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Ackland Art Museum

Phone 919-966-5736
Email ackland@email.unc.edu
Website https://ackland.org/

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  • Artist Conversation: Zig Jackson

    Zoom , United States

    Join us for a virtual conversation between artist Zig Jackson and the Ackland’s Lauren Turner, assistant curator for the collection. Jackson’s photograph Entering Zig’s Indian Reservation, China Basin, San Francisco, CA is featured in the Ackland’s 2021-2022 Close Looks series. In this free virtual conversation, we’ll hear from Jackson about this 1997 work, others in... Read More →

  • Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection

    Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection. Advance registration required; space is limited.

  • Art for Lunch: What We Believe

    Zoom , United States

    Featuring Gabrielle Berlinger (UNC Department of American Studies) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) Join us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin, to discuss how Dr. Gabrielle Berlinger’s class “Introduction to Folklore” utilizes selections from the Ackland’s collection on view... Read More →

  • American Tastes in Japanese Art: The Influence of Sherman Emery Lee

    Zoom , United States

    At this free virtual talk Dr. James Ulak will offer thoughts on Sherman Emery Lee’s (1918–2008) powerful influence in directing collecting tastes in Japanese art throughout America. Lee’s advice has benefited countless private and institutional collections — including the Ackland Art Museum — from the immediate post-WWII era, through his distinguished museum career, and well... Read More →

  • Guided Tour: Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon

    Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society. Advance registration required; space is limited.

  • Close Looks Conversational Tour: Song Dynasty “Stem Cup”

    Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Join Weixin Zhou, Ackland Graduate Teaching Fellow, for an informal conversation about the Ackland’s 12-13th century Song dynasty Stem Cup, a work featured in the Ackland’s Close Looks project. Plan to look closely and think collectively. Registration is limited.

  • Guided Tour: Explore the Ackland’s Collection

    Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour of the Ackland Art Museum’s collection. Advance registration required; space is limited. This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

  • Guided Tour: Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon

    Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Meet in the lobby for a 30-minute, guided tour exploring highlights of our current special exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society. Advance registration required; space is limited.

  • Art & Lit at the Ackland: “The Hare with Amber Eyes” by Edmund de Waal

    Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Join us in reading artist and author Edmund de Waal’s captivating family memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes, which traces the story of his family through a collection of hand-carved Japanese netsuke as the objects traveled across time, space, and generations. After you’ve read it, spend time exploring the Ackland’s exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus... Read More →

  • Ackland F.A.M: Sights and Sounds of Southeast Asia

    Ackland Art Museum 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    The Ackland’s current special exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society highlights works from Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, and China – just to name a few! Join the Ackland at 2:00 p.m. for a masked, space-limited viewing of Disney’s “Raya and... Read More →