Hugo McCloud, push pull, 2019. Plastic merchandise bags on wood panel, 55 × 85 inches (139.7 × 215.9 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC. Gift of Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger, 2020.3.1. © Hugo McCloud. Courtesy of the artist and Sean Kelly, New York.
DURHAM, NC.- On August 28, 2025, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University will debut Everything Now All At Once, a visually striking exhibition drawn from its contemporary collection. Launching the museum’s 20th-anniversary celebrations, the show is both a reflection of the Nasher’s founding vision and an articulation of the museum’s evolving curatorial themes.
At the heart of the exhibition is the museum’s belief that artists are powerful generators of knowledge, community, and social change. Since opening in 2005, the Nasher has intentionally centered artists historically excluded from the mainstream canon—supporting them at critical moments, often when they are establishing new visual languages or taking creative leaps…