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  1. BOY | Scott Avett

    Jun 26 · 10:00 AM to Aug 1 · 5:00 PM · SOCO Gallery · Free

    A solo exhibition of new paintings and screen prints by artist Scott Avett exploring questions of humility, canonization, wit, and success.

  2. Line Work

    Jun 26 · 10:00 AM to Jul 12 · 5:00 PM · Ramble On Records · Free

    Contemporary art portraits from artist Aba Hutchinson

  3. Brick Masters Studio

    Jun 26 · 10:00 AM to Sep 7 · 5:00 PM · Discovery Place Science · Free

    Brick Masters Studio features over 100 sculptures built with over 2 million LEGO® pieces.

  4. Collection, Reframed: Jiha Moon

    Jun 26 · 10:00 AM to Nov 9 · 5:00 PM · The Bechtler · Free

    An annual summer exhibition series that invites contemporary artists to engage with the Museum’s permanent collection, creating new dialogues between past and present.

  5. David McGee: The Griot and the Nightingale

    Jun 26 · 10:00 AM to Aug 23 · 5:00 PM · The Bechtler · Free

    Spanning three decades, David McGee: The Griot and the Nightingale brings together over 100 paintings and drawings that trace the artist’s career from the 1990s to the present.

  6. Caravaggio | Revolution: Baroque Masterpieces

    Jun 26 · 10:00 AM to Oct 25 · 5:00 PM · Mint Museum Uptown · Free

    The first exhibition in North Carolina in a century to shine a light on how Caravaggio's radical realism transformed not only painting, but the very language of modern film, photography, and popular culture.

  7. Guilding the Mint: Transformation

    Jun 26 · 10:00 AM to Aug 23 · 5:00 PM · Mint Museum Uptown · Free

    Exploring the quiet and continual process of change—through light, growth, perspective, and renewal.

  8. Recent Acquisitions

    Jun 26 · 10:00 AM to Jul 19 · 5:00 PM · Mint Museum Uptown · Free

    In Recent Acquisitions, on view in the Gorelick Gallery at Mint Museum Uptown, the museum presents works of art acquired over the past 12 months.

  9. What do we have here?

    Jun 26 · 10:00 AM to Aug 23 · 5:00 PM · Mint Museum Uptown · Free

    Charlotte-based artist Kirk Fanelly offers 21st century surrealism: recognizable settings where something is awry.

  10. Beyond Boundaries: Black Abstraction

    Jun 26 · 10:00 AM to Aug 30 · 5:00 PM · Harvey B Gantt Center · Free

    Beyond Boundaries foregrounds the centrality of Black abstraction within the Elliot and Kimberly Perry Art Collection.

  11. Recent Acquisitions: UNC Charlotte Art Collection

    Jun 26 · 10:00 AM to Sep 4 · 5:00 PM · Projective Eye Gallery at UNCC · Free

    A diverse exhibition of artists exploring the psychological effects of miniature and monumental artworks on participants.

  12. Counterweight

    Jun 26 · 10:00 AM to Jul 16 · 5:00 PM · Arcadia Art Consultancy · Free

    Kimberly English mediates the logic of the loom, textile histories, and human labor to create compositions of a careful balance.