JACQUES OFFENBACH 2014-2015 HD OPERA SEASON NOVEMBER 22 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 25 MIN The Met’s effervescent production of Rossini’s classic comedy—featuring some of the most instantly recognizable melodies in all of opera—stars Isabel Leonard as the feisty Rosina, Lawrence Brownlee as her conspiring flame, and Christopher Maltman as the endlessly resourceful […]
Monthly Archives: January 2015
THE HIGH: GORDON PARKS: SEGREGATION STORY
posted by Layla
The High Museum of Art will present rarely seen photographs by trailblazing African American artist and filmmaker Gordon Parks in this exhibition, presented in collaboration with The Gordon Parks Foundation. The exhibition features more than 40 of Parks’ color prints – most on view for the first time in over half a century – created […]
THE HIGH: LOS TROMPOS
posted by Layla
Los Trompos (“Spinning Tops”) is the High’s second large-scale, interactive design installation by contemporary Mexican designers Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena on the Woodruff Arts Center’s Carroll Slater Sifly Piazza. This site-specific work continues a multi-year initiative to activate the outdoor space and engage visitors. As a blank canvas for community engagement and programming, Los Trompos draws its […]
LEONARD FREED: BLACK IN WHITE AMERICA
posted by Layla
While traveling in Germany in 1962, freelance photojournalist Leonard Freed encountered a black American soldier guarding the divide between East and West Germany. This scene of a man defending a country where his own rights were in question resonated with Freed and provoked him, upon his return to New York in 1963, to embark on […]
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: The Merry Widow
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FRANZ LEHAR 2014-2015 HD OPERA SEASON JANUARY 17 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS The great Renée Fleming stars as the beguiling femme fatale who captivates all Paris in Lehár’s enchanting operetta, seen in a new staging by Broadway virtuoso director and choreographer Susan Stroman (The Producers,Oklahoma!, Contact). Stroman and her design team of Julian Crouch […]
THE HIGH: DAVID DRISKELL PRIZE- LYLE ASHTON HARRIS
posted by Layla
The High Museum Hill Auditorium 7PM Join the 2014 David C. Driskell Prize winner, Lyle Ashton Harris as he discusses, his work and career. Known for his self-portraits and use of pop culture icons (such as Billie Holiday, Michael Jackson and Zinedine Zidane), Lyle Ashton Harris creates work in photographic media, collage, installation and performance to […]
LUCINDA’S WORLD PART II: A COLLECTION OF COLLECTIONS
posted by Layla
JANUARY 15 – FEBRUARY 20, 2015 OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, January 15, 6-9pm ARTIST TALK: Thursday, February 12, 7pm *with Brett Abbott, Donald and Marilyn Keough Family Curator of Photography at the High Museum of Art Curated by Marianne Lambert The Swan Coach House Gallery and the Forward Arts Foundation are pleased to present Lucinda’s World, Part 2: A Collection of […]
ATLANTA OPERA-ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER SWAN HOUSE PATRON COCKTAIL PARTY
posted by Layla
THE ENGAGEMENT This is a cocktail party that The Atlanta Opera is throwing in conjunction with the Atlanta History Center to foster a synergy between the two organizations. The Swan House is a beautifully preserved house from the 1920s and it is open to the public for visitors to see this replica of a certain time […]
THE HIGH: AMERICAN ENCOUNTERS: ANGLO-AMERICAN PORTRAITURE IN AN ERA OF REVOLUTION & AMERICAN ART PERMANENT COLLECTION
posted by Layla
The High Museum of Art, Musée du Louvre, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Terra Foundation for American Art will present the third installation in their four-year collaboration focusing on the history of American art. American Encounters: Anglo-American Portraiture in an Era of Revolution provides a close look at five portraits that demonstrate how portraiture […]
THE BREMAN JEWISH MUSEUM: BEARING WITNESS: HENRY FRIEDMAN
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Henry Friedman is a Holocaust Survivor from Hungary and survivor of a firing squad. He attributes his remarkable triumph over the atrocities of war to the protection of his grandmother’s blessing. PHOTOS:
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