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@NasherMuseum no. 186 / Unsolved Mysteries

Gallery Talk with Duke Students: Paul and Damon McCarthy's Pirate Party
Wednesday, January 27, 4:30 PM Reception / 5 PM Gallery Talk

Join Duke student curators for a gallery talk on Full Exposure: Paul and Damon McCarthy’s Pirate Party. Learn about this exhibition of photographs in the Incubator, part of The New Galleries.

Free Family Day
Sunday, January 31, Noon - 4 PM

Do not miss this incredible Family Day with renowned korist and percussionist from Senegal, Diali Cissokho. He will perform "African Beat — Hear the History!"

The Nasher will also present for the first time, the new African Touch Collection, a variety of African works of art representing a range of cultures and object types. Lean more about Free Family Day.

Are you a Durham high school student interested in museums? Meeting artists and making art?

Apply online to become a Nasher Teen at the Nasher Museum and make your voice heard in the museum and community. Plus, eat free food and earn volunteer hours! Applications are due to Emily Perreault by January 30. http://nasher.duke.edu/teens/

Upcoming Tours

Special Themed Tour / Unsolved Mysteries at the Nasher Museum / Sunday, January 31, 2 PM

We offer Free Public Tours on Thursdays at 6 PM and Sundays at 2 PM. More details.

CONGRATS to Laura Bradford & Chris Cherry, whose beautiful #Snowstigatin' photos won the spontaneous snowdays Instagram contest hosted by the Nasher Museum, PictureDURM and Artstigators.The winners enjoy cookies from Mad Hatter Café and the beautiful Nasher10 book!

Stay tuned for our Heartstigatin' contest coming February 14. #pictureDURM #artstigators

                       

Dario Robleto, Lamb of Man / Atom and Eve / Americana Materia Medica (detail), 2006-2007. Colored paper, cardboard, ribbon, foamcore, glue, willow, acid-free archival paper, and UV plexi; 60 x 185 x 8 inches (152.4 x 469.9 x 20.3 cm) overall. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Museum purchase with additional funds provided by Dr. Peter H. Klopfer, the children of Marilyn M. Segal in her honor, and the bequest of Viola Mitchell Fearnside, by exchange; 2009.1.1. © Dario Robleto. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.

Paul McCarthy and Damon McCarthy, Pirate Party Photograph Portfolio, 2005. One of 79 color photographs, edition 5/10, 20 x 13 1/4 inches (50.8 x 33.7 cm) each. Nasher Museum of Art. Promised gift of Blake Byrne, T'57; L.4.2007.23.26. © Paul McCarthy and Damon McCarthy. Image courtesy of the artists and Hauser & Wirth, New York.

Noah Davis, Black Widow with Brothers Fighting, 2008. Oil on canvas, 52 x 60 inches (132.1 x 152.4 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Gift of Marjorie and Michael Levine (T’84, P’16, P’19, P’19); 2009.4.1. © Noah Davis Estate. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.

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.

Both murals by Odili Donald Odita are commissioned by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Both murals are made possible by the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts and Council for the Arts Visiting Artist Program of Duke University; the Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation; and Elizabeth Hitchins Quigley and L. Matthew Quigley. Additional generous support is provided by Nasher Annual Fund donors.

The New Galleries: A Collection Come to Light is made possible by Nasher Annual Fund donors with special support from Anita and John Schwarz.

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