[...] The Museum The Blanco museum is a place where you can savor Balinese life in motion, with a visit to the family temple or stroll through the gardens. Everywhere there are touches of Antonio Blanco’s life. The artist’s studio remains undisturbed, the unfinished painting still on the sunken easel. Women wander through the yard, in traditional Balinese dress carrying offerings. The visitor can see the delicate flower and palm leaf offerings being made in the courtyard. The Blanco family provides a personal tour of the museum and grounds. There are several lithographs and book about Antonio Blanco on sale at the museum. The grounds of the museum include the art museum itself, Blanco’s original studio, Mario Blanco’s studio, a gallery, bird park, family house, restaurant, amphitheater, family temple and gift shop. Antonio Blanco certainly had a sense of humor and that is evident in his subject matter and style. His art may not be as influential as Walter Spies or Arie Smit, but his is the grandest exhibition. [...]

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