NASHER MUSEUM OF ART AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
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Slow Art Tour - Book of Hours
Saturday, September 12, 11 AM Enjoy art at a different pace. Gallery Guide Ruth Caccavale will lead a guided exploration of the Nasher Museum's Book of Hours, a fine example of 15th-century French manuscript production. Visitors can also explore the book online. Slow Art Tour seating is provided and it's free with admission.
Upcoming Tours
Public Tours / Thursdays, 6 PM, Sundays, 2 PM / more details.
Special Themed Tour / Treasures at the Nasher Museum / Sunday, September 13, 2 PM / more details. Special Themed Tour / Treasures at the Nasher Museum / Thursday, September 17, 6 PM / more details. Special Themed Tour / Cultural Contacts / Sunday, September 20, 2 PM / more details. Book Discussion: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Wednesday, September 16, 11 AM and Sunday, September 20, 2 PM
The museum is hosting two book discussions on Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. Visitors are encouraged to read the book prior to the discussions. Books are available for purchase in the Nasher Museum Store.
Sketching in the Galleries
Saturday, September 19, 10 AM Artist Carrie Alter will present a brief demonstration of sketching as a way to respond to art. Then, visitors can try it out in the galleries! The Nasher Museum will provide drawing materials. Please note that pens, charcoal and wet media are not permitted. Sketching in the Galleries is free with admission.
Mural Progress at the Y
Watch The News & Observer's video on the wall painting, nearly complete, at the Downtown Durham YMCA, 218 W. Morgan St. The Nasher Museum commissioned the mural by artist Odili Donald Odita. The mural visually connects with Odita's new wall painting inside the museum. Stop by to watch! Check out the progress on flickr. #Nasher10
Around Durham: Question Bridge
On view at the Power Plant Gallery, American Tobacco Campus Question Bridge: Black Males, a documentary-styled video art installation, explores critically challenging issues within the African American male community. Learn more.
On view now Richard Mosse, The Enclave, 2012-2013, 16 mm infrared film transferred to HD video, 39 minutes 25 seconds. Produced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Director/Producer: Richard Mosse. © Richard Mosse. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. All photos by J Caldwell. 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. Odili Donald Odita, Shadow and Light (for Julian Francis Abele), 2015. Acrylic latex paint on wall. Dimensions variable. Commissioned by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. |