Faculty and staff mingled behind the gold-trimmed doors of the Lee Jamail Academic Room in The University of Texas’ historic Main Building. They gathered Nov. 3 to celebrate the school’s…

Three illustrations sit above English professor Edward Carey’s desk. The drawings from his book “The Iremonger Trilogy” exhibit characters who undergo plot twists and tribulations. The two characters Clod Iremonger…

Desireé Humphries collided with the world of costume design in middle school. In the musical film “Moulin Rouge!,” the protagonist Satine wears a scarlet red, silk and satin dress in…

In 2014, Iliana Sosa borrowed a camera, hopped on a bus with her mother and grandfather, and documented her grandfather’s monthly 17-hour trip from Durango, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas. …

Rocks, dirt and branded petrified wood fill the main gallery of the Visual Arts Center a week before public unveiling of its latest exhibition. Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro moves about the…

Beyond the scaffolding and construction, the Blanton Museum of Art is still open.  The museum grounds are being transformed outside, but inside, red velvet curtains conceal the Sarah and Ernest…

Laura Klopfenstein arrives home from campus at 5 p.m. and changes out of her work clothes. She spends quality time with her family, then steps into the artist’s role. Klopfenstein…

Four glass panes flank the Peyton Yates Family Bridge at the Gary L. Thomas Energy Engineering Building (GLT). They act as windows, bringing the campus closer to the clear, powder-blue…

In the second-to-last scene of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1946 film, “No Regrets for Our Youth,” the protagonist, Yukie Yagihara, realizes she prefers rural life over her urban home in…

Nestled near the corner of Navasota and Cotton streets in East Austin, the renovated John S. and Drucie R. Chase Building now serves as the new off-campus office of the…

Memory, history and our perception of  images combine in “Oscar Muñoz: Invisibilia,” on display at the Blanton Museum of Art through June 5. The exhibition showcases about 40 works from…

Delicate architectural details such as intricate stone carvings and vibrant tiles are the hallmark of the Forty Acres. In the early 20th century, UT was still establishing itself as an…