The artist, who once played professional football, captured the anatomical and experiential details of bodies in motion in an expansive survey at Ortuzar Projects.

Duke turned to Barnes as a native son of Durham in 1986 when it commissioned a painting in recognition of the basketball team’s first Final Four trip under coach Mike Krzyzewski.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) At heart, Ernie Barnes the professional football player was always Ernie Barnes the artist.

The record-breaking sale of the Ernie Barnes painting The Sugar Shack placed the iconic painting in the spotlight, capitalizing on both its pop culture roots but also a desire by many to make the ...