On View Near You: Jan. 15
By Ziyad Habash | Jan. 14, 2016The Ackland Art Museum is premiering the Guest of Honor exhibit, with “Study for Portrait VI” (1953) by Francis Bacon.
Read More »The Ackland Art Museum is located on the edge of the University of North Carolina at 101 S. Columbia St. The museum has more than 17,000 works of art in its collection from European masterworks to modern photography. All work is available for students and community members to view.
Other exhibits include European masterworks, twentieth-century and contemporary art, African art and North Carolina pottery. There are between 10 and 12 changing exhibits every year. Originally built in 1958, the building has undergone two major renovations but remains in its original building.
In addition to exhibits, the Ackland hosts some educational programs such as Art & Literature in the Galleries and drawing classes in the museum. Admission is free. Visit the museum website at ackland.org for more information.
The Ackland Art Museum is premiering the Guest of Honor exhibit, with “Study for Portrait VI” (1953) by Francis Bacon.
Read More »The Ackland Art Museum is premiering the Guest of Honor exhibit, with “Study for Portrait VI” (1953) by Francis Bacon.
Read More »Prospective and current students, parents and Chapel Hill residents passing the corner of Franklin and Columbia streets will soon find vacant the large window space formerly boasted by the Ackland Museum Store.
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He's bringing a new set of eyes to the Asian art collection.
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Out of the classroom and into the Ackland Art Museum.
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Even though the Ackland Art Museum features a variety of modern pieces, the museum’s architecture is stuck in the 1980s.
Read More »Incoming freshmen aren’t the only students who will be able to engage with this year’s summer reading book, “Just Mercy.”
Read More »Ackland Art Museum: Highlights from the Permanent Collection The Ackland Art Museum is showcasing a three-part presentation from their permanent collection.
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Ackland Art Museum is currently showing one of their most exciting acquisitions in recent memory, said Director of Communications Emily Bowles.
Read More »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 artists.
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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 students and the general public, alike.
Read More »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.
Read More »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 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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While her peers were navigating high school, going on first dates and pursuing extracurricular interests, Lucy Daniels, a UNC alumna, was enduring regular insulin and shock treatments.
Read More »The Morehead Planetarium, the Ackland Art Museum and the Carolina Women’s Center are among 26 UNC-CH centers and institutes under a UNC Board of Governors review — but some center directors say they aren’t concerned about their organization’s futures.
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Chapel Hill is looking to better market itself to visitors by touting its assets on signs downtown.
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During the course of the semester, UNC students and Chapel Hill residents will visit the Ackland Art Museum to see the fall exhibitions: “PhotoVision: Selections from a Decade of Collecting,” and “Adding to the Mix 8: William H. Mumler’s ‘Mrs. W. H. Mumler, Clairvoyant Physician,’” opening today.
Read More »Students and community members have until Nov. 30 to see the Ackland Art Museum’s exhibit of contemporary Japanese ceramics from the collection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz.”
Read More »Bagged lunches and art analysis will bring together students and community members today at the Ackland Art Museum
Read More »Unbeknownst to many, one of the southeast’s best Asian art collections lives at the Ackland, right at UNC’s doorstep.
Read More »Since being honored on May 5, the Ackland Art Museum may agree with the Beatles: love is all you need.
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