Ackland Art Museum - The Daily Tar Heel

Seven graduate students to display artwork at Ackland

By From staff and wire reports | April 15

Seven master’s degree students will have their art displayed today through May 8 in Ackland Art Museum.

Ackland Art Museum’s newest exhibitions to focus on modern Germany

By Gloria Schoeberle | April 6

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 ...

Ackland exhibits will close Sunday

By Jenna Stout | March 17

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 ...

After delay, Ackland store fills front

By Nick Andersen | March 2

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 ...

Art collectors help Ackland grow

January 9

The Shatzmans’ ceramic collection has grown large over the years, filled with ceramics dating back to 5000 BC. As their collection continued to expand, ...

Ackland gala to attract younger crowd

By Carson Fish | November 4

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 ...

Ackland Art Museum staff tries more conversational approach

By Malcolm Ogden | October 27

Art can be intimidating, but by engaging University students in interactive tours in its galleries, the faculty of the Ackland Art Museum are working ...

Lena Wegner (right) examines the Andy Warhol photo exhibit at the Ackland Art Museum with Lisa Voss (left) on Thursday night.

Ackland Art Museum capitalizes on Warhol

By Carson Fish | October 15

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 ...

Ackland Art Museum to open store on Franklin Street, though date has been postponed

By Kelly Blessing | October 4

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 ...

Amanda Hughes, director of external affairs, welcomes the crowd Friday at the Ackland Art Museum to the exhibition featuring Andy Warhol Polaroids.

Ackland Art Museum shows Warhol's art

By Nick Andersen | October 3

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 ...

Mark Dixon of the alternative home-made music project INVISIBLE performs for a crowd at Ackland Art Museum on Thursday night.

Invisible rocks Ackland Art Museum

By Kelly Blessing | September 23

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 ...

Exhibit merges poetry, prints

By Lucie Shelly | January 22

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 ...

"Escape," by American artist Felrath Hines, is part of an exhibit at the Ackland Art Museum. Courtesy of the Ackland Art Museum.

Ackland showcases two contemporary artists

By Katy Doll | January 15

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 ...

Students collaborate on ‘War on All Fronts’ exhibit

By Katy Doll | January 10

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 ...

Many different media make up the exhibit, including this stone carving of Buddha. DTH/Andrew Johnson

Ackland highlights ‘Silk Road’

By Katy Doll | January 10

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.

A painting by Dickens’ illustrator George Cruikshank titled, “A Brush with Shakespeare.” Courtesy of the Ackland Art Museum

Dickens images now on display

By Lauren Russell | November 12

Charles Dickens is known for creating memorable literary characters through his words. But the grouchy-voiced Scrooge that comes to mind may have been ...

Ackland Art Museum staff extends Thursday hours

By Mark Sabb | November 6

In an effort to accommodate student and faculty schedules and promote downtown Chapel Hill nightlife, the Ackland Art Museum is extending their Thursday ...

New art exhibition arrives at UNC

By Eric Pesale | October 4

After the passing of UNC alumnus Sidney Siegel, ’39, art enthusiast Shirley Siegel said she wanted to give something back to the University he loved.“My ...

Ackland features abstract art in a new exhibit

By Katy Doll | October 2

The Ackland Art Museum will open its doors Saturday to display the treasures of its collection in an exhibit that promises to be a who’s who of abstract ...

Curator Timothy Riggs examines a painting by Bruce Forriest. DTH/Mary-Alice Warren

A closer look

By Gavin Hackeling | September 25

Curator Timothy Riggs has evaluated many interesting works of art in his time — everything from Japanese illustrations to chromolithographs, a form ...