Southern Grammar at Ella West Gallery, Durham
Merin McDivitt reviews Southern Grammar, an exhibition exploring the Black Southern experience in the work of three contemporary artists at Ella West Gallery, Durham.
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“Everybody else is dead. She’s still here.”: The Unrelenting Joy of Maya Freelon’s Time-Bending Installations
Courtney Napier profiles Durham artist Maya Freelon, who highlights Black family stories, resilience, and the colors and textures of her African American heritage, drawing viewers into the vast Black imagination.
Processing Systems: Numbers by Sherrill Roland at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham
Colony Little reviews how Processing Systems: Numbers by Sherrill Roland, the artist’s latest exhibition, offers a unique take on portraiture and compels viewers to crack the code at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham.
By dawn’s early light at The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham
Courtney Napier reviews the importance of constitution and truth to American life found in By dawn’s early light at The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham.
Unworded bird, don’t come near my window
In the spirit of our Camouflage theme series, Laurel V. McLaughlin presents the work of Mel Chin in conversation with the language of birds.
tangle of twilight
Spirit in the Land
Nasher Museum of Art
In a new poem, Durham-based poet Destiny Hemphill looks beneath the surface of Wangechi Mutu’s Subterranea Flourish, featured in the Nasher Museum of Art’s exhibition, Spirit in the Land.
Earth Day 2022
Burnaway staff celebrates the month of April with a list of our favorite organizations, BA stories, albums, artists, films, books, and events for Earth Day.
January 19, 2022
Burnaway’s monthly news roundup includes an upcoming exhibition at the Georgia Museum honoring Lou Stovall, a new Wangechi Mutu installation at the Nasher Museum, and grant awardee announcements.
Golden Years: In Conversation with Stacy Lynn Waddell
Carolinas editor Susan Lee Mackey visits the studio of artist Stacy Lynn Waddell to discuss her new work now on view in New York City.
