by Jessie Tang on February 20, 2009
A moment of silence for the abrupt closing of popular downtown art space Branch Gallery, which has announced its close at the end of February.
As their five-year lease comes to an end, the venue has decided to bring the gallery to a close sooner than expected (owners Chloe Seymore and Teka Selman were originally planning [...]
by Andrew Hibbard on January 15, 2009
With the Nasher’s “Escultura Social” opening today, the Durham art world will be turning its focus to Mexico City. Anyone whose appetite is not sated by the Nasher need only wait one day for Branch Gallery’s latest exhibition.
Pedro Lasch’s “Latino/a America: The New York & North Carolina Suites” and “If Only to Wake My Neighbors [...]
by Andrew Hibbard on January 4, 2009
Raleigh’s News & Observer ran a couple stories in today’s paper expanding on some things we’ve been covering on our blog. First, they posted a brief story about Harrison Haynes and Casey Cook’s drum performance “LRLL RLRR” that included a video.
They also have an interesting profile of the man behind the forthcoming Full Steam Brewery, [...]
by Andrew Hibbard on December 20, 2008
As mentioned earlier, Harrison Haynes and Casey Cook took to the street-front windows of Branch Gallery Outpost to perform “LRLL RLRR” for two hours Friday night. The event served as a sort-of capstone to Cook’s Boom Boom Crash, which closes tonight.
The performance drew attention to a lot of aspects of drumming that usually go unnoticed, accomplishing [...]
by Andrew Hibbard on December 17, 2008
Lots of news about Durham’s celebrated Branch Gallery. First, Branch Outpost, a satellite space located at 111 Orange Street in Durham, now has a blog.
The blog’s first post concerns an exciting event announcement featuring Casey Cook, the artist behind Branch’s current exhibition “Boom Boom Crash,” and Branch co-founder and Les Savy Fav drummer Harrison Haynes. The [...]
by Baishi Wu on November 13, 2008
Photo courtesy Diana Liu.
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