Featured image: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, View of the exterior of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican (detail), from Views of Rome, 1748. Etching, fifth state of seven. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin. The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.
The Blanton Museum of Art presents Piranesi’s Rome, an exhibition of more than forty prints by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778), along with large-scale maps of Rome, books, and plaster casts of Greek and Roman architectural fragments. From technical cross-sections of bridges to fantastical images of ruins, Piranesi’s prints will take you on a journey through his forty-year fascination with the antiquities and architecture of ancient Rome.
Upcoming Programs
Second Saturdays: April 2024 – Designed for April
Anni Albers-inspired talks, live music, and more!
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Program Schedule
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Weaving Demonstration with Zanny Cox
Michener Gallery Building
Join Austin-based artist Zanny Cox for an interactive weaving demonstration inspired by Anni Albers: In Thread and On Paper. In this hands-on experience, visitors will have the opportunity to contribute to a collaborative textile produced on Cox’s “community loom.” No prior weaving experience required!
About Zanny Cox: Zanny Cox is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Austin, Texas. Drawing inspiration from her Mexican, Kickapoo, and Irish ancestry, her process is inspired by ancestral knowledge and honors the voices of the past. While preserving the historical elements of handweaving and goldsmithing, her work fuses a modern aesthetic with ancient craft, crossing the boundaries of art, culture, and fashion.
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Credits
Organized by Kristin Holder, Blanton Print Room Specialist