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Some of Barkley L. Hendricks’s most striking portrait paintings will be highlighted in the upcoming triennial Prospect New Orleans, titled Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, on view in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 18, 2017 – February 25, 2018. The selection will predominantly include portraits from 1970-2016 that were not part of Barkley’s highly acclaimed painting retrospective, Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool, which originated at the Nasher Museum in 2008 before traveling around the country. Some of the works surfaced after publicity from Birth of the Cool; others were painted by Barkley in recent years. Prospect.4 is curated by Nasher Museum Chief Curator Trevor Schoonmaker.

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Memorial Tribute for Barkley L. Hendricks at the Nasher Museum
Saturday, May 20, 2017, 2-4 PM

Join us to celebrate the life of artist and friend Barkley L. Hendricks at the Nasher Museum. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Duke University in memory of Barkley Hendricks for the Nasher Museum of Art Exhibitions Fund. Please mail to Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2001 Campus Drive, Durham, NC 27705.

Congratulations to ADF on its 84th season and the festival’s fifth annual collaboration with the Nasher Museum this summer! Single tickets are on sale now. Yossi Berg & Oded Graf Dance Theatre will perform July 10, 11 and 12 at the Nasher Museum, 7 PM.

Sunday, May 7, 2 PM
North Carolina author Daniel Wallace will give a reading and talk from his book, Big Fish, to complement the exhibition All Matterings of Mind.

Wednesday, May 10, 11 AM
Join museum staff for a group discussion of Big Fish within a gallery of All Matterings of Mind.

Book discussions are free with admission. Members get free admission. Not a member? Join today.

Bicycle Mural Tours Are Back!
Saturday, May 6, 10-11:30 PM

Explore the beautiful murals of downtown Durham by bicycle with tours co-organized by Preservation Durham, the Museum of Durham History and the Nasher Museum.  Approximately 13 murals will be featured, including Time Bridge by Odili Donald Odita at the Downtown Durham YMCA, a work of art commissioned by the Nasher Museum. More information.

Upcoming Gallery Tours and Talks

Thursday, May 4, 6 PM
Gallery guide Peggy Murray will inspire visitors to “Look Harder” within All Matterings of Mind. 

Sunday, May 7, 2 PM
Explore the transformative aspects of All Matterings of Mind with gallery guide Meg Williams.

Saturday, May 13, 11 AM
Slow Art Tour: We invite all visitors to enjoy art at a different pace. Gallery guide Meg Williams with explore Barkley L. Hendricks' painting, Bahsir (Robert Gowens).

We offer Highlights Tours most Thursdays (6 PM free) and Sundays (2 PM with admission).

Art with the Experts
Monday, May 8, 7 PM, South Regional Library Branch, Durham

Join Assistant Curator Molly Boarati, who organized All Matterings of Mind, for a discussion and slide lecture on the exhibition. South Regional Library Branch, 4505 S. Alston Ave., Durham.

Artist Talk: Rhys Ernst
Thursday, May 11, 6 PM

5:30 PM Cash bar 6 PM Artist talk: Rhys Ernst, who co-created SHE GONE ROGUE, a video in the exhibition All Matterings of Mind.
 
Rhys Ernst is a filmmaker and artist, originally from Chapel Hill. His work investigates transgender identity in the context of larger narratives, and seeks to develop and expand the portrayal of trans lives in media. He is a producer on Amazon’s “Transparent” and created the title sequence for the series.

                       

Banner photo of Barkley L. Hendricks by Courtney Reid-Eaton (CDS). Photo of Barkley L. Hendricks in Birth of the Cool by Duke Photography.

Barkley Hendricks, American, 1945-2017: New London Niggah / Big Chuck (Charles Harvey), 1975; oil and acrylic on linen canvas, 48 x 48 x 1 in. Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ackland Fund, 2008.6. © 1975 Barkley L. Hendricks..

David Benjamin Sherry, All Matterings of Mind Equal One Violet (detail), 2011. Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum, edition 1/3, 72 × 91 1/2 inches (182.9 × 232.4 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift of Katherine and Terrance Kerr, 2016.14.1. Image courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, New York, New York. © David Benjamin Sherry.

Alison Van Pelt, Voyeurs (Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Randy Turpin, 1951) from the series Fight, 2001. Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 x 1 1/2 inches (121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Gift of Paul A. Rusconi, 2001.39.1. © Alison van Pelt. 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.

The Collection Galleries is made possible by Nasher Annual Fund donors with special support from Anita and John Schwarz.

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