How We Remember: Museums and Vernacular Photography
NCMA intern Julianne Miao raises the question of how found art might become fine art.
Arts and Exhibitions
Breaking the Mold of Tradition
Curator Jennifer Dasal introduces Break the Mold, a multimedia exhibition that features contemporary art in conversation with its past.
Bringing Mummies to Life
With the use of CT scans and digital technology, visitors to the Golden Mummies exhibition can explore what lies beneath the surface of ancient wrappings to discover more about ancient lives.
Golden Mummies: Reckoning with Colonialism and Racism in Egyptology
Golden Mummies of Egypt brings to Raleigh an exhibition that is more than just about mummies. NCMA Egyptologist Caroline Rocheleau looks at the shadow side of the show.
Introduction to Golden Mummies of Egypt
The NCMA’s first exhibition featuring mummies takes visitors on a fascinating tour of a little-known era in ancient Egypt, a time when multiculturalism reigned. Curator Caroline Rocheleau explains.
Dismembering the Past: A Provocative New Acquisition That Re-Members History
Curator Amanda Maples discusses the NCMA’s recent acquisition by renowned South African artist William Kentridge.
Goldsmiths at Work
Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women is the first major exhibition to focus on the history of Senegal’s gold.
Closing the Book on Bacchus
Bacchus was featured in a variety of virtual programs over the summer and recently appeared in two publications.
Valuing Objects: A Negotiation of Attributes
There are many attributes we find valuable when assessing an object, which can be appreciated for its aesthetic, monetary, or functional value, to name a few.
Leonardo Drew: Making Chaos Legible
Leonardo Drew is a builder and maker on an epic scale. Leonardo Drew is a builder and maker on an epic scale.
“Raise the Cup of Deliverance”: Thoughts on an 18th-century Beaker and the Jewish New Year
Among the most exciting recent NCMA acquisitions is a magnificent gilt silver beaker for a German Hevra Kadisha.
Four Crowns in One: The Museum’s Venetian Torah Crown
Rabbi Shimon said: “There are three crowns: the Crown of Torah, the Crown of Priesthood and the Crown of Royalty, but the Crown of a Good Name supersedes them.