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The Worlds of M. C. Escher: Nature, Science, and Imagination
East Building, Level B, Meymandi Exhibition Gallery
WEATHER NOTICE
Due to inclement weather, the Museum will be closed on January 24, 2016. If you had tickets for The Worlds of M.C. Escher for January 22, 23 or 24, please contact the Box Office at (919) 715-5923 when the Museum reopens. Regular Museum Box Office hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 10 am until 5 pm.
The Worlds of M. C. Escher has been extended through January 24, 2016. During that time, the Museum will also offer extended hours.
Extended Exhibition Hours, January 18–24:
Monday 10 am–5 pm [East Building open only; West Building closed]
Tuesday–Thursday 10 am–5 pm
Friday–Saturday 10 am–9 pm
Sunday 10 am–5 pm
Comprising more than 130 woodcuts, lithographs, wood engravings, and mezzotints, as well as numerous drawings, watercolors, wood blocks, and lithographic stones never before exhibited, The Worlds of M. C. Escher surveys the Dutch graphic artist’s entire career, from his earliest print to his final masterpiece.
The exhibition highlights Escher’s explorations of nature, mathematics, science, and the realm of his imagination. Escher’s best-known prints will be on view, as well as his lesser-known portraits and Italian landscapes, in the most comprehensive Escher exhibition ever presented in the United States.
The works are on loan from leading public Escher collections, including those at the National Gallery of Art and the National Gallery of Canada, as well as several of the foremost private collections.
A fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition.
Photography is not permitted in this exhibition.
TICKETS
$18 Adults
$15 Seniors (65+), military, groups of 10+, college students with current ID
$12 Youth 7−18
Free: Members (first visit), children 6 and under, college students on Friday nights 5−9 pm (with current ID)
Exhibition Café
A special café on Level C in East Building, one floor down from the exhibition, features sandwiches, soups, desserts, sodas, beer, wine, and more.
Exhibition Café Hours
Tuesday–Sunday 10 am–4:30 pm
Friday 10 am–8:30 pm
Prefer to have a full-service meal? Visit Iris restaurant in West Building.
Exhibition Store
A special exhibition-related shop in East Building features unique gifts, books, art prints, and more.
Exhibition Store Hours
Tuesday–Thursday 10 am–5 pm
Friday 10 am–9 pm
Saturday and Sunday 10 am–5 pm
Also please visit the main Museum Store in West Building.
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Looking for parking details, nearby hotels, directions to the NCMA, or other information? Plan your visit.
M. C. Escher. Bond of Union (detail), April 1956, lithograph, 10 x 13 3/8 in., National Gallery of Art, Washington, Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Collection, 1974.28.62, © 2015 The M. C. Escher Company, The Netherlands. All rights reserved. www.mcescher.com
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(1986) Directed by Jim Henson. David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Frank Oz. (101 min.) PG
The M. C. Escher print Relativity is re-created for a climactic scene in the cult-movie classic directed by Muppets creator Jim Henson. Produced by George Lucas with a script by Monty Python’s Terry Jones, the movie stars British glam rocker David Bowie as the Goblin King. A young Jennifer Connelly must brave the Escher-inspired labyrinth to rescue her baby brother.
Costumes encouraged!
“A real masterpiece of puppetry and special effects, an absolutely gorgeous children's fantasy movie” (Chicago Tribune).
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Second screening added at 10:30pm.
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This event is supported by the Mebane Charitable Foundation, Edith S. Shepherd and Paul E. Castelloe, and Great Outdoor Provision Co.
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