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Ackland Art Museum brings music to the galleries through interactive event

By Satchel Walton | September 20

Through a collaboration with the UNC Music Department's Baroque Ensemble, the Ackland Art Museum blended music and art to create an event that transported ...

Art and movies meet through Ackland Film Forum

By Carly Breland | September 20

This year, the forum is focusing on films from the nineties, with the next screening being Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia" on Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. ...

'Feels like magic': Georgie Nakima displays Afrofuturistic mural at The Ackland

By Mila Mascenik | August 27

Charlotte artist Georgie Nakima's exhibit "Pantheress" is on view at the Ackland Art Museum through July 21, 2024. The installation honors the Black Panther ...

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'Something for everyone': A guide to art galleries in the Triangle

By Kaitlyn Church | August 23

The Triangle offers a variety of galleries, from basements to museums, for the exploration of local and global visual art.

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New Ackland exhibit to explore art from the American South

By Eileen Foster | April 17

Starting this Friday, visitors attending the Ackland Art Museum can view the new exhibit “Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South.”

Meet Grace White, paper conservator at Ackland Art Museum

By Zoe Sinclair | April 11

Grace White, the paper conservator at Ackland Art Museum, spends her days repairing damages on works of art like drawings, watercolors and prints. She ...

Ackland Art Museum to unveil new Japanese art collection Friday

By Brianna Atkinson | March 27

The Ackland Art Museum holds the largest Asian art collection in the Southeastern part of the United States, which is set to become even larger soon. ...

Ackland Art Museum launches new website for Peck Collection

By Maeson Wagner | March 8

The Ackland continues to explore opportunities through its Peck Collection website, which hosts a growing body of scholarly work dedicated mostly to 134 ...

Ackland Art Museum to feature Dutch artist Rembrandt in new exhibit

By Emi Maerz | September 18

Community members will soon be able to see drawings of renowned Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn right on UNC's campus. Beginning Sept. 23, visitors ...

New interactive art installation in front of Ackland Art Museum engages community

By Reagan Allen | July 5

The Ackland Art Museum installed a new interactive art piece, or "spatial gesture," on its terrace that features magenta arches and iridescent glass– ...

'Kind of a dream come true': Ackland Upstairs highlights N.C. Black Feminisms and more

By Lauren Fichten | February 24

From January 10 to March 20, Ackland Upstairs is hosting installations created by UNC faculty members to compliment their courses. Courses include ...

Ackland Art Museum hosts global cult cinema film forum at the Varsity Theatre

By Hadley Chapman | February 15

The Ackland Art Museum is hosting a global cult cinema-themed Film Forum at the Varsity Theatre this month. Films include “The Man Who Saved the World," ...

New Ackland exhibition featuring African metal arts opens this Friday

By Meagan Bergstrom | January 30

The museum is planning many public events and programs in relation to the exhibit ranging from hands-on art-making events to metalworking demonstrations ...

Paint It Orange event features paintings of Orange County landscapes

By Ian Walniuk | November 8

Artists from as far as Connecticut traveled to Hillsborough to display artwork depicting landscapes and landmarks in Orange County for the fifth annual ...

Asian art exhibit 'The Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon' arrives at the Ackland

By Jade Neptune | October 19

On Oct. 8, the traveling "Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon" art exhibit made its way to UNC's Ackland Art Museum. The exhibit, which will travel ...

Column: What to do on the weekends in Chapel Hill and surrounding areas

By Kelli Rainer | June 30

As a first-year student, it can be difficult to occupy your weekends since you won’t be very familiar with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area yet. Here are ...

UNC MFA candidates find global implications in personal stories for Ackland exhibit

By Sophia Ramirez | April 15

In media ranging from pencil and oil on canvas to fluorescent light and projected video, the selected works of the students illustrate that, in the words ...

Zooming in: Ackland student guides program engages audiences with art

By Sophia Ramirez | April 6

With a piece of sarcophagus, a pocket watch, and a portrait of an unidentified sex worker called “Peaches,” a student tour guide at the Ackland can ...

UNC arts organizations find ways to maintain connection throughout COVID-19 pandemic

By Elizabeth Egan | March 9

While in-person theater performances have been on hold due to COVID-19, arts groups across campus have figured out how to manage a largely virtual performing ...

Hanes Visiting Artist Lecture discuss intersection of art, liberation and social justice

By Casey Meisel | February 10

This was the first visiting lecture of the semester and the Department of Art and Art History plan to host more throughout the year. Enriched in history, ...