Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids
June 6, 2010 – September 19, 2010
This show features approximately 300 Polaroids and 70 gelatin silver black-and-white prints pooled from the many donated to the Weatherspoon Art Museum, the Nasher Museum of Art, and the Ackland Art Museum in 2008 More
Arnold Mesches: The FBI Files
June 19, 2010 – September 5, 2010The F.B.I. watched the artist Arnold Mesches for 27 years. From 1945 to 1972, they analyzed his political and social activities, and engaged friends, neighbors, and even a lover as informants, compiling a 760-page dossier on him. More
Hans Hofmann: Circa 1950
July 3, 2010 – October 17, 2010Hans Hofmann: Circa 1950 includes an extraordinary body of work created by the artist for the architect Josep Sert’s 1950 city plan for Chimbote, Peru, and two dozen other important works from that year. More
American Art: Circa 1950 - Selections from the Permanent Collection
August 14, 2010 – October 24, 2010In the years following World War II, many innovative American painters came to the fore, focusing attention away from the Paris-based art scene that had for so long held a position of authority and influence. More
Amy Cutler: Falk Visiting Artist
September 18, 2010 – December 12, 2010This exhibition includes a selection of gouache paintings and graphite drawings by New York based artist Amy Cutler. More
Works from the Rosenblum Collection: Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol
September 25, 2010 – January 9, 2011This exhibition features works by Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein that are currently on extended loan from the Jane and Robert Rosenblum Collection. More
Inquiring Eyes: Greensboro Collects Art
October 16, 2010 – December 12, 2010On a few prior occasions, the Weatherspoon Art Museum has held exhibitions of artworks privately owned in this community. More
Art on Paper 2010: The 41st Exhibition
November 7, 2010 – February 6, 2011"Art on Paper 2010" features regional, national and international artists who have produced significant works made on or of paper. More
Judy Pfaff: Falk Visiting Artist
January 8, 2011 – April 17, 2011Internationally renowned artist Judy Pfaff is one of the pioneers of installation art. She combines aspects of sculpture, painting, and architecture to form dynamic works that transcend aesthetic boundaries. More
Stacy Lynn Waddell: The Evidence of Things Unseen
January 23, 2011 – April 17, 2011“The Evidence of Things Unseen” showcases recent work by Chapel Hill artist Stacy Lynn Waddell in her first solo museum exhibition. More
Weatherspoon Art Museum: 70 Years of Collecting
February 5, 2011 – May 1, 2011“Weatherspoon Art Museum: 70 Years of Collecting” celebrates the Museum's 70th anniversary year with an exhibition featuring 100 highlights from its nationally recognized permanent collection. More
Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972-2009
May 28, 2011 – August 21, 2011This is the first major survey exhibition of paintings by the British-born, Yale-educated painter Rackstraw Downes (b. 1939), who divides his time between New York and Texas and has been painting exterior and interior panoramic scenes of the American land- and urbanscape for over thirty-five years. More
Persona: A Body in Parts
September 17, 2011 – December 11, 2011"Persona: A Body in Parts" explores alternate and multiple representations of the self in current visual art. Organized by Weatherspoon Curator of Exhibitions, Xandra Eden, the exhibition includes a striking selection of work by international artists who propose multiplicity as a new paradigm for performing... More
