At some point in his long, productive life the artist Frank Reaugh (1860-1945) appraised his youthful self as “the most awkward fellow you ever saw.” A 1924 photograph of Reaugh…
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At one point I’m surrounded by people, and Bill Arning, the director of the museum, comes up and is like, “Who ARE these people!?"
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The excellent Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas at Austin (which houses the papers of many a literary giant) — one of the true research gems of our…
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American history: In defiance of the Tea Act of 1773 and the whole idea of the “taxation without representation” thing, demonstrators threw an entire shipment of tea into the Boston…
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PrintAustin, a non-profit outfit dedicated to raising awareness of Austin’s impressive status as a hotbed of printmaking, begins its third annual month-long showcase of prints. Beginning January 15 and hosted…
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The 17th Annual Austin Museum Day returns September 21 with its hallmark free admission to 35 institutions and non-profits throughout the city; many of the spaces offer special events and…
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The First and/or Second Most Important Photograph to be Displayed in Dallas
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonDallas’ Photographs: Do Not Bend Gallery (PDNB) will exhibit what it believes to be the most important photograph made since the famous View from the Window at Le Gras (c.1826),…
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The Harry Ransom Center, the humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a $500,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the…
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The Harry Ransom Center (HRC) has announced that it has acquired the archives of artist Ed Ruscha. After the materials are cataloged in the museum and research library at…
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Frida Kahlo’s Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird returned to UT’s Harry Ransom Center on February 14. The homecoming of one of the center’s most in-demand works for a six-month…
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Norman Bel Geddes’ compass always pointed forward. From his design of the Palais Royal nightclub in 1922 to his plans for a pilot television studio for NBC in 1954, Bel…
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Conservation work has been completed on the green curtain dress, the burgundy ball gown, and the green velvet dressing gown costumes for Gone With The Wind in the Harry Ransom…
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ATTENTION FUTURISTS: Report to Austin, Texas on Thursday November 1 by 7:30 p.m. for author/futurist/design visionary Bruce Sterling‘s kick-off speech at this year’s Harry Ransom Center’s Flair Symposium, “Visions…
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Frida’s famous Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird make a pit-stop at its Austin home
UT’s Harry Ransom Center is celebrating the rare homecoming of one of its most famous and most-borrowed artworks, Frida Kahlo’s Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940). Since 1990 the…
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