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UNC women's basketball forward Alyssa Ustby announces return for fifth season

| April 26

Ackland Art Museum

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 ...

Plans to expand Ackland on hold

August 28

Plans for what some refer to as Chapel Hill's "best kept secret" are moving in a new direction.Previous drafts for a building expansion for the Ackland ...

Art After Dark kicks off year at the Ackland

By Kevin Turner | September 14

Tonight the Ackland Art Museum will put some music on, let its hair down and keep its doors open into the night with the first "Art After Dark" event ...

Ackland appoints new director

By MORGAN ELLIS | August 29

The Ackland Art Museum now has a leader to oversee the expansion that will almost double the museum's size.Emily Kass, who served as the executive director ...

Ackland presents fresh face

August 29

Following a six-week makeover, the Ackland Art Museum reopened its doors last week, complete with a new exhibit and a host of plans for the future. The ...