To the Hoop explores these myriad facets of basketball’s intersection with contemporary art and culture and offers an opportunity to consider the world in which we live through the overlapping lenses of sport and art.

Beginning with the sisters Claribel and Etta Cone’s 1950 donation of art, the Cone family has provided crucial support over many years to the Weatherspoon Art Museum.

Featuring artworks that highlight bold color, non-illusionistic space, and hard-edged geometric compositions.

These works draw from the museum's collection explore familial relationships, be they between mother and child or self-identified families, and less fixed, but equally important ties—to lovers, friends, and even objects.

Slow Looking/Deep Seeing features a variety of objects, both modern and contemporary, and is divided into three sections to facilitate immersed viewing.