Michael Rooks Archives

Year in Review: Art became more political and reflective, with a nod to Rauschenberg, in Atlanta in 2017

Review: Al Taylor’s work at the High reveals the humor and spirituality of an unsung artist

News: High Museum acquires Kara Walker’s “The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin”

A conversation with Kirstin Mitchell, the artist formerly known as Kiki Blood

News: Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms coming to the High Museum in 2018

A conversation with Mark Bradford, the 2016 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize

Preview: Alejandro Aguilera’s “Seriously Funny” offers sincere – never ironic – retorts

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

Review: “Sprawl! Drawing Outside the Lines” welcomes ATL artists into High’s permanent collection

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

Deanna SirlinDecember 27, 2017

The late Robert Rauschenberg, who said his aim was "to act in the gap between art and life,” seemed to be the spirit behind many of the visual art exhibitions i...

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Catherine FoxNovember 28, 2017

Making the acquaintance of an undersung artist is always a pleasure. Viewers now have that opportunity at the High Museum, where Al Taylor, What Are You Looking...

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Laura RelyeaJune 26, 2017

Kara Walker’s The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin (2015) has been acquired by the High Museum of Art. This is the first major work by Walker acquired by the museum, a massive cut-paper work....

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Anna Nelson-DanielMarch 1, 2017

ArtsATL contributor Anna Nelson-Daniel speaks with the artist about her transformation and creative process....

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ARTS ATL StaffFebruary 28, 2017

“It is an enormous privilege to present this foundational work by Kusama," said Michael Rooks, the High’s Wieland Family curator of modern and contemporary art....

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Faith McClureApril 25, 2016

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Gail O'NeillMarch 7, 2016

Narcissus (Selfie), 2015. Ink, crayon, 15" x 20", Image courtesy artist. Like the soundtrack that quietly infuses his Southwest Atlanta studio, Alejandro Agui...

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Christina LeeFebruary 22, 2016

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...

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Catherine FoxAugust 6, 2015

Joe Tsambiras: Study for Children of Alice II, 2015, graphite on paper. Sprawl! Drawing Outside the Lines is an apt name for the exhibition that has taken ove...

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Faith McClureJuly 24, 2015

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...

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