Monthly Archives: January 2014

January 31

THE HIGH- GO WEST!

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The dust of the Civil War had barely settled when Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, famously urged America’s youth to turn from the rubble and go west. America’s future was anchored in the frontier. Between 1800 and 1900, the nation more than tripled in physical size. With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory […]

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January 22

CONJURING BEARDEN: RICHARD J. POWELL

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 7:30PM-8:30PM MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM RECEPTION HALL LEVEL THREE The idea of the conjurer – someone who, through a combination of spiritual interventions, psychology, and herbalism, transforms the world – was a recurring theme in the work of artist Romare Bearden (1912-1988).  “A conjur woman,” wrote Bearden, “was an important figure […]

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January 12

THE HIGH- TUILERIES GARDENS

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The Tuileries, a major Parisian tourist attraction, is one of the greatest public gardens in the world. The Art of the Louvre’s Tuileries Garden brings Paris to Peachtree Street, with picturesque boxed holly trees on the piazza, sculpture drawn directly from the grounds of the Tuileries, Impressionist paintings, and a three screen video of a stroll through […]

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