Weatherspoon Art Museum Uncg

Founded in 1941 The Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro has one of the foremost collections of modern and contemporary art in the Southeast. From its inception, the museum has focused on building a permanent collection that now numbers nearly 6,000 works.  The collection represents all major art movements from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Willem de Kooning, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Rauschenberg, John Marin, Alexander Calder, Robert Henri, Cindy Sherman, Sol Le Witt, Louise Nevelson, Eva Hesse, and Andy Warhol are just a few of the major artists represented. Other highlights include the Dillard Collection of Art on Paper; the Etta and Claribel Cone Collection, which includes prints and bronzes by Henri Matisse; and the Lenoir C. Wright Collection of Japanese Prints.