Judaic Art Gallery Closes to Expand
The gallery, the first and finest permanent display of Jewish ceremonial art in an American art museum, is undergoing a major renovation…
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The gallery, the first and finest permanent display of Jewish ceremonial art in an American art museum, is undergoing a major renovation…
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Motherwell wrote, “I begin painting with a series of mistakes. The painting comes out of the correction of mistakes by feeling.”..
Motherwell’s Mistakes Read More »
Conversations that shaped the two decades of his tenure
Museum Celebrates 20 Years with Larry Wheeler Read More »
Years after witnessing the “dread realities of flood misery” in Missouri, Thomas Hart Benton returns to a sketch he made of a struggling family…
The Story behind Harpo Marx’s Benton Read More »
The NCMA’s role in pioneering outdoor cinema in the Triangle
Early Nights at the Movies Read More »
An outside expert assesses the NCMA’s glass collection, with some surprising discoveries.
A Clear Look at Ancient Glass Read More »
Conservators have removed this composite sculpture in order to detach its rare ancient torso.
Where Did Bacchus Go? Read More »
This high rooster-tail ‘do truly defies gravity. “You need a product for that,†observed Dr. Tania String, art history professor at UNC—Chapel Hill…
A Hair-Raising Experience Read More »
The art of early modern England has elicited a labyrinth of wishful attributions and false identities: enter the NCMA’s Scott-Jacobean project…
A Scott Family Who’s Who Read More »
“The submerged bit of the museum is much more of an iceberg than [a] picture gallery.â€â€”Neil MacGregor, Director, British Museum..
Under the Iceberg: Planning a Student Exhibition Read More »
Paintings of the Scott family dating to the Jacobean/Elizabethan era are the focus of an in-depth research project.
Night Flight of Dread and Delight. Homage to the Square. A Peasant Spreading Manure. Who comes up with the titles for visual art?