be open late (10:30 PM). http://do512.com/event/2010/06/03/b-scene-abstrack-visions http://do512.com/event/2010/06/03/b-scene-abstrack-visions.xml Thursday 06/03/10 20100603T230000Z/20100603T230000Z false 0 0.0 06:00 PM Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:00:00 -0500 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:00:00 -0500 0 THU http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/264556/4260_85575929299_27430494299_1883450_2703696_n_sq_90.jpg Blanton Museum of Art http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/264556/4260_85575929299_27430494299_1883450_2703696_n.jpg