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Blanton Museum of Art

Blanton Museum of Art
200 East Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard
512-471-5482

The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin is one of the foremost university art museums in the country, and has the largest and most comprehensive collection of art in Central Texas. The Blanton’s permanent collection of more than 21,000 works is recognized for its European paintings, an encyclopedic collection of prints and drawings, and modern and contemporary American and Latin American art.

The Blanton is considered one of the university's many Gems along with The Harry Ransom Center, the Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas Press, UT Libraries, the Graduate School, and the Michener Center for Writers.

Located at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Congress Avenue, the museum is across the street from the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and is adjacent to downtown Austin.


Upcoming Events at Blanton Museum of Art

Exhibition - Native America: In Translation

Tuesday, Dec 3, 2024 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Long Live Surrealism

Tuesday, Dec 3, 2024 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Tavares Strachan: Between Me and You

Tuesday, Dec 3, 2024 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Native America: In Translation

Wednesday, Dec 4, 2024 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Long Live Surrealism

Wednesday, Dec 4, 2024 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Tavares Strachan: Between Me and You

Wednesday, Dec 4, 2024 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Native America: In Translation

Thursday, Dec 5, 2024 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Long Live Surrealism

Thursday, Dec 5, 2024 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Tavares Strachan: Between Me and You

Thursday, Dec 5, 2024 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Native America: In Translation

Friday, Dec 6, 2024 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Long Live Surrealism

Friday, Dec 6, 2024 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Tavares Strachan: Between Me and You

Friday, Dec 6, 2024 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Native America: In Translation

Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 from 10:00am to 8:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Long Live Surrealism

Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 from 10:00am to 8:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - Tavares Strachan: Between Me and You

Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 from 10:00am to 8:00pm
Austin, TX
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Exhibition - In Creative Harmony: Three Artistic Partnerships 2024

Arshile Gorky and Isamu Noguchi José Guadalupe Posada and Artemio Rodríguez Nora Naranjo Morse and Eliza Naranjo Morse No artist creates in isolation. Shared visual languages, techniques, and concerns shape artistic innovation. In…

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Exhibition - Long Live Surrealism 2024

The international Surrealist movement emphasized dreams, chance, and the unconscious. Such sources of inspiration had the potential for both artistic and personal liberation. Not solely a style or movement, Surrealism is also a worldview or politics…

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Exhibition - Native America: In Translation 2024

Curated by Wendy Red Star Native America: In Translation, curated by artist Wendy Red Star, assembles the wide-ranging work of nine Indigenous artists who offer contemporary perspectives on identity, memory, and the history of photography. "I was…

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