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High Museum of Art

The High Museum of Art, founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, is the leading art museum in the Southeastern United States. With over 11,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High Museum of Art has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American art; significant holdings of European paintings and decorative art; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art. The High is also dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists and is distinguished as the only major museum in North America to have a curatorial department specifically devoted to the field of folk and self-taught art. The High's Media Arts department produces acclaimed annual film series and festivals of foreign, independent and classic cinema.

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  • Renzo Piano: A New High In Atlanta

    Tue, Nov 15, 2005
    Architect Renzo Piano speaks about the three new buildings he designed which more than double the Museum's size to 312,000 square feet. Piano's work is allowing the High to display more of its growing collection, increase educational and exhibition programs, and offer new visitor amenities to address the needs of larger and more diverse audiences.
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  • Gallery of the Louvre

    Thu, Dec 7, 2006
    Akela Reason discusses *Masterpiece of the Month* talks by Samuel F. B. Morse.
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  • Castiglione: Art of Being a Renaissance Man

    Thu, Jan 11, 2007
    Baldassare Castiglione, a literary genius, astute diplomat, and military captain defined the term 'Renaissance Man'. Through his best selling *Book of the Courtier*, he taught countless generations of European aristocrats how to be cool, calm, and collected. Syracuse University Professor and Italian art expert Gary Radke discusses Castiglione, his masterful portrait by Raphael, and the world in which they both lived.
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  • Harlem Renaissance and Paris

    Sat, Feb 17, 2007
    Dr. Richard A. Long speaks about the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, which has been the subject of much discussion and reflection over the past three decades. One of the most important aspects of the Harlem Renaissance was the connection to Paris, France. Many of its prominent figures, including Alain Locke, Langston Hughes, and Claude McKay were connected to Paris in various ways. Also significant is the impact of jazz, as exemplified by the music of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. The personality of Josephine Baker, whose centenary has just been observed, is another major element in the Harlem-Paris axis. Dr. Long considers all of these factors as well as the presence of the visual arts in the equation.
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  • American Artists and the Louvre: Morse Gallery

    Sat, Feb 24, 2007
    Paul Staiti speaks about Samuel F.B. Morse in the context of other early nineteenth-century American artists who sought training in Paris, and Jean-Philippe Antoine presents on issues of imitation and reproduction vis-a-vis Morse's inventive painting. Olivier Meslay and Sylvia Yount serve as respondents to the talks.
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  • Greta Pratt: Nineteen Lincolns

    Thu, Feb 8, 2007
    Photographer Greta Pratt discusses her interest in historic iconography in America, in particular her monumental work *Nineteen Lincolns*, on view at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. *Nineteen Lincolns* documents men who belong to the Association of Lincoln Presenters, a society dedicated to studying and portraying the life of Abraham Lincoln.
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  • Diego Velasquez' The Infanta Margarita

    Thu, Feb 1, 2007
    Michael E. Shapiro, the High's Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director, discusses *The Infanta Margarita* by Diego Velasquez. This 30-minute presentation features slides and provides an in-depth look at this treasured work of art from the Louvre.
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  • Alfred Stieglitz's Photography of Georgia O'Keeffe

    Thu, Mar 6, 2008
    Independent scholar Lisa Kurzner discusses Alfred Stieglitz's photographs of artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Educated in Berlin, Stieglitz studied engineering and photography before returning to the US at the turn of the century and opening the 291 gallery. He pioneered the art of photography, and single-handedly introduced America to the works of Picasso, Matisse, and Cezanne at the gallery. Stieglitz took more than 300 portraits of O'Keeffe between 1918 and 1937. Most of the more erotic poses would be in the first few years of their marriage.
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  • David C. Driskell: Artist and Humanitarian

    Sat, Feb 16, 2008
    Artist, educator, historian, curator, and humanitarian David C. Driskell talks about his southern upbringing, his education in at Howard and Catholic Universities, and the many people with whom his life has intersected. He discusses artists Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence, and how they helped to set the stage for Driskell's remarkably productive and influential life.
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  • Robert G. Workman: Crystal Bridges

    Thu, Feb 28, 2008
    Robert G. Workman, executive director of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, discusses the planning, organization, construction, and implementation of the new museum project. Founded by Alice Walton, Crystal Bridges is envisioned as a premier national art institution dedicated to American art and artists. Under construction in Bentonville, AR, the museum complex encompasses approximately 100,000 square feet of gallery, library, meeting, and office space, a 250-seat indoor auditorium, areas for outdoor concerts and public events, gallery rooms suitable for large receptions, as well as sculpture gardens and walking trails. This lecture, *Creating a Sense of Place: Art, Architecture and Nature at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art*, inaugurates the High Museum's Margaret and Terry Stent Distinguished Lecture Series.
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