'Austin' building at Blanton Museum to close for nearly 2 months

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An iconic part of The Blanton Museum of Art will close for nearly two months for maintenance.
Artist Ellsworth Kelly's "Austin" -- the white arc-shaped building with luminous glass windows -- will close its doors to the public from Sept. 7 through Nov. 1, according to the museum.
This will give crews time to clean off "visible mold" that created black streaks on the outside of the limestone structure. The museum explained the mold is a "common occurrence" for limestone buil