Piedmont Arts Takes Bus Trip to NCMA for Friday Kahlo, Scott Avett Exhibits

FRIDA KAHLO, DIEGO ON MY MIND, 1943, OIL ON MASONITE, 29 7/8 X 24 IN., THE JACQUES AND NATASHA GELMAN COLLECTION OF 20TH CENTURY MEXICAN ART, THE VERGEL FOUNDATION, CONACULTA/INBA, © 2018 BANCO DE MÉXICO DIEGO RIVERA FRIDA KAHLO MUSEUMS TRUST, MEXICO, D.F. / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK

Take a bus trip from Piedmont Arts to the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) in Raleigh to view the exhibits, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection and Scott Avett: I N V I S I B L E on Thursday, January 9, 2020.

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection presents the paintings of two icons of the 20th century. Few artists have captured the public's imagination with the force of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–54) and her husband, the Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera (1886–1957). The myths that surrounded them in their lifetime arose not only from their significant bodies of work, but also from their friendships (and conflicts) with leading political figures and their passionate, tempestuous personal relationships.

Scott Avett: I N V I S I B L E features large-scale oil paintings by the internationally recognized co-founder of the band, The Avett Brothers. These are psychologically charged and emotionally intense portraits focused on his family and himself—often intimate, vulnerable and sometimes uncomfortably truthful portrayals. Like his songs, Avett’s paintings speak to universal issues of spirituality and struggle, love and loss, heartache and joy, as well as more personal stories of career, family and living in the South. The exhibition also includes prints and paintings related to Avett’s musical career.

Bus will leave Piedmont Arts at 8 am and arrive at North Carolina Museum of Art at 10 am. Take a self-guided tour of the exhibits until 11:45 am. Enjoy a reserved lunch at 12 pm at Iris Restaurant inside NCMA. Estimated arrival back at Piedmont Arts is 3:30 pm.

Tickets are $70 per person and include transportation, admission and reserved lunch. Tickets are on sale now at Piedmont Arts and online here.