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Decorating Time: Music and The Time Is Always Now

Kiahana Toomer, the NCMA's Exhibition Lighting Designer, discusses how her playlist for The Time is Always Now embodies the exhibition's themes in sonic form.
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The Time Is Always Now at the NCMA

This exhibition, on view through June 29, 2025, celebrates the breathtaking figurative work of contemporary Black artists.
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What an Egyptologist Learned by Curating a Samurai Exhibition

Hear from Caroline Rocheleau, the NCMA's Curator of Ancient Collections, on what inspired her research of Japan's warrior class.
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Samurai off the Battlefield

Champions on the battlefield ... and in the cultural sphere. UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduate Jack Snyder clarifies samurai's underexamined contributions as scholars, poets, bureaucrats, and more.
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Were There Women Samurai?

Technically, no, but that didn't mean women from samurai families didn't take up arms. Megan McClory explains.
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Who Could Become a Samurai?

Not just anyone. However, as PhD student Jason Castro explains, the samurai warrior didn't always fit the wealthy and powerful image we often see on TV.
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Rich Discoveries in Venice and the Ottoman Empire

The exhibition Venice and the Ottoman Empire explores the relationship between two interconnected empires over four centuries: the Republic of Venice and Ottoman Empire
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More than War: Samurai at the NCMA

Experience the craftsmanship behind incredible works of arms and armor that tell stories about a long and fascinating period in Japan's history.
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Presentation of the Self: Using Symbols to Fashion Identities in Art

Curatorial intern Kathryn Spears takes us on a virtual tour of artworks in the NCMA's collection that rely on special details to delineate identity.
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