A Surrealist painting sold for more than $1.2 million Thursday night – 10 times its presale estimate – and is now headed to Charlotte’s Mint Museum, purchased with money from a donor the ...

Charlotte’s Mint Museum has added a painting by the artist of President Barack Obama’s portrait as it works to expand its collection of cultural and diverse representation. The museum said ...

CHARLOTTE — An iconic painting is now on display at the Mint Museum in Uptown Charlotte. Ernie Barnes’ masterpiece, “The Sugar Shack” is on loan through June 30. This is the first time a ...

The three pieces in Charlotte reflect the American experience ... senior curator of American Art at The Mint Museum said. Works of art on loan will travel to other partner museums in Alaska ...

Durham native Ernie Barnes' masterpiece "The Sugar Shack" is now on display at the Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte. The iconic painting depicts a lively night at a black music hall in mid-century ...

That we can still live.” Cicely Hill stands next to "The Sugar Shack" painting at The Mint Museum in uptown Charlotte. A few details immediately stand out in the dazzling painting: The woman in ...

The Charlotte Mint was one of the first branches of the ... In 1936 it became the first art museum in the state. Cheryl Palmer talked about the history of gold production in North Carolina and ...

Art, the Panama Canal and the Charlotte economy intersected at the Mint Museum Uptown on Wednesday night. The museum’s exhibit featuring paintings of the canal’s construction 100 years ago ...