Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Helen Frankenthaler: Un Poco Más (A Little More)
This exhibition champions the significance of printmaking within Frankenthaler’s artistic practice. These are the first works by Frankenthaler to enter the Nasher Museum’s collection and were a recent gift from the artist’s foundation.
New American Paintings
"These artists employ nuance and grace across mediums... challeng[ing] us to imagine and to be accomplices in a moretolerant, more thoughtful, and more just society." —Molly Boarati, Associate Curator, Nasher Museum. Boarati served as juror for New American Paintings, issue No 154, selecting works made by 40 artists in the South including Saba Taj and Clarence Heyward, whose work is on view in Reckoning & Resilience.
The Nasher’s New Group Show Marks the Changing Mores of the North Carolina Arts Landscape
"Augmented by greatly increased diversity among the contributors, who are working in extraordinary times, it’s the most thorough and timely showing that local artists have ever had at The Nasher." — Brian Howe, in The Independent Weekly
Flying “W” by Stephen L. Hayes
We invite you to experience a new work by Durham-born artist Stephen L. Hayes, recently installed in the Great Hall as part of the exhibition Reckoning and Resilience.
Nasher Museum Cafe Offers In-Person Dining by Reservation
The Nasher Museum Café is open to the public and now offers in-person dining outside as well as limited capacity indoors with a refreshed menu for lunch, subject to university and local guidance in effect at the time.
Associate Curator and Graphic Designer/Web Manager Positions Now Open
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Zoom in, take a look!
The Nasher Museum has launched its newest virtual exhibition, In Relation to Power: Politically Engaged Works from the Collection. This project was created in partnership with Duke’s Digital Art History & Visual Culture Research Lab and made possible by Mark Olson, Associate Professor of the Practice of Visual & Media Studies.
A Remarkable Year in Pictures
We invite you to explore our Annual Report 2021, where words and images tell stories of the museum's accomplishments and how people found inspiration during a difficult year.