Landmarks welcomes new and returning Longhorns to the Forty Acres!

Recently, Landmarks sat down with Claire Eddleman-Heath, a designer with  Asakura Robinson, to discuss the landscape architecture of the newly renovated Anna Hiss Gymnasium courtyard, home to Simone Leigh’s Sentinel IV. Our discussion covered the process behind designing the courtyard space, the influence of Leigh’s sculpture on the design, and the sustainability of the landscaping selected.

This fall marks the twelfth season of Landmarks Video, a curated program of highly regarded and influential video art from the past six decades. Read more about the upcoming season here.

On Thursday, July 15, Landmarks unveiled its newest acquisition, Sentinel IV by artist Simone Leigh. The bronze sculpture is located in the courtyard of the Anna Hiss Gymnasium, a building that once

Landmarks welcomes Caitlin Jones as its summer communications intern. We recently sat down with Caitlin to learn more about her interests in the arts and beyond. Check out the Q&A here.

In honor of Pride month, we sat down with Logan Larsen, Landmarks’ Digital Content Coordinator and artist whose works utilize his identity to expand on and reconsider queer narratives.

We recently sat down with Ali Wysopal, a Master’s Candidate in Historic Preservation at UT’s School of Architecture and Landmarks’ Collections Assistant for the past two years. Wysopal recently completed her tenure with Landmarks and will soon be headed to New York for a fellowship with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Our Q & A follows.

Calling all Geocachers! Experience Landmarks collection with our Geocaching Scavenger Hunt! Landmarks’ adventure includes a total of 11 geocaches for you to find, all placed around outdoor works of art in our collection. Find one or eleven; it’s up to you! As you move around campus on your search, you’ll also learn about modern and contemporary art by some of the most admired artists of our time.

Landmarks announced today a new work by artist Sarah Oppenheimer. Titled C-010106, the commission is among Oppenheimer’s largest works to date and represents the artist’s first public work to be sited entirely outdoors. The installation opens this fall and will be sited at the university’s Cockrell School of Engineering.

Landmarks announced today the acquisition of Sentinel IV, a sculpture by New-York based artist Simone Leigh to be unveiled at the Anna Hiss Gymnasium courtyard this summer.

Later this month, Louise Bourgeois’ sculpture, Eyes, will be permanently removed from the atrium of Bass Concert Hall at Texas Performing Arts and returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On view since 2008, Eyes is one of 28 works on long-term loan to Landmarks from the Met, and has greeted more than three million people while at the university.

Landmarks recently announced the return of Sound in Sculpture, our annual collaboration with the Butler School of Music and Texas Performing Arts. In advance of the program, we sat down with one of this year’s composers, Thomas Rodriguez. A 3rd year undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Minor in Arts Management and Administration, Rodriguez wrote a work inspired by Joel Perlman’s Square Tilt.