SKETCH

SKETCHING IN THE GALLERIES / Saturday, December 21, 10 AM / After a quick warm-up activity, visitors can practice sketching works of art around the museum. We’ll supply the paper and drawing utensils. Pens and wet media are not permitted in the Nasher Museum galleries. Free and open to the public. 

DINE

SPECIAL MIDDLE EASTERN MENU / Thursday, December 26, 5 - 9 PM / Enjoy a special middle eastern menu in the Nasher Museum Cafe inspired by Doris Duke’s Shangri La. Reservations are encouraged, online or by calling 919-684-6032.

VIEW

LAST CHANCE TO SEE DORIS DUKE'S SHANGRI LA / Tuesday, December 31, 10 AM - 5 PM / Happy New Year's Eve! Don’t miss Doris Duke’s Shangri La, open two extra days. Watch a video about the recent artist residency at Duke with Shahzia Sikander, whose work is in the exhibition.

INSPIRE

THANK YOU! / Thanks to all the Nasher Museum members who attended our recent Member Holiday Party. Happy Holidays! View a slideshow.

BLOG                          SHOP

    

FROM OUR BLOG / We were delighted to hear this week from Berlin-based artist Satch Hoyt, who visited us in 2009 for an artist residency. He recently completed a residency in Sausalito, California, and was gracious enough to share his experience with us. Here, too, are images of some of his exciting recent work. Read more.

IN THE STORE / Save online and when you visit the Nasher Museum Store. Nasher Museum Members enjoy a 10% discount in the store and cafe, and receive free, unlimited admission and special invitations and subscriptions to our mailings. Become a member! Join online, call 919-684-3411 or visit the museum information desk.

Banner: Hong Lei, Speak, Memory of Dog's Tail Grass (detail), 2005. Chromogenic print. 37 1/8 x 47 1/8 inches (94.3 x 119.7 cm). Museum purchase. 2007.2.1.3. © Hong Lei. Courtesy of the artist and Chambers Fine Art.

ANTICIPATE: Archibald J. Motley Jr., The Octoroon Girl (detail), 1925. Oil on canvas, 38 x 30.25 inches (96.5 x 76.8 cm). Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, New York. © Valerie Gerrard Browne.

SKETCH, INSPIRE, GIFT, and SHOP photos by J Caldwell.

VIEW: Image of Doris Duke at Shangri La by Horst / Vogue; © Condé Nast, 1966

BLOG: Satch Hoyt, Flock (detail), 2013. Courtesy of the artist.

Nasher Museum exhibitions and programs are generously supported by the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, the late Mary D.B.T. Semans and James H. Semans, the late Frank E. Hanscom III, The Duke Endowment, the Nancy Hanks Endowment, the Courtney Shives Art Museum Fund, the James Hustead Semans Memorial Fund, the Janine and J. Tomilson Hill Family Fund, the Trent A. Carmichael Fund for Community Education, the Neely Family Fund, the E. T. Rollins, Jr. and Frances P. Rollins Fund for the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, the Marilyn M. Arthur Fund, the Sarah Schroth Fund, the George W. and Viola Mitchell Fearnside Endowment Fund, the Gibby and Michael B. Waitzkin Fund, the K. Brantley and Maxine E. Watson Endowment Fund, the Victor and Lenore Behar Endowment Fund, the Margaret Elizabeth Collett Fund, the Nasher Museum of Art General Endowment, the Friends of the Nasher Museum of Art, and the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost, Duke University.

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