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.
Carolina Collects — which opens on Sept. 9 — is a compilation of art works donated from six decades of UNC alumni. Including about 90 diverse pieces, the collection brings together both contemporary and modern sculptures, paintings and photography.
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Carolina Collects — which opens on Sept. 9 — is a compilation of art works donated from six decades of UNC alumni. Including about 90 diverse pieces, the collection brings together both contemporary and modern sculptures, paintings and photography.
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Ron Liberti isn’t ready to mount his career retrospective. At 44, the Carrboro graphic artist says he’s still got enough posters and screen prints in the works to keep him occupied for years to come.
Read More »The Ackland Art Museum opens its doors today to local art lovers yet again.
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The Sacred Arts Tour 2011 will begin wrapping up tonight with an Evening of Tibetan Culture and Performance at the Ackland Art Museum.
Read More »The Ackland Art Museum’s newest featured galleries, “Romantic Dreams, Rude Awakenings” and “DE-NATURED” follow the shifts in the history of German identity.
Read More »Seven master’s degree students will have their art displayed today through May 8 in Ackland Art Museum.
Read More »The works of dozens of German artists arrive at the Ackland Art Museum this week, as the museum opens two new exhibitions focusing on the development of German art throughout recent history. The exhbitions, which feature a variety of mediums and genres, tell the story of modern Germany’s reinvention after the devastation of World War II.
Read More »The Ackland Art Museum has been exploring the American past, embarking upon a journey connecting the country with nature. But time is running out. The museum’s current exhibits — “Tradition in Clay: Two Centuries of Classic North Carolina Pots,” “At Work in the Wilderness: Picturing the American Landscape, 1820-1920” and “The Oldest Paintings in America: Utah’s Rock Art” — will close on Sunday.
Read More »The storefront on the corner of Columbia and Franklin has been empty for more than seven years. And though construction delays kept it empty a while longer than intended, the Ackland Art Museum is finally filling the space with a gift shop and gallery space, to open this May.
Read More »The Shatzmans’ ceramic collection has grown large over the years, filled with ceramics dating back to 5000 BC. As their collection continued to expand, they donated many of their treasures to university museums, including UNC’s Ackland.
Read More »Andy Warhol’s Silver Factory was the epitome of New York City’s party scene in the 1970s. The Ackland Art Museum will bring this iconic era to Chapel Hill this Saturday at the Silver Factory Gala. Chapel Hill native band The Love Language will headline the event’s after party.
Read More »Art can be intimidating, but by engaging University students in interactive tours in its galleries, the faculty of the Ackland Art Museum are working to make art more accessible. Encounter Art, a new program beginning today at the Ackland, provides conversational tours by practiced student guides, offering a different, warmer approach to the gallery experience.
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Andy Warhol is one of the twentieth-century’s best known pop artists — and the Ackland Art Museum is hoping to use his big name to full effect. With parties, film showings and an elaborate gala fundraising event in the works, Warhol serves as a means to make the Ackland more of a social center, not just a gallery.
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The Ackland Art Museum is expanding its boundaries with a store on Franklin Street, but it’s unknown when its doors will open. The future home of the store at 100 East Franklin St. was originally scheduled to open in November, but has since been delayed indefinitely.
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It would have been easy for the Ackland Art Museum to put its new exhibit of Andy Warhol Polaroids at the front of its central hall. But by fixing Warhol’s snapshots as merely the middle portion of a three-part retrospective of portraiture, the Ackland has successfully channeled the energy surrounding Warhol’s big name into a broader analysis of the role of the individual in visual art.
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For an hour on Thursday night, a pair of musical mad scientists held court in the Ackland Art Museum. Amidst a pile of old television monitors, keyboards and wires twisted together on the gallery floor, the alternative music group Invisible brought a decidedly modern flair to the classic art displays in the museum.
Read More »Visitors to the Ackland Art Museum Thursday night had the chance to merge art and literature with a program connecting poetry from the Civil War to Jacob Lawrence’s exhibition “The Legend of John Brown.”
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One exhibit takes you through the life of abolitionist John Brown. The other takes you on a journey through the depths of color and shapes.Works from Jacob Lawrence and Felrath Hines, contemporary artists influential in the black art community in the 20th century, are on display now in the Ackland Art Museum today through May 9. Jacob Lawrence
Read More »When students registered for professor Daniel Sherman’s First Year Seminar, they knew they would be designing a gallery, but they were unsure of how it would all come together. After a semester of research and debate, they created a final layout and saw their project take shape in the Ackland Art Museum.
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Stepping into the gallery at the Ackland Art Museum, the viewer is transported through time and space to discover life and art along the Silk Road.
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