Exhibitions
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Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces from Persian Lands,
Through April 18, 2021Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces from Persian Lands
Bringing together nearly one hundred works highlighting the rich and artistic cultural heritage of Iranian civilization from the sixth to the nineteenth century, Bestowing Beauty draws from one of the most significant collections of Persian art privately owned and rarely publicly displayed.
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Permanent Collection Installation
Pioneers, Influencers, and Rising Voices: Women in the Collection,
OngoingPermanent Collection Installation
Pioneers, Influencers, and Rising Voices: Women in the CollectionIn observance of the 2020 centennial of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote, this installation is drawn from the High Museum’s collection and features artworks made exclusively by women.
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Permanent Collection Installation
Shaheen Collection of French Works,
OngoingPermanent Collection Installation
Shaheen Collection of French WorksThe Doris and Shouky Shaheen Collection focuses on French art of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History,
February 6–May 9, 2021David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History
David Driskell (1931-2020) was one of the most revered American artists of his generation. This is the first exhibition to bring together his paintings and works on paper and survey seven decades of the artist’s practice from the 1950s to the 2000s, featuring works from museums and private collections and the artist’s estate.
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Our Good Earth: Rural Life and American Art,
April–August 2021Our Good Earth: Rural Life and American Art
Through a selection of prints, drawings, and photographs from the High’s collection, Our Good Earth will explore the many ways in which Americans imagined and engaged with life beyond the city limits over the course of a century.
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Underexposed: Women Photographers from the High Museum,
April–August 2021Underexposed: Women Photographers from the High Museum
For nearly all of photography’s one hundred eighty-year history, women have shaped the development of the art form and experimented with every aspect of the medium. This exhibition showcases more than one hundred photographs from the High’s collection, many of them never before on view, and charts the medium’s history from the dawn of the modern period to the present through the work of women photographers.
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Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children’s Books,
August 15–November 8, 2020Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children’s Books
This exhibition is the first of its kind to delve into the events, people, and themes of the civil rights movement, both celebrated and forgotten, through one of the most compelling forms of visual expression, the children’s picture book.
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The Plot Thickens: Storytelling in European Print Series,
February 22–July 19, 2020The Plot Thickens: Storytelling in European Print Series
Long before comics and graphic novels, artists used pictures to tell stories. This exhibition presents six series of etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts that do just that.
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Our Strange New Land: Photographs by Alex Harris,
November 27, 2019–May 3, 2020Our Strange New Land: Photographs by Alex Harris
This latest chapter in the High’s “Picturing the South” commission series features new work made by North Carolina-based photographer Alex Harris on independent film sets throughout the South to explore how the region is seen, imagined and created by contemporary visual storytellers.
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Fine Lines: American Works on Paper,
October 23, 2019–March 22, 2020Fine Lines: American Works on Paper
Fine Lines celebrates a recent gift to the High of 50 late nineteenth-century drawings from Atlanta collector Paul Stein that will be on view at the Museum for the first time. In addition, the exhibition features a suite of watercolors on loan from Stein.
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Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”,
November 12, 2019–March 8, 2020Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”
This fall, the High presents the first museum exhibition devoted to the work of Virgil Abloh, the modern, genre-bending artist and designer who became creative director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear in 2018.
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“Something Over Something Else”: Romare Bearden’s Profile Series,
September 14, 2019–February 2, 2020“Something Over Something Else”: Romare Bearden’s Profile Series
Organized by the High, this touring exhibition will be the first to bring dozens of works from Romare Bearden’s eminent “Profile” series together since its debut nearly 40 years ago.
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Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings,
October 19–December 16, 2019Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
This major exhibition of the celebrated photographer’s work investigates how her relationship with the South—as place and source of identity, with a rich literary and artistic tradition and a troubled history—has shaped her art.
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Strange Light: The Photography of Clarence John Laughlin,
May 11–November 10, 2019Strange Light: The Photography of Clarence John Laughlin
Dubbed the “Father of American Surrealism,” Clarence John Laughlin (1905–1985) was the most important Southern photographer of his time and a singular figure in the development of the American school of photography.
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2018 Reinstallation | Permanent Collection,
October 12, 2018–October 12, 20192018 Reinstallation | Permanent Collection
Experience a new High—Refreshed. Reimagined. Revealed. With old favorites, new acquisitions, and previously stored artworks now on view, the redesigned collections embrace growth and diversity while creating dynamic experiences for our visitors.
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Of Origins and Belonging, Drawn from Atlanta,
June 1–September 29, 2019Of Origins and Belonging, Drawn from Atlanta
Of Origins and Belonging is the third in a series of exhibitions at the High focused on work by Atlanta-based artists. The exhibition features six artists who address issues related to place, belonging and heritage in their work
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The Pursuit of Everything:
Maira Kalman’s Books for Children,
June 22–September 15, 2019The Pursuit of Everything:
Maira Kalman’s Books for ChildrenExplore the exhibition's immersive panorama of Maira Kalman’s picture book career spanning three decades. The more than 100 works on view will include original drawings and paintings from her award-winning books, along with manuscripts, dummy books, and other ephemera.
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2018 Reinstallation | Permanent Collection,
2018 Reinstallation | Permanent Collection
Experience a new High—Refreshed. Reimagined. Revealed. With old favorites, new acquisitions, and previously stored artworks now on view, the redesigned collections embrace growth and diversity while creating dynamic experiences for our visitors.
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