Monthly Archives: February 2015

February 26

THE HIGH: THE COCA-COLA BOTTLE- AN AMERICAN ICON AT 100 EXHIBITION OPENING

The Coca-Cola Bottle: An American Icon at 100 explores the iconic design and creative legacy of the Coca-Cola bottle. Presented on the occasion of the bottle’s centennial, the exhibition features more than 100 objects, including more than 15 works of art by Andy Warhol and more than 40 photographs inspired by or featuring the bottle. Visitors […]

February 26

MODA

Stopping into MODA for the first time before the Coca-Cola Exhibition opening… POSSE PHOTOS:  

February 20

A PAINTERS PROFILE: THE HIGH CELEBRATES ROMARE BEARDEN

In this exhibition, the High honors one of the 20th century’s most influential artists and the important recent acquisition of Romare Bearden’s only known self portrait,Profile/Part II, The Thirties: Artist with Painting and Model (1981). Bearden (1911-1988) infused his work with themes central to the Black experience. This late-career collage is a retrospective work in which […]

February 20

THE HIGH: EUROPEAN ART & EXPATRIATE AMERICAN ART- PERMANENT COLLECTION

From Renaissance and Baroque artists like Bellini and Tiepolo to 19th century French impressionism including Monet and Pissarro, the High’s European collection reflects important paintings and sculptures from that continent. The core of the collection was donated in 1958 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and includes Giovanni Bellini’s Madonna and Child, Tommaso del Mazza’s […]

February 14

MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: Iolanta / Bluebeard’s Castle

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / BELA BARTOK 2014-2015 HD OPERA SEASON FEBRUARY 14, 2015 @ 12:30PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 40 MIN On the heels of her triumphant Met performances in Eugene Onegin, soprano Anna Netrebko takes on another Tchaikovsky heroine in the first opera of this intriguing double bill, consisting of an enchanting fairy tale (Iolanta) […]

February 13

THE HIGH: CONVERSATIONS WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS FEATURING FAHAMU PECOU & JOSE PARLA

Join leading contemporary American artists – Brooklyn-based José Parlá and Atlanta-based Fahamu Pecou – as they examine Wifredo Lam’s artistic legacy through works that explore their own personal reflections on Lam’s involvement with the Surrealist and Négritude movements, his fusion of African-inspired imagery with that of the natural world, and the influence of the Santeria […]

February 12

LUCINDA’S WORLD PART II: A COLLECTION OF COLLECTIONS

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 Collectionswhich will open on January 15 and run […]

February 10

THE HIGH: OPENING RECEPTION FOR WIFREDO LAM: IMAGINING NEW WORLDS AND JOSE PARLA & FAHAMU PECOU

HIGH MUSEUM OF ART 6:30PM – 9:00PM MARGARETTA TAYLOR LOBBY, SUSAN & JOHN WIELAND PAVILION Opening reception for Imagining New Worlds Exhibition: Wifredo Lam, Jose Parla & Fahamu Pecou                     VIDEO:  Jose Parla with Layla explaining a piece of his collaboration with Fahamu Pecou POSSE PHOTOS: […]