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The High Museum began collecting the work of living self-taught artists in 1975 and was the first general interest museum to establish a dedicated department for folk and self-taught art in 1994. This collection is especially rich in artworks by Southern and African American artists and features the largest groups of work by Bill Traylor ...
1901 newspaper ad for the High dept. store. The J. M. High Company was a department store in Atlanta, Georgia.It was founded by Joseph Madison High (1855-1906), whose wife, Harriet "Hattie" Harwell Wilson High (1862-1932), donated her family's mansion on Peachtree Street to house the museum that has grown into the High Museum of Art, Atlanta's foremost art museum.
Woodruff Arts Center is a visual and performing arts center located in Atlanta, Georgia.The center houses three not-for-profit arts divisions on one campus. Opened in 1968, the Woodruff Arts Center is home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the High Museum of Art.
Four men are accused of breaking into UPS warehouses across the U.S. in search of packages with specific markings and stealing “high-value” items inside that totaled $1.6 million, federal ...
The Castle in Atlanta. The Castle, also known as Fort Peace, is the former residence of wealthy agricultural supplier Ferdinand McMillan (1844–1920). It is located at 87 15th Street NW in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, next to the High Museum of Art.
The new exhibit, "Best in Low," at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles is not the museum's first look at lowriders, but it is its best. Walking through the gallery is like visiting the gemstone ...
J. M. High 1901 newspaper ad for the High dept. store. Joseph Madison High (1855–1906) was the founder of Atlanta department store J.M. High Company.His wife, Harriet "Hattie" Harwell Wilson High (1862–1932), donated her family's mansion on Peachtree Street to house the museum that has grown into the High Museum of Art, Atlanta's foremost art museum.
The museum – which saw 60,000 visitors in 2023 – covers more than 100 years of American sign history in an expanded 40,000-square-foot space. New wing doubles sign museum, extends its 'Main ...