“Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush“ opened this week at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke Universityto a crowd of art lovers, museum enthusiasts and the artist’s family and friends. The collection of approximately 30 paintings, watercolors and collages spans 10 years of the Chicago-born artist’s work, and embraces themes of race, gender, politics and pop culture through vivid, large-scale productions. The exhibition remains on view until July 16.
Nina Chanel Abney and her mother, Karla Abney-Brooks.
Museum Director Sarah Schroth and Curator Marshall Price introduce the exhibit.
Durham Magazine’s Sarah Arneson and David Arneson of Center Studio Architecture.
Karl Bates, Rachel Goodwin and Suzanne Bates.
Center Studio’s Scott Harmon, Sandi Haynes of Phillips Oppenheim & Nasher Chief Curator Trevor Schoonmaker.
Beyu Caffe’s Angel Dozier, Valencia Abbott, Kyle Adams and the Art of Cool Project’s Cicely Mitchell.
Janie Booth, Christy Kuesel, Adair Jones and Brittany Halberstadt.
