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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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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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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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Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy

Wed, Feb 27, 2008

Artists Adam Pendleton, Nadine Robinson, Jefferson Pinder, Jeffrey Grove, and Hank Willis Thomas, along with Kenya Evans and Jabari Anderson of Otabenga Jones & Associates, discuss their participation in the exhibit *After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy*. The exhibit and their art reconsider the pivotal time in American history and explores its relevancy to and influence on a new generation.

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Julia Forbes: The First Emperor

Wed, Nov 12, 2008

Julia Forbes, head of museum interpretation for the High Museum of Art, shares a glimpse into *The First Emperor: The Terracotta Army of China*, an exhibition inspired by one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. The exhibition represents one of the largest groups of works relating to the First Emperor ever to be loaned to the US by the Museum of the Terracotta Army and the Cultural Relics Bureau of Shaanxi Province in Xian, China. This event is hosted by The Englishman Gallery of Atlanta and the Culture Club.

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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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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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The Tiber

Thu, Nov 1, 2007

Philip Verre discusses *The Tiber*, on loan to Atlanta's High Museum of Art from the Louvre in Paris. The colossal, 10-foot-long sculpture by an unknown artist is one of the largest in the Louvre's collections.

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