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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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  • Discussing Civil Rights

    Thu, Jun 12, 2008
    Hank Klibanoff, managing editor at *The Atlanta Journal-Constitution* and author of *The Race Beat*; Doris Derby, photographer, educator, and civil rights activist; and Brett Gadsden, assistant professor of African American Studies at Emory University, discuss how the nation's press came to recognize the importance of the civil rights struggle and turn it into the most significant domestic news event of the 20th century. This event is moderated by Julian Cox.
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  • Meet Otabenga Jones & Associates

    Fri, Jul 18, 2008
    *After 1968* artists Otabenga Jones & Associates lead a gallery discussion inspired by their ongoing educational art collaboration. Otabenga Jones & Associates is a Houston-based educational art collaborative named after Ota Benga, a pygmy brought to the United States from Africa in the early 1900s and exhibited at the Bronx Zoo. Jones committed suicide after being released from captivity. The artistic group explores African American identity politics through installation and performance art.
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  • Photography of Christopher Bucklow

    Thu, Sep 11, 2008
    Christopher Bucklow talks about his widely known photographic silhouettes made using a pinhole camera. He is also known for the ongoing series of paintings that stem from those photographs. His work is included in the collections of many museums across the US. This event is presented in cooperation with Atlanta Celebrates Photography.
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  • Building the High Museum's African Art Collection

    Tue, Sep 13, 2005
    Carol Thompson, Richman Family curator of African art discusses the evolution of the growing African art collection at the High Museum and her vision for the future. Thompson's goal is to create the most significant African art collection in the southeastern United States.
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  • Color in Greek and Roman Ancient Bronzes

    Sat, Feb 2, 2008
    Sophie DesCamps, curator of the Musée du Louvre, discusses colors in Greek and Roman ancient bronzes. This lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Louvre Atlanta: The Louvre and the Ancient World". Descamps has co-authored the book *The Ancient Greeks: In the Land of the Gods*.
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  • The Empire Style of France

    Sat, Apr 19, 2008
    Christopher Johns explores Napoleon and Josephine's interest in neoclassical art, their collaborations with the designers Percier and Fontaine, and the impact of important archaeological discoveries such as Herculaneum and Pompeii on the taste of their time. Jeffrey Collins discusses the popularity of the French Empire style, its importance in the Western world, and its influence on American furniture design.
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  • Looking Back on Impressionism

    Sat, Oct 13, 2007
    Ann Dumas, a leading independent scholar on Impressionism, talks about the Impressionists dialogue with the art of the past. The popular view of Impressionism is that it broke completely from the artistic traditions of previous centuries. In truth, the Impressionists copied the Old Masters and transformed their motifs and compositions into something completely new.
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  • Claude Monet and the Landscape Tradition

    Thu, Jan 10, 2008
    David Brenneman, director of collections and exhibitions at Atlanta's High Museum of Art, draws comparisons between Monet's work and the masters of the Dutch landscape tradition, as well as other Old Master traditions. Monet claimed that he was never influenced by the Old Masters; instead, his inspiration came from his own experiences. However, it is clear that he was inspired by the atmospheric expanses of sky and reflections in the surfaces of water depicted in 17th century Dutch landscapes.
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  • The Maidservant by Camille Pissarro

    Thu, Jan 3, 2008
    Jenna Madison gives an in-depth view on the background of French Impressionist Camille Pissarro's painting, *The Maidservant*.
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  • Visit to the Museum by Edgar Degas

    Thu, Dec 6, 2007
    Julia Forbes lends her expertise to a close-up look at Edgar Degas' *Visit to the Museum*.
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