Color Concentrated: A Salon-Style Show from the Robertson Collection
Date: Sat, Jan 31, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue: Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill
Price: Free
Category: Community
Color Concentrated offers a striking counterpoint to last year’s Robertson Collection exhibition, Color Triumphant. Where Color Triumphant was spacious and chronological, Color Concentrated condenses the same works of modern art into a single wall of color. The installation draws inspiration from the chance juxtapositions of paintings on museum storage racks, from the Robertsons’ own display of their collection at home, and from the crowded walls of nineteenth-century Parisian Salon exhibitions. In a dramatic new way, Color Concentrated highlights the Robertson Collection’s commitment to the expressive potential of hue. Born in Salisbury, North Carolina, Julian H. Robertson, Jr. (1932-2022) graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1955 and went on to become widely recognized as a pioneer in the hedge fund industry, with an impressive track record of performance and his legacy of mentorship in the field. With his wife Josephine (Josie) Tucker Robertson (1943-2010), he began collecting art in the 1980s and often lent works to the Ackland. Image credit: Vassily Kandinsky, Russian, 1866-1944, Study for Autumn Landscape with Boats (detail), 1908, oil on board, 12 ×15 3/8 inches (30.5 ×40 cm). Lent by the Robertson Foundation, in honor of Julian and Josie Robertson. This exhibition is made possible by the Robertson Foundation.