Free public tour led by a gallery teacher through the long-term exhibition 'The European Avant-Garde: From Impressionism to Cubism' at the Blanton.
The Blanton Museum of Art is running its Modern Artists public tour on Tuesday, November 10, from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM. It's one of several guided walks the museum puts on, and this one focuses on the long-term exhibition The European Avant-Garde: From Impressionism to Cubism, which is drawn from the Robertson Foundation and stays on view through August 5, 2029. The tour takes you through works dating from 1870 to 1970, so it covers a century of modern art in a single hour.
A gallery teacher leads the way, and the tour runs in both English and Spanish. There's no reservation needed, though numbers are limited to availability, so it's worth getting there a bit early if you're set on joining. It's part of a broader rotation of public tours the Blanton offers: Blanton Highlights is geared toward first-time visitors; Contemporary Artists looks at movements from the 1980s to today through the Contemporary Project gallery; and there are also Art of Latin America and Special Exhibition tours. If you're visiting with a larger group, guided tours for eight or more are available Tuesday through Friday afternoons.
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The Modern Artists walk specifically follows The European Avant-Garde, which tracks the shift from Impressionism to Cubism across those decades. Because the exhibition is a permanent fixture through 2029, you can come back to it later on your own, but having a teacher walk you through it is a different experience. The tour meets in the Rapoport Atrium on the ground floor of the Michener Gallery Building at 200 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. It's free with museum admission, and it runs from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM.
