Close Looks
At the Ackland, where we encourage our visitors to look close and think far, we often start conversations about art and its meanings by asking “what do you see?” With each work of art selected here for Close Looks, asking “what do you see?” — or “what do you see?” becomes the starting point for commentary from our colleagues and our communities, for conversations in our lively public programs, and for consideration of contexts through additional learning resources. Everyone may begin at the same place, but there are multiple routes and many destinations. By amplifying a multitude of voices from a plurality of lived perspectives, we hope these art-based conversations spark insights into ourselves and each other.
Scroll down to see the individual works of art or explore by the themes below.