NASHER MUSEUM OF ART AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

@NasherMuseum no. 248 / The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp

Please visit our tribute page for a loved one who is suddenly gone. American artist Barkley L. Hendricks passed away in New Haven, Connecticut, on April 18, 2017, at the age of 72. Read more.

Artist Talk: Cartoonist Keith Knight
Thursday, April 27, 7 PM

5:30 PM Cash bar 6 PM Gallery Talk – inside the exhibition, Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush
 
7 PM Meet Durham artist Keith Knight, a rapper, social activist and cartoonist. More information.

Yoga in the Great Hall
Saturday, April 29, 11 AM

Join us for yoga in the Great Hall inspired by All Matterings of Mind: Transcendent Imagery from the Contemporary Collection. Louisha Barnette is a yoga teacher and health coach based in Durham. BYOM (Bring Your Own Mat).

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.

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

View complete listings.

Bicycle Tour: Downtown Durham Murals
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 Oditaat the Downtown Durham YMCA, a work of art commissioned by the Nasher Museum. More information.

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 the gallery of All Matterings of Mind.

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

Prospect 4: New dates!
November, 16-19

Join the Nasher Museum in New Orleans November 16-19 to celebrate Prospect.4:The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, the citywide exhibition organized by Trevor Schoonmaker, Chief Curator and Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum. Visit prospectneworleans.org

                       

Barkley L. Hendricks, North Carolina Sisters, 1978 (printed 2010). Digital chromogenic print on Kodak Endura Matte paper, edition of 3, 20 x 30 inches (50.8 x 76.2 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Museum purchase, 2010.16.1. Image courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, New York. © Estate of 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.

Photo of Barkley L. Hendricks by Duke Photography.

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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