in the museums

‘Ancestral Modern’ Dazzles at the Blanton

There’s about a week and a half left to check out the gorgeous show of Australian Aboriginal art at The Blanton Museum of Art. The show, Ancestral Modern, closes on September 9. The exhibit’s name is apt. The art in this show — dozens of paintings and sculptures from the Kaplan and Levi Collection — isContinue reading “‘Ancestral Modern’ Dazzles at the Blanton”

A Flying Visit to My Giant on a Hot Day

This past weekend, I paid a visit to my giant silver friend on the shores of Lake Austin at Laguna Gloria, one of the sites of our local art museum The Contemporary Austin. It had been a while since I had been by to see him, and I’d forgotten what a behemoth he is. At 33Continue reading “A Flying Visit to My Giant on a Hot Day”