Beyond the Blockbuster

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

"...artists like Van Gogh and Renoir don't often get their names flashing in digitized neon on the hottest marquees..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

Setting the Table

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

"...What's a former undersecretary of art for the Smithsonian Institution doing running the Blanton Museum of Art?..."

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

"...In the Nineties, Austin's cultural scene could afford to dream big...."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature 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.

"...An empty space is where it always begins, the empty space of a sheet of paper or parchment,..."

Oct. 8, 1999 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

"...From the time she started as an employee of the art..."

June 29, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Showing the Way

The 2006 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...They are our guides across the cultural landscape. They are..."

June 2, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

The Suida Manning Collection: the Renaissance Is Here

"...Claude Vignon's David With the Head of Goliath, circa 1616-22 With springtime in the..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Review

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.

"..."I'm a pig in deep mud," grins the tall, slender man in the upstairs gallery of the..."

April 4, 2003 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

"...location, two sets of architects, and three UT presidents, the 17,000 works of art at the Blanton Museum of..."

April 28, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

"...you thought Austin's arts scene had made about all the strides toward Big City Culturehood that it was likely..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Column 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

"...Another Old Master..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

AMOA Museum Campaign, We Have Lift-Off!

"...Well, Susan and Michael Dell have stepped up to the plate for the new Austin Museum of Art downtown..."

March 5, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Entrances and Exits

A distinguished curator and top scenic designer bid farewell to UT

"...a short time. First, it was Dana Friis-Hansen leaving the Austin Museum of Art and Ken Stein leaving the..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Times Through Paradise

Introducing Austin's patron saint of musicians, Saint Cecilia

"...Roky Erickson hangs in the Louvre. His head does, anyway...."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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

"...its new home in Austin. Virgin and Child With the Young St. John the Baptist, a 36-inch-by-32-inch oil painting..."

April 16, 2004 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.

"..."Tesoros de la Catedral de Saltillo -- Treasures of the Cathedral of Saltillo": Faith Manifest Through ArtMexic-Arte Museum, through..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Arts Review by Madeline Irvine

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.

"...The new front corners of the Ransom Center exterior are..."

May 16, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art

Art Openings

"...(Mar 4); "New Work by Virginia Fleck," Women and Their Work (Mar 4); "Standing, Sitting, Sleeping, Sinking," Lyons Matrix..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Articulations

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

"...The tortured saga of the Blanton Museum of Art has..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Full Gallop: Everything Is Beautiful

"...Zachary Scott Theatre Center, Through April 11 Running Time: 1 hr, 30..."

March 26, 1999 Arts Review

1999 Critics' Table Winners

"...On Monday, June 14, the Austin Theatre Critics' Table presented its seventh annual awards..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Feature

1999 Critics' Table Nominations

"...The Austin Theatre Critics' Table has released the nominations for..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature

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..."

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.

"...Well, if this year doesn't see the flurry of personnel changes at Austin arts organizations that..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Downtown Austin Is Getting a Fresh Coat of Museums

"...In January of this year, the Austin Museum of Art (AMOA) officially scrapped its plans..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

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.

"...been trying to keep a watchful eye on all the assorted arts construction activity going on around town, one..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Arts Critics Poll BIGGEST ARTS STORY OF 1998

"...Robert Faires - The two-to-one voter approval of the Palmer Auditorium renovation. How..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Arts Feature