![Installation view. Courtesy of The Blanton Museum of Art. Photo: Rick Hall](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130118160542im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/07-web-150x150.jpg)
“El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You About Africa” at The Blanton Museum of Art
El Anatsui has been a superstar in the art world ever since the 2007 Venice Biennale, where he received international acclaim for his large-scale sculptures made from thousands of discarded metal liquor bottle tops. In these pieces, the tops are flattened and stitched together with copper wire to form lush, shimmering canvases of intricate pattern [...]
![Blanton Director Simone Wicha and El Anatsui](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130118160542im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/anatsui-blanton-150x150.jpg)
Blanton El anatsui Exhibition Opens to Record Crowds: Numbers Up Overall
The opening weekend for El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You About Africa at the Blanton Museum in Austin logged over 4,275 visitors between September 22-25. A talk by the artist was SRO during Austin’s Museum Day festivities on Saturday, and in honor of the event, the artist unexpectedly titled a previously untitled work, [...]