0 to 60: The Experience of Time Through Contemporary Art North Carolina Museum of Art Through Aug. 11 Time, like all ideas of measurement, doesn’t really exist. Time’s elapsation, however, does exist. Your hair turns gray with the passage of time, and seeds you’ve planted become carrots months later. In more than 60 works in […]
Chris Vitiello
Bio: Chris Vitiello lives in Durham and writes for INDY Week on art, music and hockey.Twitter: http://twitter.com/chrisvitiello
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In her first major U.S. exhibition, Wangechi Mutu thinks big
Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey Nasher Museum of Art March 21-July 21 Even if we rue dualism as an intellectual bane, we still rely upon it. We live in a red state or a blue state. If we’re not millionaires, we’re part of the 99 percent masses. In her first major show in the U.S., […]
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Players approve NHL realignment plan
Photo by Chris BairdCam Ward makes a save in a recent tilt with the Florida Panthers, who won’t be a division rival much longer. RALEIGH—The “South-least” division looks to be coming to an end. The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) approved a league realignment plan on Wednesday that would create four divisions—two of seven […]
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CAM Raleigh changes leadership on eve of second anniversary
File photo by Jeremy M. LangeCAM Raleigh officially opened in April 2011. RALEIGH—As CAM Raleigh approaches the two-year mark, the museum is making changes. It’s also taking the opportunity, in advance of the noise of birthday celebrations next month, to revisit its aspirations. One change is taking place at the top. Early this week, CAM […]
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At CAM Raleigh, flattened raindrops and googly eyes
CAM Raleigh Alistair McClymontEverything we are capable of seeing Through April 28 Ryan Travis ChristianWell, Here We Aren’t Again Through June 17 Two young artists currently showing at CAM Raleigh use repetitive processes and projects to flesh out ideas toward their mature expression. They make a good pair. One’s graphite drawings provide a comic relief […]
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Canes move forward without Ward
RALEIGH—Cam Ward won’t be minding the Canes’ net for a while. Photo by Chris BairdCam Ward went down to a knee injury shortly after this save Sunday night. He won’t be back until the final days of the season. Ward suffered a third-degree sprain of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his left knee when […]
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Stu Martell’s reluctant retrospective, Saturday only at Outsiders Art
DURHAM—Out of appreciation for the public discomfort of a unique maker of many various things and deft handler of many different materials—the word “artist” embarrasses him—I’m only going to use his name in the headline. He didn’t ask to be the center of attention, but he’s summoning the tolerance. Photo by Chris VitielloDetail of Stu […]
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Mr. Semin goes to Washington, Canes lose again
FOX SPORTS CAROLINAS (TV)—Players switch teams all the time in hockey. Free agents put themselves on the open market in droves every summer. Teams toss prospects over the fence in exchange for draft picks. At the trading deadline (on April 3, this year) it’s not uncommon for a player to change cities and then play […]
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The Nasher tells a story of photography in Light Sensitive
Light Sensitive: Photographic Works from North Carolina Collections Nasher Museum of Art Through May 12 Are there enough good photographs in North Carolina collections to demonstrate the evolution and complexity of this nearly two-centuries-old medium? The Nasher Museum of Art believes there are, and the result is Light Sensitive: Photographic Works from North Carolina Collections. […]
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Ward hands one to the Jets, Canes drop second straight
PNC ARENA—Kirk Muller is a ruthlessly positive man. If you fell down the stairs, he would shout down at you, “Now you don’t have to dust.” But after last night’s 4-3 loss to the Winnipeg Jets, in which Cam Ward looked below average, Muller sounded like he was trying convince himself about his starting goaltender. […]