I live in a great spot for art.

In addition to being less than an hour from the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, we are an easy drive to some other places that have impressive collections. The Virginia Museum of Fine Art in Richmond is worth an overnight visit, imo. The Taubman Museum in Roanoke has good stuff, too.

The university collections that we think are worth seeing (and are within an hour’s drive) are The Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC-G, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and Gregg Museum of Art & Design at NC State University. The Gregg is the smallest. But, it has had some excellent exhibitions. The Weatherspoon inherited a lovely collection of work from the Cone sisters.

Winston Salem is an hour west of us and has Reynolda House and the South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art. Both of these have held exhibitions that have knocked our socks off.