News Briefs: ART PAPERS’ Editor Victoria Camblin gets a fellowship, The High names Mark Bradford the recipient of the Driskell Prize and more

Victoria Camblin (Photo by Claire Shilland) Victoria Camblin, the editor and artistic director of the Atlanta-based magazine and contemporary art nonprofit AR...

ArtsATL staffFebruary 23, 2016

Preview: How Basquiat became hip-hop’s patron saint of art

Edo Bertoglio (Swiss, born 1951). Jean-Michel Basquiat on the set of Downtown 81, 1980–1981. 35mm slide. © New York Beat Films, LLC. Courtesy Maripol. By permi...

Christina LeeFebruary 22, 2016

News Briefs: The HIGH pays respects to Thornton Dial, AIA Atlanta names new Executive Director

Thornton Dial (American, 1928-2016), Green Pastures: The Birds That Didn't Learn How to Fly, 2008. Cloth rags, rubber-coated copper wire, wire, screws, and ena...

ArtsATL staffFebruary 4, 2016

News Briefs: ArtsATL’s grant from the Woodward Fund, Rapido! and more

The David, Helen and Marian Woodward Fund has committed to a $25,000 grant for ArtsATL to go towards its forthcoming website redesign and rebrand. This is the f...

ArtsATL staffJanuary 15, 2016

Preview: Is it a bird? A caterpillar? It’s a dress by bio/techno visionary Iris van Herpen, at the High

Iris van Herpen: Refinery Smoke, Dress, July 2008. Untreated woven metal gauze, cow leather, cotton. Groninger Museum. (Photo by Bart Oomes, No 6 Studios. © Ir...

Gail O'NeillNovember 6, 2015

Q&A: Curator Brett Abbott on acquisition of classic Brett Weston photos on view at High

Brett Weston: Dune, Oceano, 1934, vintage gelatin silver print. Weston is not an easy name to carry, especially if you are a photographer. Nevertheless, Brett...

Virginie KippelenJuly 30, 2015

News: High appoints Randall Suffolk as its new director.

Randall Suffolk is the new director of the High Museum. The High Museum of Art announced today that Randall Suffolk has been appointed Nancy and Holcombe T. G...

ArtsATL staffJuly 29, 2015

Review: High’s “This is Now” explores Alex Katz conundrum through lens of landscape

Alex Katz: Black Brook 11, 1990, oil on linen. Courtesy Peter Blum Gallery, New York. © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. American post-war painter Al...

Faith McClureJuly 24, 2015

Q&A: Alex Katz talks about a career on the leading edge, looking back at “This is Now”

Alex Katz: Reflection 7, 2008, oil on linen, 108 x 216 inches. Collection of the artist. (Photo by Paul Takeuchi. © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.) ...

Faith McClureJune 23, 2015

Last Chance: José Parlá, Fahamu Pecou shoulder Wifredo Lam’s mantle in High’s “Imagining New Worlds”

José Parlá's Segmented Realities, gallery view. (Photo by Mike Jensen) Curator Michael Rooks suggests a continuum of concerns in Imagining New Worlds, at the ...

Dinah McClintockMay 21, 2015