Events
Back-to-Back Drawing in the Galleries
6 and 7:30 PM Grab a friend and meet us at the museum to experience our galleries through fun experimental drawing!! Our gallery guides will take you on a back-to-back drawing adventure! Let your companion describe a work ...
Tele-Poetry in the Sculpture Garden
Duke faculty Kristen Tapson and Augustus Wendell invite you to a tele-poetry experience in the Nasher Sculpture Garden. Join us to receive poem-texts and prompts to muse about daily tech, art talk, sculptural terms and ec...
Family Day: Spooky Stories
Paperhand Puppet Intervention will help us get ready for Halloween with art activities that will delight all ages. Enjoy an amazing time with fantastical life-sized puppets and make your own mask and lanterns. Learn about ...
Concurrent DJ Soundscape with The Pinhook
6–8 PM Nasher Museum 6–8 PM The Pinhook, 117 W. Main St., Durham 8 PM The Pinhook, 117 W. Main St., Durham In celebration of Lyl...
Gallery Talk: Mandy Carter on Lyle Ashton Harris: Our first and last love
Please join Durham-based Black lesbian activist Mandy Carter for a gallery talk within Lyle Ashton Harris: Our first and last lo...
Gallery Talk: Act as if you are a curator
Join us for a guided tour of Act as if you are a curator: an AI-generated exhibition, led by Ruth Player, Duke Class of 2024. Ruth is a senior at Duke with double majors in art history and civil engineering. She i...
A Fantastic Journey: Honoring Wangechi Mutu
Join us for A Fantastic Journey on Saturday, November 4, 2023, as we honor artist Wangechi Mutu and her monumental sculpture MamaRay. Step out in your finest attire and experience an immersive world, inspired by the work o...
Family Day: A Portrait of Gratitude
Join us as we celebrate this season of giving thanks. Enjoy art activities that will encourage gratitude and appreciation for the people and things in our lives. Finding inspiration from Love Mom by Beverly McIver...
Celebrating Peru/Celebrando Perú: An Evening of Music and History
Join Andean music stars Fredy Guzmán and Jorge Choquehuillca along with Emmy-award winning filmmaker and anthropologist Kim MacQuarrie, author of the best-selling Last Days of the Incas, for an unforgettable journ...