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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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Who's Afraid of Morris Louis?

Thu, Nov 30, 2006

Who's Afraid of Morris Louis? is an educational program developed by the High Museum of Art and the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center to celebrate their collaboration on two upcoming exhibitions: the High museum's *Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited* and the response it inspired at the ACAC, *Louis Morris*. This program examines the work of Morris Louis and the legacy it engendered, specifically issues of painting developed from abstraction in the 1950s and 60s, including performative processes, diverse mediums, color, gesture and scale. The evening begins with a tour of *Morris Louis Now*, led by Wieland Family Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, Jeffrey Grove and is followed by presentations by artists Karl Erickson, Sarah Bramen, and Phil Grauer, each of whom is featured in the exhibition at the ACAC. The conversation and questions are moderated by ACAC curator Stuart Horodner.

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Masterpiece: Madonna and Child with St. Martina

Thu, Jan 4, 2007

The High Museum's Deputy Director Philip Verre discusses *Madonna and Child with Saint Martina* by Pietro da Cortona. His presentation features slides and provides an in-depth look at this treasured work of art from the Louvre.

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Sensational Scandals on the Eve of the French Revolution

Sat, Sep 1, 2007

Judith Miller discusses a series of scandals that linked French politics to the arts in the 1770's and 1780's. As the monarchy weakened, audiences at theater, opera, and painting exhibitions seized on each innuendo. One of the Louvre's paintings on display at the High Museum in Atlanta, Georgia was involved.

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Home Sweet Home: A Feminist Look at Nellie Mae Rowe

Thu, Mar 11, 2010

Nellie Mae Rowe's art overflows with images of house and home – a giant teapot, her favorite rocking chair, bright quilts, and patterned surfaces. Professor Cohen examines Rowe's distinctive expressions of a woman's space and a woman's life within the context of 20th century feminist theory.

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Patricia E. Kane on American Decorative Arts

Sat, Mar 6, 2010

Patricia E. Kane, the foremost scholar in 18th and 19th century Rhode Island furniture, shares highlights from her recent research including a previously unattributed desk and bookcase now known to be by Thomas Spencer, nephew of Newport furniture maker John Goddard. Kane pieces together clues from the past such as inscriptions, estate records, stylistic details and construction techniques to illuminate a hidden masterpiece.

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21st Century Allure: A Designer's Perspective

Sat, Apr 24, 2010

George McCowan, Digital Designer, Navistar International Corporation, explores the world of automobile design. McCowan discusses his lifelong passion for drawing cars and shares insights into the field drawn from his career designing high performance automobiles like the Cadillac V-Series and Corvette to Navistar International trucks, big rigs, and eighteen wheelers.

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The Past Again: Reflections of the Daguerreotype

Wed, Oct 20, 2010

Grant Romer, world-renowned photography authority and former Director of Conservation for the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, introduces recently evolved thinking about the daguerreotype in light of the dramatic changes in imaging and information technology over the last ten years. Romer also examines the basics of daguerreotype connoisseurship through an overview of the history of the process and illustrations of the unique qualities of the daguerreotype.

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Michael R. Taylor: God and the Atom

Thu, Dec 9, 2010

Michael R. Taylor, the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as he explores Dalí's hybrid combination of atomic age physics and Catholic doctrine he called "Nuclear Mysticism." Mr. Taylor's talk with examine the controversy surrounding Dalí's claim to be "the first painter of the atomic age" and the resulting lawsuit filed by Italian artist, Enrico Baj, who claimed that his own nuclear paintings preceded those of Dalí.

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Lynn Boland: The Supreme Pleasure of Being Salvador Dali

Thu, Nov 4, 2010

Lynn Boland, Pierre Daura Curator of European Art at the Georgia Museum of Art and adjunct Professor of Art History at the University of Georgia, discusses the Surrealist movement and its underlying theories along with an overview of Dali's art. Boland also explores the often turbulent relationship Dalí had with other Surrealists, which colored his later career.

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Norman Seeff: The Power and Passion to Create

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Photographer and filmmaker Norman Seeff discusses the creative process that he has documented for more than 35 years. Included are film clips and Seeff’s own photographs of such luminaries as the Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Martin Scorsese, and Nobel Prize-winning scientists.

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