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Blanton Museum Brings Renaissance Prints, Drawings and Artifacts from the National Gallery of Art to Austin
The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin presents Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1474-1540, a selection of works from Augsburg, a wealthy German city and center of trade known for its innovative printmaking techniques and its important role in the spread of Renaissance ideas from Italy. The exhibition is…
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Step Inside UT’s Newest Masterpiece
“The Color Inside” is a new naked-eye observatory from renowned “sculptor of light” James Turrell. The artist participates in a free QandA Friday, Oct. 18.
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Video: You’ve Never Seen Austin Quite Like This
Aerospace engineering Ph.D. student Andrew Takano captures Austin, UT in a stunning new light.
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UT Press Announces Publishing Endeavor as Big as the State The Texas Bookshelf
[caption id="attachment_42389" align="alignright" width="336" caption="Photo courtesy of Michael O'Brien."][/caption] AUSTIN, Texas The University of Texas Press has undertaken the most ambitious and comprehensive publishing endeavor about the culture and history of one state ever undertaken The Texas Bookshelf.
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Magnum Photographer Eli Reed’s Project Documents “Lost Boys” of Sudan
[caption id="attachment_42001" align="alignleft" width="400" caption=""Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya." August 2001, printed 2013. Inkjet print. © Eli Reed / Magnum Photos."][/caption] AUSTIN, Texas The Harry Ransom Center presents “Eli Reed: The Lost Boys of Sudan,” an exhibition of photographs by Eli Reed (b. 1946), Magnum photographer and clinical professor of journalism at The University of Texas…
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Exploring the Unorthodox
Artist and visiting professor Laurie Anderson blends technology, music and storytelling in her unique performance art. Her “Landfall” exhibit opens Friday on campus.
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UT Austin Receives Gift of Magnum Photos Collection from Dell, Fuhrman, Phelan Families
[caption id="attachment_42170" align="alignright" width="245" caption="George Rodger, Sahara Desert, 1957, verso. With permission of Magnum Photos."][/caption] AUSTIN, Texas The Magnum Photos collection, which contains nearly 200,000 press prints of images taken by world-renowned Magnum photographers, has been donated to the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin. The gift was made by Michael…
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Headliners: To Run or Not to Run
UT Austin scholars made headlines recently, discussing physiology, global politics and the Bard. Find out whether biking or running is more effective for weight loss, per Professor Tanaka.
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Iconic Magnum Photos on View at Ransom Center
Come view the inside secrets of some of America’s most iconic photographers at an exhibit featuring the Magnum Photos archive, opening this week at the Ransom Center. [Slideshow]
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Top Filmmakers Enlisted to Lead UT3D Classes
The University of Texas at Austin has recruited leading 3-D filmmakers Buzz Hays and Dave Drzewiecki to teach in the UT3D program, the nation’s only comprehensive 3-D production program.
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Harry Ransom Center Accepting Applications for Research Fellowships in the Humanities
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for its 20142015 research fellowships in the humanities. [caption id=”attachment_41645″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Cover of Eric Gill's 'Twenty-five Nudes' (1938; reprint, London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1951); James Salter's notes on possible titles for his…
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Novelist, Poet and Essayist Julia Alvarez’s Archive Acquired by Ransom Center
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of acclaimed novelist, poet and essayist Julia Alvarez (b. 1950). [caption id="attachment_41669" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Sketch of 'The Tavárez-Mirabal 'Residence,' relating to 'In the Time of the Butterflies.' Image courtesy of Harry Ransom Center."][/caption] Alvarez’s extensive…
