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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Last week for ‘Birth of the Cool’ — special late night hours
It’s been a thrilling run, but ‘Birth of the Cool,’ the infinitely cool exhibit on midcentury California art and design, must close this Sunday.
But to give everyone a chance to see the exhibit, the Blanton is extending its hours Saturday until 8 p.m. The museum opens at 11 a.m. on Saturdays.
Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, Sundays noon to 5 p.m.
Also on Saturday, at 7 p.m. there’s a screening of ‘Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Schulman,’ a thoughtful documentary on the photographer who literally made modernism fashionable and popular with his stunning photographs.
Austin filmmaker Eric Bricker, director of ‘Visual Acoustics,’ will be on hand for a Q-and-A after the 7 p.m. screening. Read more about his filmmaking process.
Admission to the screening is free with museum admission ($3-$7). And Blanton officials say that guests can hang on to their receipt and come back on Sunday, May 17 if they don’t get a chance to see the exhibit on Saturday.
See www.blantonmuseum.org for more information.
Image: ‘Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, 1960’ by Julius Shulman.
