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Thursday, December 24, 2009
A few of 2009’s top arts stories
- Austin Museum of Art cancels downtown project Jan. 2, 2009
- Art of budget cutting: Arts groups get creative to survive hard times Jam. 11, 2009
- Welcome to the new Bass: UT concert hall opens after renovations that addressed safety concerns, updated venue Jan. 19, 2009
- Higher note: Opera star Barbara Smith Conrad recalls Texas racism Feb. 1, 2009
- Steven Dietz: Being prolific yields its own kind of fame: Playwright’s hard work finds its way onto stages in Austin March 1, 2009

- The Long Center for the Performing Arts marks its first year March 25, 2009
- Texas Biennial shows off Lone Star state of independent thinking March 25, 2009
- UT scholars fill in Duke Ellington’s work: The jazz great left operatta undone at his death, but Austin experts prepare to bring it to stageApril 14, 2009
- Mexic-Arte Museum’s opts to stay put downtown and remodel April 30, 2009
- Blanton taps Ned Rifkin, former Smithsonian leader, as its new director May 8, 2009
- The mystery of a masterpiece: Reunification of Renaissance altarpiece at Blanton solves a big art mystery Oct. 4, 2009
- Collectors Jeanne and Michael Klein bring passion, curiosity to Austin’s art scene Nov. 1, 2009
Image: Teresita Fernandez’s “Stacked Waters” installation at the Blanton Museum of Art. Gift of Jeanne and Michael Klein.




