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Against Nature | Phaan Howng Gallery Exhibit

Date: Wed, Sep 16, 2026

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Venue: Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill

Price: Free

Category: Arts

In Against Nature, artist Phaan Howng positions an ornate botanical composition above wainscotting that suggests the architecture of a late nineteenth-century study or parlor. The paneling’s mint green tint evokes the green interior paints used in that period, achieved through harmful additions of arsenic. Above the wainscotting, painted vinyl banners depict a jungle of barely contained foliage with spikes and fronds of neon reds, electric oranges, cerulean blues, and bruised purples. Ackland Art museum hours: Mon-Tue Closed Wed - Sat 10am - 5pm Sun 1pm - 5pm 2nd Friday 10am - 9pm

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Against Nature | Phaan Howng Gallery Exhibit

When
This Wednesday
Wed, Sep 16, 2026
Where
Ackland Art Museum
Chapel Hill, NC
Ages
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Price
Free
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In Against Nature, artist Phaan Howng positions an ornate botanical composition above wainscotting that suggests the architecture of a late nineteenth-century study or parlor. The paneling’s mint green tint evokes the green interior paints used in that period, achieved through harmful additions of arsenic. Above the wainscotting, painted vinyl banners depict a jungle of barely contained foliage with spikes and fronds of neon reds, electric oranges, cerulean blues, and bruised purples. Ackland Art museum hours: Mon-Tue Closed Wed - Sat 10am - 5pm Sun 1pm - 5pm 2nd Friday 10am - 9pm

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Against Nature | Phaan Howng Gallery Exhibit runs Wed, Sep 16, 2026.

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Ackland Art Museum is at 101 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, Chapel Hill, NC. Open in Google Maps.

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