Art
Photo from the Collection of Eira Thomas/© Dana Claxton
Indigenous Artists Have Been Excluded from Modern Art. A Revelatory Nasher Exhibit Is Correcting the Canon.
Until recently, Indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada were more likely to be represented as objects than as subjects in art contexts. Read more
Oct. 22, 2019
Photo courtesy of the artist
In Ephemeral Watercolors, Damian Stamer Finds the Secret Histories and Fading Futures of Rural Places
On view through November 2 at Craven Allen Gallery, Stamer's exhibit “Unseen” is a triumph of both technique and content. Read more
Oct. 15, 2019
Courtesy of the artist and East Wing Contemporary Gallery
Women Photographers from the Arab World Reframe Stereotypes at the Ackland
"She Who Tells a Story" ought to disabuse Western viewers of the notion that women from Iran and the Arab world lack agency and self-definition. Read more
Oct. 09, 2019
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Marcelle Harwell Pachnowski Paints What She Hears. Just Don’t Call Her Work Abstract.
Pachnowski's exhibition "Visual Rhapsodies" is currently on view at the Page-Walker Arts and History Center in Cary. Read more
Sep. 24, 2019
Photo by Jade Wilson
To Stay True to Its Values, The Carrack Modern Art Had to Close. Here's Why That's a Triumph, Not a Tragedy.
Founder Laura Ritchie, director Saba Taj, and others discuss the ups, the downs, and the legacy of the lifeblood of the Durham art scene, whose energies will long outlast the space. Read more
Sep. 18, 2019
Photo courtesy of the Nasher Museum of Art
Fall Arts Preview: Five Museum Exhibits
From NCMA's highly anticipated Frida Kahlo exhibit to the Ackland's "She Who Tells a Story," we're ready to make some museum trips this fall. Read more
Sep. 11, 2019
Photo courtesy of Horse & Buggy Gallery
Painter Noah Saterstrom Raises the Dead at Horse & Buggy Press
On the walls of the Durham letterpress studio and gallery, forty-eight portraits of departed greats stare back with longing and restless energy. Read more
Jul. 11, 2019
photo courtesy of Pleiades Arts
Say Goodbye to Pleiades Arts. Say Hello to 5 Points Gallery.
The bad news of the impending closure of another Durham gallery is leavened by the good news that another, very similar gallery will replace it. Read more
Jul. 01, 2019
Photo by Jade Wilson for INDY Week
New Downtown Attraction Bull City Mini Combines Putt-Putt Fun and Bull City Pride
The mini-golf course opening tomorrow on the American Tobacco Campus is “by Durhamites, about Durham, and, really, for Durham." Read more
May 10, 2019
