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The NCMA adds another interactive sculpture to its ever-growing collection of outdoor art in the Museum Park.
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Presentation of the Self: Using Symbols to Fashion Identities in Art
September 6, 2024
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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A Deeper Look: To Take Shape and Meaning
July 18, 2024
An NCMA summer intern introduces visitors to a special exhibition of contemporary American Indian art.
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Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design
March 15, 2023
Academy Award–winner in Costume Design, Ruth E. Carter has helped bring characters to life in acclaimed Hollywood blockbusters. The NCMA celebrates the magic of her imagination.
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Innovative AIM Program Reaches Thousands
February 22, 2023
Thinking outside the lines, NCMA outreach programmers connect local artists in rural communities with local students excited to discover the artist within.
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Love in the Galleries
February 2, 2023
This Valentine's Day we invite you to follow Cupid's arrow through West Building to discover some amorous works in the NCMA's collection.
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A Studio of Their Own
December 8, 2022
Art historian Alexis Clark draws a sharp distinction between two very different artists' studios, in the same city, four decades apart.
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Powers Concealed
November 29, 2022
Curator Amanda M. Maples describes the fruitful partnership between the NCMA and the Oyotunji African Village in South Carolina, which led to a revelatory new exhibition.
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A Modern Vision: Curator’s Picks
November 18, 2022
Circa drops by the desk of NCMA curator Michele Frederick to get her take on A Modern Vision, a show so full of masterworks, it's hard to find a favorite.
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Naming the Nameless
October 31, 2022
Ghanaian artist Paa Joe memorializes the lives of Africans who passed through "The Gates of No Return" during the transatlantic slave trade. Two NCMA staffers respond to this moving work of art.
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