This Blanton Museum Exhibit Examines the Long Afterlife of the Medieval Aesthetic
From left, Michelino da Besozzo, “Madonna and Child” (circa 1428–29); Ellsworth Kelly, “Mother and Child” (1949). The Middle Ages ended more...
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From the Desk of Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly, “Study for Blue and White Sculpture for Les Tuileries,” 1964, postcard collage. Ellsworth Kelly’s only freestanding building, Austin,...
A Longhorn Is Using His Gift to Tell the Stories of Black Austinites Left out of History Books
Javier Wallace outside the African American Cultural and Heritage Facility in Austin, Texas. On a brisk Sunday morning this past March, just before 8 a.m., a...
New Coming-of-age Novel from Longhorn Author Tackles Questions of Faith and Family
In Kelsey McKinney’s debut novel, the Texas landscape—sun-baked soil, vast blue skies, and oppressive heat—serves as a vibrant backdrop for the secrets...
Two Longhorns Revisit a 15-Year-Old West Campus Murder in New Podcast
In August of 2005, Jennifer Cave’s body was discovered in the Orange Tree Condos in West Campus. The primary suspect and a potential accomplice were soon...
