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Photographer Brian Ulrich’s Copia: Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores, 2001-2011exhibition shows a decade-long investigation of consumer culture. The photographs show the excess of big-box stores, the discarded items at thrift stores, and the landscape of empty shopping centers in urban areas. Ulrich’s photography is intended to help us learn about our behaviors, habits, comforts, and purpose. The exhibit starts with the events of September 11, 2001 with the “call to spend” by politicians through the financial collapse of 2008 to the present.
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1558
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The North Carolina Museum of Art has acquired Antonio Canova's sculpture entitled \"Venus Italica,\" a work with a colorful history.
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29289
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The work of the Greek-born artist Chryssa will be on display in the Twentieth Century Gallery through January. The exhibition demonstrates the variety in her work from early newspaper drawings through her pioneering use of neon in the 1960s to the plater letter plaques of the 1970s.
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1565
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The North Carolina Museum of Art, acknowledged as possessing one of the finest collections of European art in America, was honored by having one of its pieces, \"Madonna and Child in a Landscape,\" chosen as the Postal Service's traditional Christmas stamp.
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29697
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Gerrit Berckheyde’s The Fish Market and the Grote Kerk at Haarlem is described in detail. Part of the Museum’s European Gallery, Berckheyde’s painting of Harlem’s main square is characteristic of cityscapes from the period. The piece was painted in the 1670s and the movement to paint cityscapes was motivated by civic self-awareness and an awakening national pride in Holland. They style of the painting, its composition, and criticism is described.
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29740
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The Museum’s newest affiliate members group, the Friends of Photography, funded the recent acquisition of five new photographs for the Museum’s permanent collection. The new works include two photographs by Seydou Keita of Bamako, Mali and three by Deborah Luster or New Orleans. Four of the photographs are pictured and the artists and their work is detailed.
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1561
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Three paintings owned by the North Carolina Museum of Art are undergoing the restorative process.
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29695
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The first installation of community art projects that will be visible upon entering the Museum is detailed. Local artists Mathew Curran, Bart Cusick, and Vic Knight created a mural inspired by 19th century landscapes from the Impressionism movement. Their mural includes stencils of Renoir, Sargent, and Monet with swirling colors and images from Hawthorne’s Highland Light (about 1925) and Spencer’s The White Tenement (1913) included. Several times a year the space will feature new community art installations by local artists.
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In 2003, the North Carolina Museum of Art, in recognition of the importance of photography in contemporary art and of the medium's strength among North Carolina's photographers, created a new collection. The collection now has 105 works by ten photographers who live and work in the state. The works cover a variety of subject matter, including landscapes, portraits, architectural vignettes, and folk life. Among the photographers are Elizabeth Matheson, Caroline Vaughan, and Bill Bamberger.
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29205
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Ten paintings from the Weatherspoon Art Gallery at the University of North Carolina Greensboro are on display in the Contemporary Gallery from August 13-October 23. The paintings were all made within the within the last twenty years and use the vocabulary of geometry for their visual language. Works by David Novros, Robert Mangold, Al Held, Alfred Jensen, William Bailey, Roger Brown, William Copley, and Alex Katz.
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29326
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The Museum recently received on long-term loan a sixteenth-century painting by the Venetian/Veronese artist Paolo Caliari (1528-1588) titled The Dead Christ with Joseph of Arimathea (circa 1585). Considered one of his masterpieces, the work depicts the body of Christ being supported by an angel and a man, probably Joseph of Arimathea. Caliari is considered one of the greatest colorists in the history of painting. This painting comes from the latter period of his life and shows his move toward a more deeply felt and intimate form of spirituality.
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1568
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The North Carolina Museum of Art has established the African-American Advisory Board in order to involve African-Americans in the museum's educational programming and in the acquisition of art.
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29694
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The North Carolina Museum of art knows the value of provenance. The painting Madonna and Child by Andrea Del Sarto (1486-1531) was suspected of being stolen by the Nazis in World War II only three years after discovering their painting Madonna and Child in a Landscape by Lucas Cranach was stolen by the Nazis. After being approached by a claimant who wanted to seize the suspected stolen Del Sarto painting, the Museum conducted an investigation to verify the painting’s provenance. The painting was found to have been legitimately sold by its owner and purchased by the Museum. After questions about provenance, the Museum has hired an expert to examine its collection and fill in any gaps in the history of ownership of its works.
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29358
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Dr. Richard S. Schneiderman has been appointed as Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art. Schneiderman comes to the museum from the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia. A biography of Schneiderman is provided. Schneiderman was selected over other candidates for his strong and dynamic leadership capabilities, his combination of youth and experience, and his creativity and enthusiasm.
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29718
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The Egyptian collection at the Museum was recently reorganized and updated after over 20 years on display. This reinstallation has allowed for updated educational material to be produced, a rearrangement of the objects into a thematic display, and for new items to be added to the display. The gallery’s reorganized display cases now introduce three important themes: The Afterlife and Funerary Practices, Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, and Artisan Craft and Technology.
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