August 2, 2011, Filed Under: Theatre + Performing Arts"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" collection donated to Ransom Center The Harry Ransom Center has received a donation of a collection of materials from husband-wife duo actress Carlin Glynn and writer and director Peter Masterson relating to their careers and their work on the original Broadway production and film of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The collection consists of… read more
July 27, 2011, Filed Under: AuthorsTwo Ransom Center authors long listed for 2011 Man Booker Prize Authors Julian Barnes and Sebastian Barry, both featured in the Ransom Center’s current exhibition Culture Unbound: Collecting in the Twenty-First Century, were selected for the long list of nominees for the Man Booker Prize. The Ransom Center holds the archives of Barnes and Barry. Barnes was nominated for his novel… read more
July 6, 2011, Filed Under: ArtFrida Kahlo self-portrait returns to the Ransom Center in time for Kahlo’s 104th birthday Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s Self–portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940) has returned to the Ransom Center and is on display in the lobby beginning today, which is Kahlo’s 104th birthday, and runs through January 8, 2012. The painting, one of the Ransom Center’s most famous and frequently borrowed art works,… read more
