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Art + Design Best Bets: April 23–29, 2019

Kathy JanichApril 23, 2019

Every Tuesday, we give you our top picks for the week, from installations and sculptures to paintings, drawings, street art, photography, artist talks, openings...

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In Variation, contemporary artist Deanna Sirlin again displays her mastery of color

Rebecca BrantleyFebruary 28, 2019

Deanna Sirlin’s Variation, an exhibition of 16 new works at Alpharetta Arts Center, is a riot of color and light. The exhibition, on view through April 26, i...

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Art + Design Best Bets: February 26–March 4

Kathy JanichFebruary 26, 2019

Every Tuesday, we give you our top picks for the week, from installations and sculptures to paintings, drawings, street art, photography, videos and more. Open...

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[In]visible man, Fahamu Pecou and the poetics of power

Deanna SirlinFebruary 6, 2019

Poet Opal Moore and I recently visited the Fahamu Pecou exhibition, DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, Resistance, at Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum. The s...

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Year in Review: Our critics look back at the year in Art + Design

ARTS ATL StaffDecember 28, 2018

This was a remarkable year on the Atlanta art scene. From a total rethink of the High Museum’s permanent collection to the scrappy, ever-evolving Eyedrum celebr...

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Outside Kusama’s Infinity Rooms, her mesmerizing drawings quietly steal the show

Deanna SirlinNovember 28, 2018

Yayoi Kusama was investigating infinity long before she created the mirrored room installations currently on view at the High Museum. The real showstoppers of t...

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Four women artists prepare a new vision for Flux Night in Grant Park

Deanna SirlinSeptember 24, 2018

This weekend, four artists -- all Atlanta-based women -- will unveil a new vision for one of the city’s most popular art events, Flux Night. Rachel K. Garceau, ...

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Photos: Deanna Sirlin prepares for Gallery 72

Andrew Alexander and Karley SullivanAugust 14, 2018

“It’s really about painting” may be an odd thing for a painter to say about her work, but Deanna Sirlin often finds herself compelled to repeat it. The Atlanta-...

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The week’s best bets: Deanna Sirlin at Gallery 72 and Sutton Foster at City Springs

Andrew AlexanderAugust 13, 2018

MUSIC Sutton Foster. The Tony-winning Broadway star returns to her native Georgia to perform at the new Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center at City Springs. Au...

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Review: Tomashi Jackson prays for Atlanta transit in “Interstate Love Song”

Deanna SirlinFebruary 12, 2018

Massachusetts-based artist Tomashi Jackson's research in the Atlanta area has led her to tackle the issue of public transportation -- or the lack of it -- as it...

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