Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention

  • Dates: April 12, 2025 - August 10, 2025
  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Venue: North Carolina Museum of Art
  • Location: West Raleigh
  • Address: 2110 Blue Ridge Rd., Raleigh, NC 27607
  • Phone: 919.839.6262
  • Times: 10am-5pm
  • Admission: Tickets at the museum

About

By Hartigan’s side were New York poets Daisy Aldan, Barbara Guest, James Merrill, Frank O’Hara, and James Schuyler, among others. Their bold lyricism and critical support deeply inspired Hartigan, playing a crucial role in her success. She later recalled that the rebellious spirit of these poets, many of whom were queer, fueled her independent artistic vision of the time.

Making its debut at the NCMA, Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention brings together over 40 of her works created between 1952 and 1968, revealing the profound influence of mid-20th-century American poetry on this seminal artist. The first major exhibition devoted to Hartigan in over two decades, it is loosely organized by theme and includes artworks influenced by poets and poetry, as well as works for which poets served as patrons or critical advocates.