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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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Inventing Concepts for a New Museum

Wed, Apr 18, 2007

Yves Abrioux discusses the final of his three part lecture on the future of museums. **Yves Abrioux**, presented by The High Museum, is professor of English literature at the University of Paris VIII and the Ecole du Louvre for the past six years. He serves on the editorial board of Theorie, Litterature, Enseignement (TLE) and is the writer of many articles and exhibition catalogues, including *Ian Hamilton Finlay: a Visual Primer* (1992). Abrioux's scholarly work informs his own landscape art, which has appeared in France, Germany and England. In the fall of 2006, Abrioux was a visiting professor at Georgia Tech's School of Literature, Communication and Culture, where he helped to coordinate projects between the High Museum, the MusZe du Louvre and Georgia Tech.

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Voice and Vision in Southern Self-Taught Art

Thu, Apr 12, 2007

The High Museum's Susan Crawley, associate curator of folk art, moderates a panel discussion inspired by Carol Crown and Charles Russell's recent publication *Sacred and Profane: Voice and Vision in Southern Self-Taught Art*. Noted scholars discuss self-taught art in a cultural context.

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New Media Art: Modern Photography and Film

Sat, Sep 15, 2007

Sam Taylor-Wood discusses her work in photography and film, which examines collective social and psychological conditions within thought-provoking scenarios, displaying the discord between the internal and external identity of her subjects.

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Chuck Close: Painting from the Grid

Fri, Mar 24, 2006

Internationally recognized artist Chuck Close talks with Jeffrey D. Grove, Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art about working with photographs, painting from the grid, and collaboration with master printers and papermakers. Close reflects on his 40 year career and discusses his continuously innovative approach to portraiture with particular emphasis on his self portraits.

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Winslow Homer's Watercolors: Markers in a Life Journey

Thu, May 11, 2006

Elizabeth Johns discusses the relationship of Homer's watercolors and some of his oils to his life's journey.

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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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Thoughts on Large Format Photography

Thu, Jul 20, 2006

Julian Cox addresses the prevailing taste for large scale images, and considers the choices that photographers make when determining the size of their prints. Julian Cox organized the exhibition New Photography, which was on view in the High Museum's Wieland pavilion from July 15 through October 1, 2006.

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Photography: Inspired Collecting

Thu, Nov 9, 2006

Independent scholar, writer, lecturer and critic Susan Todd-Raque discusses the growing enthusiasm for collecting photography and why it is the perfect medium for such a passion.

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Morris Louis: Court Painter of the Kennedy Era

Thu, Nov 16, 2006

Morris Louis made some of his most brilliant paintings, the series of canvases called the 'Unfurleds,' between early summer 1960 and late spring 1961, a period coinciding with John F. Kennedy's campaign, election, inauguration, and first few months in office. Alexander Nemerov examines one of the greatest of the 'Unfurleds,' the large painting called *Alpha Tau* in relation to the Kennedy White House.

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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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