I forget what exhibit led us to pick the Nasher Museum for a recent date. As usual we had a great time; it’s smaller than the NC Museum of Art but still cool.
Death Wish by Walter Quirt
Kenny Rivero’s “Self Portrait With Atom.”
Barkley Hendricks’ “Take All the Time You Need”
Damian Stamer’s “Playhouse.”
Helen Lunderberg’s “Persephone Returns.”
I didn’t get the artist credits for this one but I think it’s cool. Though marred by reflections in glass.
Recently TYG and I went to the local Ackland Museum as we do every so often. One of their exhibits was a wall of color, a collection of bright paintings on one wall. I think they set it up well.
Here’s a modern piece of pottery in the design of an old Greek vase.
Here’s some random art
We had to leave the car at the top of the parking garage, which was full for some college event. Can’t beat the view, though.
All rights to art images remain with current holders.
On one of our late-2025 dates, TYG and I once again attended the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle’s fund-raiser dinner. Good music, good, food, and Whitehall Antiques is an interesting place to wander through.
Hope the pretties give you a nice start to the day.
Earlier this month, TYG and I took in an exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Art on “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt.” The story of Esther, who saves her people from a Royal pogrom launched by a vindictive official (which is what Judaism celebrates at Purim), was immensely popular in 1600s Netherlands. There were a lot of Jews who’d emigrated there for a relatively high religious tolerance, and many of the Dutch identified with Esther as a symbol for their own fight for freedom from the papacy. It’s typical of the kind of cool niche exhibits we get at local museums.
There were Esther scrolls from Jewish communities —
— a cast list for a stage version of the story —
— and names from a lottery drawing, one of the ways poorer Jewish families raised money for dowries.
And, of course, art. The two paintings directly below are Rembrandts.
And some modern art, such as this painting by Fred Wilson comparing Esther to Harriet Tubman.
We had limited time but we did check out some of the other exhibits including a display of North Carolina photography. The second photo below is of a covered, unused swimming pool.
