Austin’s new 100,000 square foot Blanton Museum is officially a hit, and it may be setting a new standard for university museums nationwide. “The sheer size of the completed building, with a huge atrium, allows the museum to show off its extensive 17,000-piece collection, including works by Durer, Rubens, Manet and Picasso… considering the small, dark gallery where its collection of Renaissance, Baroque, American and Latin American art used to hang, the new museum is a Texas-sized upgrade.”