Don Antonio Blanco Museum Tickets

In the Don Antonio Blanco Museum, you will find the quote, “A thing of Beauty is a joy forever” painted on the adjacent wall of the gallery. This quote is a reminder to the visitors of how this gallery has been a witness of the magnificence of the arts by the family of Antonio Blanco. However, if you visit the museum in the present times, you will see a tiny world of Antonio Blanco in the museum that consisted of both the works of the artist and Mario.

On your visit to Antonio Blanco’s studio in the museum, you will discover the brushes scattered all over, and the walls are largely engulfed with beautiful paintings and Beethoven symphonies. Each of these displays creates an atmosphere in the studio that is representative of the artist creating his works of art. When you enter the studio, you will see everything placed exactly the same as it was when the artist painted it. The memory of Antonio is still intact in the museum and it has become the working place of his only son, Mario.

The Don Antonio Blanco Museum Bali also features an amphitheater that has been constructed for Antonio’s oldest daughter named Tjempaka as an appreciation for her remarkable performance. His daughter was an actress, a dancer, and a model in several paintings by the artist. The amphitheater is completely renovated in modern times for the revival of the Balinese performing arts. You will soon see Balinese dramas and dances in the amphitheater of the Blanco Renaissance Museum.

In Bali, temples are considered to be places where the Almighty God visits the celestial bodies to interact with the community of individuals on earth. It is the epitome of the visible and invisible worlds of Balinese life. In the temple, you will discover a sequence of gates that segregates the place into courtyards with particular functions. Each of these courtyards houses different structures which perform the duties of the temple and give meaning to the activities in the temple ceremony.

The Don Antonio Blanco Museum includes a gift that sells a vast assortment of Asian artifacts to suit the tastes and preferences of an individual. Remaining open every day throughout the year, the shop offers special handmade ceramic teapots and glass platters, with the logo of Renaissance on them. If you want to give someone a piece of clothing, you can purchase shirts and silk scarves from the shop. You will get a fair deal on all the items in both US dollars and Rupiah.

After entirely exploring the museum, the visitors can pay a visit to the cafe in the museum to relax and chill in the Balinese atmosphere. In this cafe, you will get a delicious range of Asian and European menus and snacks, including the Balinese traditional meals.

Although the stories of Cinderella are available in different forms in the world, the museum has its own version named Ni Bawang or The Cinderella of Bali. This masterpiece took inspiration from the legendary story of Cinderella. According to the story, there were four ugly-looking and egotistical girls, in which the stepmother does not like her fourth daughter Cindrella and continues to bring trouble into her life. Owing to the trouble, Cinderella left home and embraced the mountain, where she made friends with the majestic birds that sprinkled gifts of gold, diamonds, and love on her. In the end, Cinderella married the handsome Prince and they lived happily ever after.

Another remarkable masterpiece in Don Antonio Blanco Museum is Eve’s Apple is Still Intact, which is an oil painting on canvas created with plenty of geometric shapes and patterns. Created in 1967, this nude-colored and covered painting with a horizontal oval is so unique and it would have looked different if the figure would have been a square, rectangle, or in an upright position. The highlight of this painting is the girl with an apple and the glass flask between her femur. Thus, it purely represents one of the other fantasies of Antonio Blanco.

My Castle of Dreams is another one in the Antonio Blanco collection, which displayed his self-portrait in the middle of the Shangri La. In the painting, you can see a blue-colored vase that is said to be a figure of the model from Ancient Cathay that looks like a woman with beautiful paintings and gongs in the backdrop. It also includes a romantic chandelier in the place of the moon that enhances the overall look of the painting even further.

Odalisque is one of the paintings in the collection of Don Antonio Blanco Museum, which represents a Rajah maintaining his mistresses in the palace. The apparent clutter on the painting is symbolic of the Greek suggestion to create a masterpiece that requires an asymmetrical balance which is more than just a Balance. Thus, this suggestion has been timely tested by the artist and reflected in his work of art.

Balinese Dancer is yet another masterpiece in the Don Antonio Blanco Museum that is a representation of light, youth, and entertainment. As the name suggests, you can discover a Balinese dancer in the painting who carried an incense burner in her right hand which he has been rising upwards to offer the fragrance to the Gods of Bali. The offering is made according to the melodious tunes of the Gamelan cascading arabesque of sound in the temple dance of the Pendet.

Bali Girl Oil on Canvas is a painting that forms a significant part of Antonio Blanco’s permanent collection. It is a remarkable art piece that has been bought by the artist when its collector needed money. In this painting, you will spot a brown-skinned girl from Bali flaunting a rainbow-colored turban on her head. However, it has been placed in a frame in Blanco’s design.