March 2, 2015, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyThe “Wildly Strange” Photographs of Ralph Eugene Meatyard The exhibition Wildly Strange: The Photographs of Ralph Eugene Meatyard opens March 7 at The University of Texas at Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art. The exhibition features more than 35 photographs exclusively drawn from the Ransom Center’s photography collection and archives of writers from Meatyard’s intellectual circle. The exhibition is organized… read more
February 19, 2015, Filed Under: Art, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsDraw Me: A history of the illustrated Alice Sir John Tenniel. Dalí. Yayoi Kusama. What do these artists of vastly different styles, mediums, and artistic movements have in common? Each, along with many other artists, has tried their hand at illustrating Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a tale so whimsical it demands illustrations. Alice appeals to… read more
June 9, 2014, Filed Under: ArtFrom the Outside In: Two portraits of James Joyce The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
