Art, Art History & Visual Studies Events

Nemerov Poster

“Summoning Pearl Harbor”

How do words make the past appear? In what way does the historian summon bygone events? What is this kind of remembering, and for whom do we recall the dead? …

April 2025


Four vibrant and colorful photos by four students enrolled in documentary studies courses

CDS Spring Celebration

Join Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) for a celebration and showcase of emerging documentary work. Everyone is welcome – students, faculty, staff and community members. View exhibitions of CDS …

Archived Events

Flyer for reception with title of show and three images of works in the show featuring the heads of males

“Jamaican Mascs” Closing Reception

February 28, 2025

Join us for the closing reception of “Jamaican Mascs,” an exhibition of documentary portraits and mixed-media collages that contest any singular representation of Jamaican masculinity. Curated by Jazmin Maço, this …

Duke in L.A. Spring 2026 - Info Session

Duke in L.A. Study Away Info Session

February 27, 2025

Come learn about Duke in L.A.! The Duke in L.A. experience includes two seminars taught by Duke faculty, a student-selected course at the University of Southern California and a practicum …

Kruger Poster

“Environmental Art”

January 28, 2025

Durham-based international fiber artist Deborah Kruger will screen her documentary and then share a portfolio of her latest artwork that are currently on view at the Block Gallery in Raleigh, …

Down South Dirt: Lecture and Reception

Down South Dirt: Lecture and Reception

October 23, 2024

In this opening public event of the 2024-25 Keohane Professorship, interdisciplinary artist and scholar Ashon Crawley will present on the relation of dirt and soil to the making of Black life, and how degrading the earth is part of the attempt to unmake Black possibility.

Grubb Poster

“GLORY BE THE QUEERS”

September 26, 2024

Following an autobiographical trajectory, the talk examines a cumulative body of work which challenges the bounds of a medium deeply rooted in tradition through the visual study and application of …