Stoltz: “…we believe in the power of the arts…’

RALEIGH, NC (PNAN) – The North Carolina Museum of Art will open its newly reimagined collection galleries alongside 2022 special exhibition A Modern Vision: European Masterworks from The Phillips Collection with an array of free related events.

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Dancers at the Barre, circa 1900, oil on canvas, 51 1/4 × 38 1/2 in., The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, Acquired 1944.

The celebrations will begin on Friday, October 7, with the Museum welcoming community members to its free Saturday ReMixed Block Party, including artist-led gallery tours, family activities, music, dance and poetry in the galleries, Monster Drawing Rally and the Music at the Museum Festival presented with Come Hear NC.

On Saturday, October 8, the exhibition opens alongside the historic reinstallation of the People’s Collection, which showcases extraordinary paintings by titans of impressionism, postimpressionism, expressionism and cubism. The Phillips Collection features more than 50 paintings by iconic artists including Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet and Paul Cézanne for their depictions of light, color and modern life.

On Sunday, October 9, the galleries will be filled with jazz music, dance performances and new works by artists Stacey Kirby, Elizabeth Alexander and JP Jermaine Powell, as well as a free lecture featuring collection artists Leonardo Drew and Ursula von Rydingsvard.

“At Bank of America, we believe in the power of the arts to help economies thrive, educate and enrich societies, and create greater cultural understanding,” said Kari Stoltz, President, Bank of America of the Triangle.

On view through January 22, 2023, the full list of programming at: ncartmuseum.org/peoplescollection and ncartmuseum.org/modernvision.

Hank Willis Thomas, Black Power, 2005, LightJet print, 25 × 40 in., Collection of Hedy Fischer and Randy Shull; © 2022 Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

     Editors’s Note: A Modern Vision joins two other special exhibitions on view this fall, Start Talking: Fischer/Shull Collection of Contemporary Art, open Saturday, September 17, 2022 to February 5, 2023, and Powers Concealed: Egúngúns from Africa and America, on view Saturday, October 15, 2022 to February 26, 2023.

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