Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940), one of the Ransom Center’s most famous and frequently borrowed works of art, is on display through July 28. Since 1990 the painting has been on almost continuous loan, featured in exhibitions in more than 25 museums in the… read more
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Now open: “Arnold Newman: Masterclass”
The exhibition Arnold Newman: Masterclass opens today at the Harry Ransom Center and runs through May 12. This exhibition explores the career of photographer Arnold Newman (1918–2006), who created iconic portraits of some of the most influential innovators, celebrities, and cultural figures of the twentieth century. Newman’s archive resides at… read more
Frank Reaugh project reveals new details of the artist’s process
The Ransom Center is currently engaged in a one-year, grant-funded project to digitize, catalog, process and make the Frank Reaugh art collection available online, which will be the first complete collection of the Ransom Center’s new digital asset management system. The project is ongoing and is expected to be completed… read more
Researching Austen in Austin: Archival research reveals connections between Jane Austen’s characters and real-life celebrities and politicians
Janine Barchas is an associate professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin. Barchas used the Ransom Center’s collections as she conducted research for her book Matters of Fact in Jane Austen: History, Location, and Celebrity, published this past fall by John Hopkins University Press. She writes about… read more
Art critic Jed Perl’s "Magicians and Charlatans"
The Harry Ransom Center welcomes Jed Perl, art critic for The New Republic, and Peter Kayafas, Director of the Eakins Press Foundation, to discuss their work on Magicians and Charlatans: Essays on Art and Culture and the way that artists, writers, and publishers have responded to the digital age. The… read more
“Monarchia Solipsorum:” Rare Italian manuscript connected to Galileo’s trial of 1632
Shaun Stalzer is a graduate student in the School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin specializing in special collections librarianship. He earned his master’s degree in American history from Texas State University in San Marcos, and his research interests include the history of American theater. Here,… read more