Art and Literature at the Ackland Museum: Triple Take & All the Beauty in the World
May 2 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
$40
in collaboration with the Ackland Art Museum
Join Melissa Faliveno (UNC English and Comparative Literature) and Lauren Turner (Ackland Associate Curator of Contemporary Art and Special Projects) for a lively discussion of All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me (Patrick Bringley, 2023) in the context of the Ackland’s current exhibit: Triple Take: Dialogues with the Terra Collection–in–Residence. Participants will receive a copy of the book in advance of the event.
Space is limited, so sign up early to reserve your spot!
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
The Ackland is fortunate to have American paintings on long-term loan from the Terra Foundation for American Art. These paintings are the centerpieces of the three sections of Triple Take: Dialogues with the Terra Collection-in-Residence. Each section of about twenty objects has different curators, who have gathered works from the Ackland that connect in often unexpected ways with the Terra Foundation loans.
Cumulatively, Triple Take invites the visitor to experience the Terra Foundation loans in a new way. The three contrasting curatorial approaches show how the Ackland’s rich and deep collection can create a space for reinterpreting works of art.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Named one of the best books of the year by the New York Public Library, the Financial Times, the New York Post, Book Riot, and the Sunday Times (London).
An “exquisite” (The Washington Post) “hauntingly beautiful” (Associated Press) portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard.
Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They’re the guards who roam unobtrusively in dark blue suits, keeping a watchful eye on the two million square foot treasure house. Caught up in his glamourous fledgling career at The New Yorker, Patrick Bringley never thought that he’d be one of them. Then his older brother was diagnosed with fatal cancer and he found himself needing to escape the mundane clamor of daily life. So, he quit The New Yorker and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew.
DETAILS
DATE & TIME: Friday, May 2, 2025 | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
COST: $40, includes a copy of the book
LOCATION: Ackland Art Museum
Light refreshments will be served. Register Here
