Exhibitions
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With Drawn Arms: Glenn Kaino & Tommie Smith,
Through February 3, 2019With Drawn Arms: Glenn Kaino & Tommie Smith
A half-century before NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee, gold medal sprinter Tommie Smith raised a fist at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico to protest abuse of human rights around the world and in response to the struggle for civil rights in the United States.
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Look Again: 45 Years of Collecting Photography,
Through April 14, 2019Look Again: 45 Years of Collecting Photography
This exhibition will explore the photography's layered history and its ever-evolving present by delving into the myriad ways a photograph can be a conduit for ideas, information and emotion.
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Hand to Hand: Southern Craft of the 19th Century,
October, 2018–August, 2019Hand to Hand: Southern Craft of the 19th Century
This exhibition focuses on a selection of masterworks from the High’s holdings of 19th century Southern decorative arts, examining the great achievements in traditional, rural forms of quilts, ceramics, basketry and furniture.
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Way Out There: The Art of Southern Backroads,
March 2–May 19, 2019Way Out There: The Art of Southern Backroads
Collaboratively organized by the museum’s renowned photography and folk and self-taught art departments, this exhibition celebrates the convergence of contemporary American photography, literature and self-taught artists.
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European Masterworks: The Phillips Collection,
April 6–July 14, 2019European Masterworks: The Phillips Collection
This exhibition will present a selection of the most iconic paintings and sculptures from The Phillips Collection, America’s first museum of modern art, which opened in 1921 in Washington, D.C.
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Sonic Playground: Yuri Suzuki,
June 24–October 7, 2018Sonic Playground: Yuri Suzuki
Presented on the High’s outdoor Sifly Piazza, this installation by internationally renowned designer Yuri Suzuki features ingenious, colorful sculptures that modify and transmit sound in unusual, engaging and playful ways.
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Outliers and American Vanguard Art,
June 22–September 30, 2018Outliers and American Vanguard Art
This major touring exhibition reveals how artists on the margins enabled new paradigms of inclusion; galvanizing the mainstream art world to embrace difference and diversity across race, region, class, age and gender.
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Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic,
June 3–September 2, 2018Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic
Featuring more than 200 works spanning over 90 years of Pooh history, the exhibition will explore the origins, creation and enduring legacy of the classic stories by A.A. Milne and illustrations by E.H. Shepard that have captured the hearts of generations of readers.
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Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age,
February 18–May 13, 2018Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age
This exhibition presents work by the innovative Dutch designer Joris Laarman, whose approach to design is marked by combining science, technology, restless curiosity, and creativity with lyrical aesthetics.
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Amy Elkins: Black is the Day, Black is the Night,
September 9, 2017–April 29, 2018Amy Elkins: Black is the Day, Black is the Night
Black is the Day, Black is the Night is a multi-layered photographic project by artist Amy Elkins (American, born 1979) that explores the psychological effects of long-term solitary confinement.
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“A Fire That No Water Could Put Out”: Civil Rights Photography,
November 4, 2017–April 29, 2018“A Fire That No Water Could Put Out”: Civil Rights Photography
Taking its title from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final speech before his untimely assassination in 1968, this installation of photographs will reflect on the 50th anniversary of this tumultuous year in American history.
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