By Sojourner Hunt, Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellow, High Museum of Art This spring, Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellow Sojourner Hunt curated the installation Form and Flow: The Figural Work of Abraham Walkowitz, on view on the Third Level of the Stent Family Wing. …

By Tess Dunkel, Digital Marketing Intern, High Museum of Art In the mid-twentieth century, the art world was a smaller, more exclusive place and one that was dominated by White artists, primarily men. Black artists emerging in the decades following the Harlem Renaissance were encouraged and perhaps expected to challenge…

By Laurel Humble, Head of Creative Learning and Lifelong Learning, and Evelyn Newsome, Coordinator of Lifelong Learning Programs, High Museum of Art At the High Museum of Art, we strive to provide an engaging, accessible space for all Atlantans, regardless of age. On June 1, we hosted a Lifelong Learning…

By Nyaradzai Mahachi, Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellow, High Museum of Art As part of her work as a Mellon Curatorial Fellow in the African Art department, Nyaradzai Mahachi has curated a photography installation centered on the generation empowered during the civil rights movement. The selected photographs include images depicting…

Reflect on the legacy of Juneteenth through our permanent collection. By Hannah Amuka, Coordinator of Gallery Experiences, High Museum of Art In 1863, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring more than three million enslaved persons living in the Confederate states to be free…

Join us in Sherald’s studio for an inside look at her process and the inspiration behind her historic portrait. By Eva Berlin, Digital Content Specialist, High Museum of Art The Obama Portraits Tour has arrived in Atlanta! The exhibition, on view at the High through March 20, features the official…

As we reflect on the passing of hooks, let’s look back at a conversation between hooks and artist Alison Saar that deals with Black art, ritual, and expression in the face of pain. By Eva Berlin, Digital Content Specialist, High Museum of Art Over the past week, we have been…

This piece by iconic pop artist Roy Lichtenstein was recently restored to its original brilliance. By Eva Berlin, Digital Content Specialist, High Museum of Art Among pop art icon Roy Lichtenstein’s last subjects was the image of the suburban American home. The smaller-than-life sculpture House III…

See how legendary artist Sally Mann captured the South’s fraught history in haunting landscape photographs. By Eva Berlin, Digital Content Specialist, High Museum of Art In the video above, Sally Mann discusses how she captured her work Untitled. This work is part of the Motherland series…