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Texas art, in the beginning
Yes, Texas’ own art history is not all grandiose landscapes and frontier cowboy paintings.
This weekend the Center for Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art, gathering in town for its annual symposium, hosts an art fair. And a sponsored exhibit, on view through the summer, gathers art work that offers a slightly different take on the expected notions of what Lone Star art history.
Culled from the collections of the Blanton Museum of Art, the Harry Ransom Center, the Austin Museum of Art and the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum, the “Texas Treasures” exhibit features rarely celebrated masterworks of Texas art from 19th century impressionist landscapes to mid-century modernist abstractions.
Texas Treasures: Early Texas Art from Austin Museums.’
Opening reception: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
Regular museum hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Exhibit continues through Aug. 30
Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum, 605 Robert E. Lee Road
512-445-5582, www.umlaufsculpture.org
Texas Art Fair
When: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 2, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 3
Admission: $10
AT&T Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 University Ave.
Participating galleries: Beuhler Fine Art, Cliff Logan Art & Antiques, David Dike Fine Art, Heritage Auction Galleries, Rainone Galleries, Inc., Robert E. Alker Fine Art, Russell Tether Fine Arts Associates, Simpson Galleries, Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden and William Reaves Fine Art
Image: Donald Leroy Weisman, “Electronic Icon,” ca. 1958, Blanton Museum of Art
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