A version of the following article appeared in the August 21, 2026, edition of The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with local business-y news and insights for Charlotte, N.C.
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For only the second time in its 16-year history, Bechtler Museum buys a painting for its permanent collection
by Ashley Fahey
On Sunday, the “David McGee: The Griot and the Nightingale” exhibition at The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art will close — but one painting will stay at the uptown museum as part of its permanent collection.
This week, the museum’s board approved the purchase of “Drum Call” (2025), one of artist David McGee’s watercolor paintings. It’s only the second time in the museum’s 16-year history that The Bechtler has purchased a painting — the first was “Untitled” (2019), an abstract painting by Clare Rojas that the museum bought last year.
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