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With High at the wheel, Backroads becomes ride into history, whimsy

Shelley DanzyMarch 18, 2019

The adventure in the High Museum’s Way Out There: The Art of Southern Backroads begins with the late American poet Jonathan Williams, his final unpublished manu...

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Andy Ditzler returns to the High with Film Love’s Civil Rights on Film

Steve MurrayMarch 11, 2019

For the latest program in his ongoing High Museum retrospective, Film Love curator Andy Ditzler chose three works from a 2009 four-part series that represent a ...

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Cullum’s March Notebook: Nature, art collude in shows all over town

Jerry CullumMarch 8, 2019

The birth bicentenary of British art critic John Ruskin (1819–1900) reminds me of his thoroughly debatable -- most would say outdated -- belief that increasing ...

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News: African American scholar Huey Copeland wins High’s 2019 Driskell Prize

ARTS ATL StaffFebruary 5, 2019

The High Museum of Art announced Monday that scholar Huey Copeland is the 2019 winner of the David C. Driskell Prize, given annually for contributions to Africa...

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Film Love brings the cinematic work of Joseph Cornell to the High Museum

Steve MurrayJanuary 16, 2019

After 16 years of popping up -- and delighting, challenging and informing Atlantans -- in different venues around the city, Film Love begins its five-month resi...

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What to see, hear and do this week, January 14–20

Lauren LeathersJanuary 14, 2019

ArtsATL calendar editor Lauren Leathers’ weekly roundup of arts events happening around the city. ART + DESIGN Dandy Lion: (Re) Articulating Black Masculine...

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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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Spelman undergraduate Kéla Jackson tells a story of the African diaspora at the High

Gail O'NeillDecember 20, 2018

Despite the relatively small footprint of Diasporic Connections, currently on view at the High Museum, the exhibition tells a big story about the transatlantic ...

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News: High Museum to host masterpieces from the Phillips Collection

ARTS ATL StaffDecember 14, 2018

The High Museum of Art will host the touring exhibition European Masterworks: The Phillips Collection from April 6 through July 14, 2019. The exhibition compris...

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High Museum teams up with Film Love to showcase Kusama films

Curt HolmanDecember 11, 2018

For almost 16 years, Film Love curator Andy Ditzler has worked to preserve an adoration of film through an increasingly digital age. “I wanted to access film...

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