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'''Blaffer Art Museum''' is the contemporary art museum located in the Arts District of the [[University of Houston]] campus. It was founded in 1973 and has won several awards, including the Coming Up Taller Award as part of the [[President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities]].<ref name=imls>{{cite web|url=http://www.imls.gov/news/2009/110609a.shtm|title=IMLS Director Anne Radice and First Lady Michelle Obama Honor Arts and Education Programs for Underserved Youth|publisher=[[Institute of Museum and Library Services]]|accessdate=11 November 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409111753/http://www.imls.gov/news/2009/110609a.shtm|archivedate=9 April 2010|df=}}</ref> The museum exhibits national and international artists as well as artwork by students.
 
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In 2008, the gallery acquired 149 photographs taken by [[Andy Warhol]] as a gift from the [[Andy Warhol Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uh.edu/news-events/newsrelease.php?releaseid_int=263 |title=Rare Andy Warhol Photos Obtained By UH Art Collection |author=Emery, Mike |publisher=University of Houston |date=2008-08-05 |accessdate=2008-12-23}}</ref> The photographs were featured in an exhibition entitled “Celebutants, Groupies and Friends” at the gallery. The collection included photographs of [[Jamie Lee Curtis]], [[Billy Squier]], late [[Studio 54]] owner [[Steve Rubell]], [[Pia Zadora]], and others.
 
The Blaffer Art Museum was honored by the [[Institute of Museum and Library Services]] on November 4, 2009 when first lady [[Michelle Obama]] awarded the gallerymuseum with the Coming Up Taller Award.<ref name=imls /> The award gives $10,000 to art programs that help underprivileged youth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailycougar.com/first-lady-honors-blaffer-gallery-1.2058163 |title=First Lady honors Blaffer Gallery |publisher=[[The Daily Cougar]] |accessdate=11 November 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213204119/http://www.thedailycougar.com/first-lady-honors-blaffer-gallery-1.2058163 |archivedate=December 13, 2009 }}</ref>
 
In 2010, Blaffer Gallery was renamed to Blaffer Art Museum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blafferartmuseum.org/history |title=Museum History |publisher=Blaffer Art Museum |accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref>
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It presents and originates between six and eight exhibitions annually. The annual schedule may include major traveling exhibitions that have a particular relevance to [[Houston]] audiences; mid-sized retrospectives of national and international artists; exhibitions of regional artists; thematic surveys which place artists' work into new contexts; and special projects by local artists. Blaffer Gallery is dedicated to conducting original scholarship and research in contemporary art history. The museum frequently forges [[collaborative partnerships]] from among Houston's wealth of cultural organizations and educational institutions. Exhibition-related public programs and activities complement and elucidate each exhibition, from casual Brown Bag Lunch Tours to lively audience interaction during their "Contemporary Salons."
 
Recent major exhibitions of artists include [[Radcliffe Bailey]] (2001); [[Fred Wilson (artist)|Fred Wilson]]: Objects & Installations, 1979-2000 (2003); [[Chuck Close]] (2003); [[Jessica Stockholder]]: Kissing the Wall, 1988-2003 (2004); '''
''' [[Urs Fischer]]: Mary Poppins (2006); [[Amy Sillman]] (2007); Jean-Luc Mylayne (2007); [[Chantal Akerman]]: Moving Through Time and Space (2008); Existed: [[Leonardo Drew]] (2009); [[Jon Pylypchuk]] (2009); [[Josephine Meckseper]] (2009); Gabriel Kuri (2010); [[Tony Feher]] (2012); Andy Coolquitt (2013); Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art (2013); Zineb Sedira (2013); [[Candice Breitz]] (2014); [[Mel Chin]] (2015); [[Janet Biggs]] (2015); [[Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler|Hubbard/Birchler]] (2015); [[Zina Saro-Wiwa]] (2015); Matthew Ronay (2016); [[Hilary Lloyd]] (2016); [[Slavs and Tatars]] (2016); [[Analia Saban]] (2017); Blake Rayne (2017); [[The Propeller Group]] (2017); Sergio Prego (2017); [[Anton Vidokle]] (2018); Richard Rezac (2018); [[Alfred Leslie]] (2018-19); [[Rebecca Morris]] (2019); and [[Amie Siegel]] (2019).
Exhibitions organized by Blaffer Art Museum include the Houston Area Exhibition, presented every four years and open to artists residing within 100 miles of downtown Houston; jurors for the 2000 Houston Area Exhibition honed 1,600 entries down to a dazzling presentation of emerging and established local talent. The 1997 exhibition, Michael Ray Charles: An American Artist's Work drew more than 10,000 visitors and traveled to the Austin Museum of Art and the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati, Ohio; the two-volume catalogue won the First Prize for Publications from the American Association of Museums. Traveling exhibitions, selected for specific regional interests, have also proven to be blockbusters: the fascinating paintings, works on paper and assemblages of Spirited Journeys: Self Taught Texas Artists (1998); Luis Jimenez: Working Class Heroes (1999); [[Donald Lipski]]: A Brief History of Twine (2001) and the Here & There/Aquí y Allá: Six Artists from San Juan (2002).
 
In 2008, the museum attained a gift of photographs by Andy Warhol. They were featured in the exhibit: “Celebutants, Groupies and Friends” in 2008.
 
Blaffer Art Museum is free to the public and attracts over 30,000 visitors annually.
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