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What Can a Century Tell Us?
Looking at two art exhibitions that both survey 100 years of imagery, the more things change …
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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
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Bach Vocal Music: His wondrous way with the human voice, exhibits A and B
Bach is in the air most splendidly this week, in concerts by La Follia and UT’s Chamber Singers that testify anew to the composer’s magnificent way with the human voice
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365 Days/365 Plays: Weeks 3/4
The yearlong festival of plays by Suzan-Lori Parks continues with seven short plays presented at the Blanton Museum in Week Three and seven more by Different Stages in Week Four
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Curatorial Reportage
The Blanton Museum’s ever-shifting WorkSpace offers up-to-the-minute views of what’s happening in contemporary art
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Beyond the Blockbuster
With ‘Luca Cambiaso, 1527-1585,’ the Blanton bucks the trend toward superstar exhibitions and spotlights a lost Renaissance master
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Culture Flash!
A Blanton curator goes south, a solo show master goes back to Houston, an area quilter and portraitist go national, and the Long Center and KMFA go to the bank
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Are You Experienced?
In a new ad campaign, the Blanton redefines ‘art,’ raising questions about what it means
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Arts Review
The Texas Moratorium Network’s juried exhibition Justice for All? Artists Reflect on the Death Penalty is a must for anyone with feelings about capital punishment