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Art with an Expert: Revealing the Secrets of an Enconchado Masterpiece at The Met

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If you’ve been enchanted by the use of enconchado (mother-of-pearl) in works featured in the Blanton Museum of Art's Spirit & Splendor: El Greco, Velázquez and the Hispanic Baroque exhibition, you won’t want to miss this talk! Join guest speaker José Luis Lazarte Luna, Associate Conservator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Drawing from a recent conservation project conducted on an enconchado from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection, this talk explores the materials and techniques that converged to create an artwork that literally glows.

FREE for members! Not yet a member? Join or learn more at blantonmusem.org/membership

Art with an Expert is part of Blanton All Day, a full day of live music, tours and talks, family-friendly art activities and more every second weekend of the month at the Blanton Museum of Art. Ticket price includes museum admission and access to Blanton All Day.

Image: The Adoration of the Magi, Attributed to Miguel Gonzalez Mexican, ca. 1695–1700 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

If you’ve been enchanted by the use of enconchado (mother-of-pearl) in works featured in the Blanton Museum of Art's Spirit & Splendor: El Greco, Velázquez and the Hispanic Baroque exhibition, you won’t want to miss this talk! Join guest speaker José Luis Lazarte Luna, Associate Conservator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Drawing from a recent conservation project conducted on an enconchado from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection, this talk explores the materials and techniques that converged to create an artwork that literally glows.

FREE for members! Not yet a member? Join or learn more at blantonmusem.org/membership

Art with an Expert is part of Blanton All Day, a full day of live music, tours and talks, family-friendly art activities and more every second weekend of the month at the Blanton Museum of Art. Ticket price includes museum admission and access to Blanton All Day.

Image: The Adoration of the Magi, Attributed to Miguel Gonzalez Mexican, ca. 1695–1700 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

More about Blanton Museum of Art
Founded in 1963, the Blanton Museum of Art holds the largest public collection in Central Texas with more than 21,000 objects. The home of Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, its major collecting areas are modern and contemporary American and Latin American art, Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings, and prints and drawings. The Blanton offers thought-provoking, visually arresting, and personally moving encounters with art.
When & Where
Jan 10, 2026, 4:00pm to 5:00pm Timezone: CST
$20.00


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