Ackland Art Museum - The Daily Tar Heel

On View Near You for April 20, 2016

By Carina McDermed | April 20

Ackland Art Museum: Depth Perception The Ackland Art Museum will show "Depth Perception," an exhibit exploring how people perceive the world around them ...

New Ackland director hopes to paint a connected community

By Morgan Vickers | April 18

In the late ‘70s, Katie Ziglar interned at the Ackland Art Museum in the prints and drawings department. And on July 6 — nearly four decades later ...

4-year art search shown at Ackland

By Morgan Vickers | March 7

For years, students have been coming to the Ackland Art Museum to see a bright work of art without realizing the brilliance behind it. The interest resulted ...

Valerie Keuhne & the Wasps Nests performed in the Ackland Art Museum Sunday afternoon as a part of the Experimental Music Study Group concert.

‘Aesthetic jambalaya’ concert at Ackland

By Hanzhang Connie Jin | February 21

There was head-banging, 3-D sheet music and a green pig named Mr. Bacon.

Ackland Art Museum hosts first performance of interpretive dance class

By Carina McDermed | February 16

Modern dance meets the Ackland’s finest in a performance by a UNC exercise and sport science class today. The event, hosted by the Ackland Art Museum, ...

"Shimmer" art walk to light up Chapel Hill, Carrboro

By Maggie Mouat | February 11

Tonight is going to be lit.

Courtesy of Emily Bowles, Ackland Director of Communications

Ackland Art Museum promotes racial conversation with new exhibition

By Emily Perry | January 27

Racial tension is moving away from being the elephant in the room.

On View Near You: Jan. 15

By Ziyad Habash | January 14

The Ackland Art Museum is premiering the Guest of Honor exhibit, with “Study for Portrait VI” (1953) by Francis Bacon.

Ackland Store moves across street

By Trevor Lenzmeier | January 11

Prospective and current students, parents and Chapel Hill residents passing the corner of Franklin and Columbia streets will soon find vacant the large ...

Ackland hires curator to represent lauded Asian art

By Marisa Dunn | September 29

He's bringing a new set of eyes to the Asian art collection. 

The Ackland Art Museum displays pieces relevant to UNC curriculum in its study gallery

Ackland study gallery changes artwork, but not educational enrichment

By Kyley Underhill | September 28

Out of the classroom and into the Ackland Art Museum. 

Ackland is outdated, but not in content

By Morgan Vickers | September 20

Even though the Ackland Art Museum features a variety of modern pieces, the museum’s architecture is stuck in the 1980s. 

UNC summer reading program doesn’t stop with the book

By Marisa Dunn | September 3

Incoming freshmen aren’t the only students who will be able to engage with this year’s summer reading book, “Just Mercy.”

On view near you for August 18, 2015

By Ryan Schocket | August 17

Ackland Art Museum: Highlights from the Permanent Collection The Ackland Art Museum is showcasing a three-part presentation from their permanent collection. ...

On View Near You for May 15

By Sarah Vassello | May 15

Ackland Art Museum is currently showing one of their most exciting acquisitions in recent memory, said Director of Communications Emily Bowles.

New Ackland Art Museum encourages student engagement with French art

By Crystal Yuille | January 23

The Ackland Art Museum’s newest exhibition, opening Friday, will allow students to engage with the genius and grace of some of France’s most prolific ...

South Korean artist Nam June Paik’s piece “Eagle Eye” (pictured) is part of a show displayed in the Ackland for Geography 650.

Ackland Art Museum's study gallery caters to many

By Sarah McQuillan | January 9

For students, the Ackland Art Museum offers more than what meets the eye. The gallery’s second floor consists of a special study gallery used by UNC ...

Ackland Art Museum receives national grant

By Christine Bang | January 6

The National Endowment for the Arts recently awarded a $20,000 grant to the Ackland Art Museum for an exhibition in the works for 2016.

On view near you for Nov. 13, 2014

By Carly Peterson | November 13

FRANK Gallery will present the work of eclectic glass artists from the mountains of North Carolina and the Triangle area at their opening reception Friday ...

Lucy Daniels had anorexia nervosa as a teen. A documentary about her life will be shown tonight at the Ackland Art Museum.Photo courtesy of Mary Lee.

Film chronicles UNC alumna Lucy Daniel's life

By Sindhu Chidambaram | November 5

While her peers were navigating high school, going on first dates and pursuing extracurricular interests, Lucy Daniels, a UNC alumna, was enduring regular ...