Ackland Art Museum, UNC-Chapel Hill

Ackland Art Museum, UNC-Chapel Hill Always FREE admission. Current Exhibitions: https://ackland.org/

Since 1958, the Ackland Art Museum has been one of North Carolina's most important cultural resources. With free admission to all, the Ackland Art Museum presents more than a dozen exhibitions every year, offering a wide stylistic range of art, from contemporary American photography to European master paintings, video installations to Early Modern portraits. The Ackland’s holdings – over 18,000 wo

rks of art – include significant collections of European masterworks, twentieth-century and contemporary art, African art, North Carolina pottery, and folk art. In addition, the Ackland has North Carolina’s premier collections of Asian art and works on paper (drawings, prints, and photographs). The Museum's second floor Ackland Upstairs gallery is a dynamic space that exhibits art installed specifically for use by University classes. The Ackland has a vibrant and active program and event schedule offering music, films, gallery talks, and other activities on weekends and during the Museum's extended hours every second Friday of the month.

Happy Pride Month! 🌈 Today, we're spotlighting "Girl with a Monkey" (1929) by Marie Laurencin, an artist famous for her ...
06/01/2026

Happy Pride Month! 🌈 Today, we're spotlighting "Girl with a Monkey" (1929) by Marie Laurencin, an artist famous for her soft, dream-like portraits of women. While her work was influenced by both Cubism and Fauvism, it did not fully align with either of these movements and took on a distinctive style of its own. Scholars have increasingly placed Laurencin's work in the q***r circles of 1920s Paris, including the sapphic salons of the American expat and heiress Natalie Clifford Barney. Once dismissed by some critics as hyper-feminine, Laurencin's work can also be understood as a subtle challenge to the masculine norms of modernism.

⏳ Stop by the Ackland this Friday through Sunday for our final weekend of "Color Concentrated" tours! This is your last ...
05/13/2026

⏳ Stop by the Ackland this Friday through Sunday for our final weekend of "Color Concentrated" tours! This is your last chance to experience this salon-style installation of works from the Robertson Collection, re-imagined from our fall exhibition, "Color Triumphant." All tours run from 1–1:30 p.m. No RSVP required — just drop in for an afternoon of art!

🚨 Ackland mentioned! 🚨 The Spring 2026 issue of the Carolina Arts & Sciences magazine features an article about the UNC ...
05/07/2026

🚨 Ackland mentioned! 🚨 The Spring 2026 issue of the Carolina Arts & Sciences magazine features an article about the UNC course Philosophy Across the Lifespan with philosopher Michael Vazquez, which brings together students and older adults from the Chapel Hill community for inter-generational dialogue. The class began the semester at the Ackland, where students gathered to analyze and discuss artworks from different times and places, grappling with questions like, "What is the opposite of the art you're looking at?" Read the full magazine here 👉 https://loom.ly/0XX8hIQ

📰 The Ackland was recently featured in an article published by the College of Arts and Sciences! It follows chemistry ma...
04/29/2026

📰 The Ackland was recently featured in an article published by the College of Arts and Sciences! It follows chemistry major Lindsey Ioos as she uses portable X-ray fluorescence technology to examine pigments in Japanese artworks, in collaboration with the Ackland and UNC's Research Laboratories of Archaeology. Learn more about chemistry and conservation here 👉 https://loom.ly/9DR0XiM

Your Saturday plans could use more color! 🎨 Join us at the Ackland on May 2 for a whole day of art-filled fun. Artists o...
04/29/2026

Your Saturday plans could use more color! 🎨 Join us at the Ackland on May 2 for a whole day of art-filled fun. Artists of all ages and skill levels are invited to draw in the galleries from 10 a.m.–12 p.m., while kids ages 6–9 can create their own artworks in hands-on classes inspired by works from our permanent collection (sessions at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.). RSVP by emailing [email protected]!

🎓 Curious how students are engaging with the Ackland? Join us on Friday, May 1 from 2–4 p.m. for the Semester R***e: Stu...
04/27/2026

🎓 Curious how students are engaging with the Ackland? Join us on Friday, May 1 from 2–4 p.m. for the Semester R***e: Student Research & Responses to the Collection. Throughout the afternoon, UNC students will give short presentations on their research, creative projects, and performances inspired by the Ackland's collection. FREE and open to all! No RSVP required. UNC students can also scan the QR code at the event for CLE credit ✅ Learn more here 👉 https://loom.ly/Iy5w4vo

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🎓 Come see work by emerging artists at the Ackland! Join us on Thursday, April 30 from 5:30–7:30 p.m. for the public ope...
04/24/2026

🎓 Come see work by emerging artists at the Ackland! Join us on Thursday, April 30 from 5:30–7:30 p.m. for the public opening of "Ancestral Frequencies: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2026." Featuring art by Rojano Mohammadzadeh, CJ Murphy, Michelle Lisa Polissaint, Iris Moyan Wang, and Wendy Yamilett, the exhibition explores what happens when inherited identities no longer fit the conditions of the present. This year's exhibition is guest curated by Annah Lee, the cultural center manager for the Town of Holly Springs. FREE and no RSVP required! Learn more about the exhibition here 👉 https://loom.ly/KSiP5dU

👀 Have you visited Ackland Upstairs lately? Every semester, we collaborate with UNC-Chapel Hill faculty from diverse dis...
04/23/2026

👀 Have you visited Ackland Upstairs lately? Every semester, we collaborate with UNC-Chapel Hill faculty from diverse disciplines to create installations that support their courses. Because installations change every eight weeks, there's always something new to to discover! This spring, the Ackland supported installations for a wide range of courses, including English 149: Digital Composition and Art History 201: Making Material Histories. Stop by and see what's on view before the displays rotate again on May 10! Learn more about Ackland Upstairs here 👉 https://loom.ly/audTJz0

🌍 Happy ! We're celebrating our shared home with a landscape by Camille Pissarro, "The Banks of the Oise, Near Pontoise...
04/22/2026

🌍 Happy ! We're celebrating our shared home with a landscape by Camille Pissarro, "The Banks of the Oise, Near Pontoise" (1876), currently on view at the Ackland. Painted in the Impressionist style, the brushstrokes remain largely unblended, creating a sense of movement and shifting light. If you look closely, you'll notice a landscape in transition, as a quiet riverbank takes its first steps toward industrialization — workboats drift on the water as smokestacks rise in the distance. On Earth Day, works like this encourage us to reflect on how human activity affects the natural world. Stop by this week to take in this thought-provoking view for yourself!

In celebration of Arab American Heritage Month, we're spotlighting "We Will Control the Vertical" by artist Diana Al-Had...
04/15/2026

In celebration of Arab American Heritage Month, we're spotlighting "We Will Control the Vertical" by artist Diana Al-Hadid (), whose practice spans sculpture, wall reliefs, and works on paper. Born in Aleppo, Syria and raised in Ohio, Al-Hadid investigates the innate tension between mass and gravity, often creating what she describes as "something that seems improbable." In "We Will Control the Vertical," long paint drips in pastel and dark tones build an abstract, city-like skyline, sitting somewhere between construction and collapse. Learn more about Al-Hadid on her website 👉 https://loom.ly/RWh5PeI

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101 S Columbia Street
Chapel Hill, NC
27514

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Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

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