March 15, 2017, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: Elizabeth Olds’s quest for honest American art Elizabeth Olds (1896–1991) was the first woman visual artist to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1926 to advance her study of portraiture.
February 1, 2017, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsAustin Community Foundation grant assists forthcoming Mexico Modern exhibition The Harry Ransom Center is pleased to share the news that we received a $17,930 grant from the Austin Community Foundation.
January 30, 2017, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events“Hasty and exuberant” decoration in the Ransom Center’s Gutenberg Bible The Ransom Center’s two-volume Gutenberg Bible is on permanent display. Every few months the Center’s staff changes the opening, allowing visitors to see different pages and to protect the volumes from overexposure to light.
