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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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Sheila Pree Bright connects movements of the past and present in #1960Now

Kelundra SmithOctober 11, 2018

When protests broke out in Ferguson, Missouri, after Mike Brown was shot by police officer Darren Wilson, Atlanta-based photographer Sheila Pree Bright says she...

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

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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Review: Civil Rights photos at the High convey the fire of resistance, past and present

Kelundra SmithNovember 28, 2017

“You can kill a man, but not an idea.” –Benazir Bhutto There is something inherent in the human spirit that pushes back against the word “no.” When Martin Luthe...

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Review: MOCA GA’s permanent collection shows us where we’ve been and where we’re going

Shantay RobinsonMay 3, 2017

The Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia (MOCA GA) resides in a bustling enclave of Buckhead in the Tula Art Center amidst several art galleries and art-based bus...

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Review: “What Is Near: Reflections On Home” proves to be a quietly disarming collection

Donna MintzFebruary 2, 2016

Sheila Pree Bright (American, born 1967), Untitled 13, from the Suburbia series, 2006, chromogenic print. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Sandra Anderson ...

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Review: Strong and subtle, “On Being Black” is a must-see, at Arnika Dawkins Gallery

Greg HeadNovember 4, 2015

Le'Andra LeSeur: Trayvon, 2015 On Being Black is an excellent multilayered and highly nuanced remix of an ongoing conversation in contemporary art about ident...

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Review: Sheila Pree Bright’s “1960Now” falls short as civil rights advocacy, at MOCA GA

Donna MintzOctober 13, 2015

Sheila Pree Bright's exhibition #1960now, installation view. Photographer Sheila Pree Bright describes 1960Now, her solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Ar...

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Preview: We help you plan your visit to Flux Night 2015 on Saturday

Rebecca Dimling CochranSeptember 28, 2015

The leaders of Flux Night are making some changes. After a year’s hiatus, the organizers will present -- 7 p.m.-midnight on November 7 -- an event that is muc...

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