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Dare I say it's funky!
Mark Anthony Neal, James B. Duke Professor of African and African American Studies at Duke University, during his gallery talk that began with the painting Hot Rhythm by Archibald Motley.

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On View Now | September 28, 2019 – March 01, 2020

Cosmic Rhythm Vibrations

On View Now | August 29, 2019 – January 12, 2020

Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now

On View Now | October 05 – December 15, 2019

Anarchism and the Political Art of Les Temps Nouveaux, 1895 – 1914

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The Collection Galleries

On View Now | August 18, 2015 – May 27, 2020

Ebony G. Patterson . . . while the dew is still on the roses . . .

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NEW OUTDOOR SPACE

A $1.5 million new Sculpture Garden is the first expansion of the Nasher Museum since it was built in 2005. Admission is free and open to all. The lush green space opened on September 28, 2019, when more than 1,200 visitors came to experience live performances of Composition 21 by Brooklyn-based, Israeli-born artist Naama Tsabar.

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