Ackland Art Elsewhere

Ackland Exchange

A man wearing a large hat sitting on a horse that's being led by a man in a turban

In fall 2020, the Ackland launched the Ackland Exchange initiative to re-energize and expand our long tradition of service to UNC System campuses. The initiative began with a focus on sharing exhibitions — and the expertise to design, install, interpret, and promote them — with traditionally-minority-serving campuses across North Carolina. Ackland Exchange aims to place the visual arts at the heart of the academic enterprise. Ackland Exchange is made possible by James Keith (JK) Brown and Eric G. Diefenbach. Learn more about the Ackland Exchange initiative here.

Works on Campus

Large metal sculpture outside

Located at the entrance to UNC Hospitals

Allan C. Houser, American, Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994, Next Generation II, 1989, bronze, 61 x 92 x 74 in. (154.9 x 233.7 x 188 cm). Gift of Hugh A. McAllister Jr., MD ’66 in honor of his father Hugh A. McAllister Sr., MD ’35, 2012.3.

Metal bench in the shape of a knot

Located at the front of the Genetic Medicine Research Building

Kim Hamisky, French, born in Vietnam, 1943-2002, The Knot (Le Noeud), 1992, bronze, 38 x 156 x 38 in. (96.5 x 396.2 x 96.5 cm). Gift of Hugh A. McAllister, Jr., MD. ’66, 2016.31.

Works on Loan

Sculpture of Emperor Commodos

Belmont Mansion, Belmont University, TN

Unidentified artist, American, Emperor Commodus (Copy of An Ancient Roman Bust in the Capitoline Museum) (detail), mid-19th century, marble, 24 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. William Hayes Ackland Estate Collection, 58.9.2.

Sculpture of Emperor Hadrian

Belmont Mansion, Belmont University, TN

Unidentified artist, American, Emperor Hadrian (Copy of An Ancient Roman Bust in the Capitoline Museum) (detail), mid-19th century, marble, 21 9/16 x 24 1/2 x 14 in. William Hayes Ackland Estate Collection, 58.9.3.