Entrances and Exits

A distinguished curator and top scenic designer bid farewell to UT

"...two of the cornerstones of the Blanton's holdings: the Suida-Manning Collection of Renaissance and baroque art and the 3,000-print..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Times Through Paradise

Introducing Austin's patron saint of musicians, Saint Cecilia

"...chin brand not only the institution's "Guide to the Collection," but also its membership brochure and, after the museum..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Setting the Table

New director Ned Rifkin wants to bring more people to the feast that is the Blanton

"...in Arlington in the Seventies and directed the Menil Collection in Houston from 1999 to 2001) and to the..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...American art and print holdings and purchase of the Suida-Manning Collection left it in serious need of more room..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jessie Otto Hite: With the Blanton built, the director takes her leave

With the Blanton Museum of Art's new galleries open and drawing record crowds and the companion building set to open next year, Jessie Otto Hite has decided to retire as director in 2008

"...came the Blaton's amazing acquisition of two major art collections: the Suida-Manning Collection of Renaissance and Baroque Art and..."

June 29, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Beyond the Blockbuster

With "Luca Cambiaso, 1527-1585," the Blanton bucks the trend toward superstar exhibitions and spotlights a lost Renaissance master

"...paintings, Bober, it was with the acquisition of the Suida-Manning Collection of European Art in 1998 that this interest..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

Showing the Way

The 2006 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

June 2, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Finishing Touches

On the eve of its long-awaited grand opening, UT's Blanton Museum gets its art in the right place

"...is to a closet. And considering how the Blanton collection has grown just since the museum was given the..."

April 28, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Welcome, Cambiaso

A 450-year-old work of art by Genoese artist Luca Cambiaso that was recently acquired by the Blanton Museum of Art has been hung in its second-floor galleries

"...240 masterworks of Renaissance and baroque art in the Suida-Manning Collection, that's saying something...."

April 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The Blanton Museum of Art adds another Old Master to its collection, Cinqué Hicks adds Electric Skin to the Web, and Jay McMahan has his art added to the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Art Collection

"...the wealth of Old Masters masterworks that is the Suida-Manning Collection? How about having the Suida-Manning Collection, plus one..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Let There Be Light

After a $14 million facelift, UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is letting the light in, literally, through new windows across the front of the structure, and philosophically, through a new mission to give the public more opportunities to see and enjoy its astonishing accumulation of cultural treasures.

"...it on the sly -- to build a literary collection of the first water. In eight years, Ransom acquired..."

May 16, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Renaissance (and Baroque) Man

As a curator for UT's Blanton Museum of Art, Jonathan Bober played a pivotal role in securing the Suida-Manning and Steinberg art collections, thereby giving some of the world's great art a home in Austin.

"...of the Blanton Museum of Arts' holdings -- the Suida-Manning Collection of Renaissance and Baroque art, comprising some 250..."

April 4, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"Tesoros de la Catedral de Saltillo -- Treasures of the Cathedral of Saltillo"

Mexic-Arte Museum's exhibition of "Tesoros de la Cathedral de Saltillo -- Treasures of the Cathedral of Saltillo" displays repositories not only of spiritual meaning and practice, but of the intertwining history of the Catholic Church and the indigenous peoples of Mexico.

"...Museo Franz Mayer, which houses one of the best collections of its kind. That show whetted my appetite for..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Arts Review by Madeline Irvine

Articulations

UT-Austin's Blanton Museum of Art acquires one of the most comprehensive collections of prints ever assembled by a private individual: the Leo Steinberg Collection of 3,200 prints from the 15th through the 20th centuries.

"...Print Collection Lands at UT..."

July 26, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

The sale of an art collection at UT and the return of a grand hotel.

"...You know that the amazing Suida-Manning Collection that UT Austin acquired a couple of years..."

April 21, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

A major change in the staff for the Salvage Vanguard Theater; a new endowed chair for the UT Department of Art and Art History.

"...all that lovely Renaissance and Baroque art from the Suida-Manning Collection, such a center seems to make a lot..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

The resignation of the UT School of Architecture's dean over the Blanton Museum of Art furor.

"...Blanton. This is a building which will house important collections -- the Latin American collection, the Michener collection, the..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Forward motion on a renovation of UT's Harry Ransom Center and the lack of motion in the design of the new Blanton Museum of Art.

"...has been showing off the James and Mari Michener Collection of 20th-Century Art and more recently has been proudly..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

For the Love of the Line

In the exhibitions “Old Master Drawings From the Suida-Manning Collection” at the Blanton Museum of Art and “Selected 20th-Century Master Drawings” at the Norwood Gallery, we can indulge our eyes in samples of art spanning five centuries.

"...Between the two exhibitions "Old Master Drawings From the Suida-Manning Collection," currently on display in the upstairs galleries of..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

1999 Critics' Table Winners

"...Artistic Bonanza The acquisition of the Suida-Manning Collection by the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Feature

1999 Critics' Table Nominations

"...The Suida-Manning Collection, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature

Full Gallop: Everything Is Beautiful

"...result of this painstaking attention to detail is a collection of remarkable constructions. The blood simply adds a conceptual..."

March 26, 1999 Arts Review

Exhibitionism

The Suida Manning Collection: the Renaissance Is Here

"...Claude Vignon's David With the Head of Goliath, circa..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Review

Articulations

AMOA Museum Campaign, We Have Lift-Off!

"...past year was the UT Austin acquisition of the Suida-Manning Collection of art by Old Masters for the Jack..."

March 5, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Art

Art Openings

"...on canvas and paper. Borenstein always has a good collection of graphics by Miro, Picasso, Dalí, Chagall, Calder, and..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Arts Critics Poll BIGGEST ARTS STORY OF 1998

"...- The Blanton Museum's acquisition of the $35 million Suida-Manning Collection...."

Jan. 8, 1999 Arts Feature

Downtown Austin Is Getting a Fresh Coat of Museums

"...S. Blanton Museum of Art acquired the $35 million Suida-Manning Collection, a series of 700 Renaissance and Old Master..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Articulations

"...little Paris-on-the-Colorado is the placement of a major art collection at the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires