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Whimsy of illustrator Maira Kalman comes to High Museum, Fay Gold

ARTS ATL StaffJune 19, 2019

Atlanta gets a double dose of illustrator and children’s book author Maira Kalman this week with new exhibitions opening at the High Museum of Art and Fay Gold ...

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Fay Gold, back in the gallery biz: “A day without art is a wasted day”

Gail O'NeillJune 17, 2019

Fay Gold is a pioneer and provocateur who shook up Atlanta’s cultural life by bringing contemporary art to the city as an educator, consultant and director of a...

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This week in street art: Follow us south of the BeltLine’s Eastside Trail

Kathy JanichJune 13, 2019

We return to the Atlanta BeltLine again this week to look at six murals south of the Eastside Trail between Irwin Street and Memorial Drive. All can be found on...

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Photographer Lucinda Bunnen invites you to walk in her woods

ARTS ATL StaffJune 12, 2019

Almost every day of the year, 88-year-old Lucinda Bunnen takes a rigorous walk with her beloved dogs through the woods at her Atlanta home. Friends often ask he...

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Fascinating “Framing Shadows” endeavors to uproot the mythology of black nannies

Gail O'NeillJune 10, 2019

Based on some of the most enduring depictions of female African American caregivers and white children in literature, popular culture and advertising, it appear...

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This week in street art: Step off the trail and see what you’ll discover

Kathy JanichJune 6, 2019

The Atlanta BeltLine is the largest outdoor art park in the Southeast, but if you're willing to stray from the path, you'll see some of the best murals in the c...

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Soprano Christine Goerke finds her voice, sings in the ASO’s season-ending Fidelio

Lauren LeathersJune 5, 2019

Artists sometimes talk about how “every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” Composing never came easy for Beethoven, who may have sacrificed his sa...

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Cullum’s June notebook: New faces, new places and the return of familiar names

Jerry CullumJune 5, 2019

New galleries -- commercial, nonprofit, DIY or pop-up hybrids -- have been emerging regularly the past few years, but there's been a significant upsurge lately ...

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An appreciation: Artist Ruth Laxson, 94

Jerry CullumJune 3, 2019

Painter and sculptor extraordinaire Ruth Laxson was known to the Atlanta art world for two reasons beyond her internationally collected artist’s books: for begi...

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Q&A: Abstraction is where beauty meets conflict, says artist Jamele Wright Sr.

TK SmithJune 3, 2019

Jamele Wright Sr. is a son of America’s Great Migration in the 20th century, coming of age in both the South and the North. In Atlanta, where he settled, he’s m...

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