The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl
Nasher Museum of Art
Sept. 2 – Feb. 6, 2011
A groundbreaking exhibition that explores the culture of vinyl records through 50 years of contemporary art will open Sept. 2 at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

“The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl” features work by 41 artists from around the world, from the 1960s to the present, who use vinyl records as subject or medium. The exhibition includes sound work, sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, photography, video and performance.

Contemporary British Studio Ceramics: The Grainer Collection
Mint Museum of Art
October 1, 2010 – March 13, 2011
Drawn from the collection of Diane and Marc Grainer of suburban Washington, D.C., this exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of Contemporary British Studio Ceramics in the United States and Great Britain. Comprised of functional and sculptural objects made between the 1980s and 2009, the show features work by 100 artists either born or residing in Great Britain, including established “contemporary classics” like Lucie Rie and cutting-edge ceramicists such as Julian Stair, Kate Malone, Neil Brownsword, and Grayson Perry.

New Visions: Contemporary Masterworks from the Bank of America Collection
Mint Museum
October 1, 2010 – April 17, 2011
The Mint Museum and Bank of America will collaborate to present an exhibition comprising over 60 works from the bank’s Art Collection. Widely regarded as one of the world’s finest corporate art collections, the Bank of America Collection is noted for its high quality, stylistic diversity, historical depth and attention to regional identity.

The Mint Museum announced today the appointment of Kathleen V. Jameson, Ph.D., as its new Executive Director, following an extensive national search supported by Management Consultants for the Arts and a Board of Trustees search committee. Jameson succeeds Phil Kline, who will remain at the Museum as its President & CEO until his retirement on December 31. Jameson has served as Assistant Director, Programming, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, since 2008 and will assume her new position at the Mint on July 15, 2010.

Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids
Nasher Museum of Art
November 12, 2009 – February 21, 2010
“Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids” provides insight into the artist who sought to capture the world like a camera. The exhibition includes about 250 Polaroids and 70 silver gelatin black-and-white prints taken by Warhol from 1970 to 1987, many of them on public view for the first time.
“Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids” reveals an important dimension of Warhol’s process in creating his famous large-scale portraits. Although his Polaroids served as aids for painting portraits, in and of …