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January 2018
April 2018
Annual Rothschild Lecture: John Akomfrah
5:30 PM Cash bar 6:30 PM Lecture Hall opens 7 PM Lecture from artist John Akomfrah The Nasher Museum presents acclaimed British filmmaker John Akomfrah, 2017 winner of the UK’s Artes Mundi Prize, who will discuss his new t...
October 2018
Annual Rothschild Lecture with artist Amy Sherald
Amy Sherald, who painted the official portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama for the National Portrait Gallery, will deliver the Annual Rothschild Lecture about her exceptional portraits of African American subjects....
Visual Aperitif
The Nasher Museum presents an evening of short films and discussion about how food helps us digest our complex world. Victoria Bouloubasis, food journalist and filmmaker, will moderate a discussion with filmmakers Saleem R...
November 2018
Southern Cultures: Music & Protest Issue Launch Featuring Tish Hinojosa
6 PM Highlights Tour 6 PM Cash Bar and Southern Fare Join us in celebrating the fall Music & Protest issue of Southern Cultures, the academic quarterly published by UNC Press with the Center for the Study of t...
Author Talk: Hisham Matar
Join us for a talk and conversation by Hisham Matar, a writer born of Libyan parents in New York City whose memoir, The Return: Father, Soul, and the Land in Between, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography....
January 2019
Free Highlights Tour: Career Women
March 2019
Curator Conversation: Pop América
Exhibition curator and Duke Professor Esther Gabara talks with artist Rupert García, born in California in 1941, whose work is part of Pop América, 1...
July 2019
Moderated Talk: Eiko Otake & Beverly McIver
Meet Japanese choreographer Eiko Otake and Durham artist Beverly McIver, who will talk about their work together on “Eiko Otake The Duet Project: Distance is Malleable.” Three performances are co-presented by the Nasher Mu...