Light-diffusing Petals and Ellsworth Kelly at Blanton Museum

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I’d seen the Petals astatine night. But I hadn’t visited them successful daylight. So 1 sunny time successful June, I popped implicit to the Blanton Museum of Art to spot the light-filtering, tulip-shaped shadiness structures connected the plaza. In the distance, astatine the extremity of a caller pedestrian mall, the authorities capitol stands tall.

The Petals bash a amazingly bully occupation of shading the plaza paths and native-plant landscaping. Streaming done their perforated skin, sunlight dapples the ground.

Marshmallow-like benches are tucked into bermed planting beds filled with sedge, inland oversea oats, and dwarf palmettos.

The Petals cod and funnel rainwater, I read, which is utilized to irrigate the plants.

At the northbound extremity of the promenade stands Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, a chapel-like operation that’s included with admittance to the Blanton.

Inside the museum, you tin people-watch from risers successful a towering bay-window alcove painted citrus yellow.

It was amazingly entertaining and reminded maine of the Tenth Avenue Amphitheater on the High Line successful New York City.

Heading backmost outside…

…we walked implicit to the igloo-esque Austin.

Jello-cube windows implicit the doorway glow successful rainbow hues.

A sunburst model lights up 1 wing, splashing a streak of yellowish connected the floor.

Opposite, a roseate model of dancing cubes makes an aurora connected the vaulted ceiling.

It’s a joyful space.

The Blanton is simply a large spot to visit, time oregon night. After viewing the art, you tin beryllium connected the tiny tract oregon successful rocking chairs connected the shaded arcade. You tin besides circuit the Capitol and the Texas History Museum close down the thoroughfare oregon stroll astir the UT field to the north.

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