Archived - Shows And Events

February 3-April 16, 2017 - The exhibition explores the growing importance of electronic new media in contemporary art as seen in the work of artists who are pioneers in the use of LEDs (light-emitting diodes), LCD (liquid crystal display), and computer-driven imagery. The exhibition features a variety of electronic works each of which presents a paradox—it is comprised of synthetic materials and ...

February 3, 2017 - May 7, 2017 - This exhibition explores the role of cats, lions, and other feline creatures in Egyptian mythology, kingship, and everyday life through nearly thirty different representations of cats from the Brooklyn Museum’s world-famous Egyptian collection. From domesticated cats to mythic symbols of divinity, felines played an important role in ancient Egyptian imagery for tho...

January 28, 2017 to April 23, 2017 - The exhibition is drawn from the Museum’s collection of more than 500 Ulmann and 150 Warhol photographs. It examines their approaches to portraiture, construction of identity, and radically different conceptions of art, class, and society.

January 28, 2017 - June 4, 2017 - Tying exhibitions to works in our collection, the museum will present a spotlight exhibition on the work of renowned artist Romare Bearden. The complex and colorful art of Bearden is autobiographical and metaphorical. Rooted in the history of Western, African, and Asian art, as well as in literature and music, Bearden found his primary motifs in his personal exper...

January 27, 2017 - March 31, 2017 - Here + Now, a series of solo exhibitions, performances and community events curated by UICA Exhibitions Curator, Heather Duffy will extend the opportunity presented by US IS THEM to emerging and mid-career African American visual artists, spoken word artists, curators, and performers. Here + Now will include newly created solo shows and a guest-curated group exh...

January 27, 2017 - May 14, 2017 - US IS THEM is a powerful exhibition of works by 42 international artists who confront issues of politics, religion, and racism. The exhibition presents more than 50 individual contemporary artworks across a diverse range of media including painting, sculpture, photography, and video.

January 27, 2017 - April 9, 2017 - Organized by the Ackland Art Museum, the exhibition is a groundbreaking retrospective of a passionately inspired and little-understood figure in twentieth-century American art. The first solo exhibition of Ronald Lockett’s art, Fever Within emphasizes the powerful themes the artist explored over the course of his career through about 50 of his works of art.

January 27, 2017 - April 9, 2017 - Rare today, art medals thrived for centuries and rose to new heights during World War I. This exhibition of over 100 medals from both sides of the Great War reasserts their significance as works of art, and coincides with the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into the war. The medals come from the permanent collection of the American Numismatic Society in New Y...

January 24 - May 13, 2017 - ​The exhibition documents the propaganda techniques utilized by federal, state and local governments to draw every citizen into the European conflict. The dissemination of information on the staging and progress of the war was vital. Propaganda in the form of newspapers, pamphlets, public addresses, newsreels, posters, artwork, and music contributed to the public’s unde...

January 22 - April 15, 2017 - The subjects in this exhibition come from all walks and stages of life. They are mothers and daughters, artists, professionals, and community activists. The black-and-white photographs are done in a style reminiscent of the high glamour photography of the 1930s and 40s Hollywood. Professional portraits will be created by photographer Jerry Taliaferro. This exhibition ...