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Savannah Sculptor Ulysses Davis Premieres At High Museum

The first major traveling exhibition of works by Ulysses Davis in more than 25 years will premiere at the High Museum of Art this December. Davis was a barber in Savannah, Georgia, who was also a self-taught woodcarver of remarkable talent. He created a body of highly refined sculpture that expresses his humor, dignity and deep faith. The exhibition offers an opportunity for audiences to appreciate Davis’ remarkable work, which is rarely seen outside of Savannah.

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High Museum Presents Terracotta Army Exhibition

The High Museum of Art will present “The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army,” an exhibition inspired by one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century.

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Sheila Pree Bright's Photographs Presented At High Museum

"Young Americans," a dynamic new series of photographs by Atlanta-based photographer Sheila Pree Bright, will debut at the High Museum of Art from May 3 to August 10, 2008. The exhibition explores the identities of U.S. citizens and immigrants pursuing citizenship by presenting portraits of Americans aged 18 to 25, each posing with an American flag.

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Atlanta Museum Exhibitions Explores Concepts Of Masterpiece

This October the High Museum of Art will present "The Louvre and the Masterpiece," which will explore how the definition of a "masterpiece," as well as taste and connoisseurship, have changed over time. The exhibition will feature ninety-one works of art drawn from all eight of the Musée du Louvre's collection areas, spanning 4,000 years.

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Atlanta Museum Exhibits Sculpture By Jean-Antoine Houdon

The sixth "Louvre Atlanta" exhibition will open at the High Museum of Art this June, featuring highlights from the Louvre's unparalleled collection of sculpture by Jean-Antoine Houdon.

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Atlanta Museum Exhibits Chinese Archeological Treasures

The High Museum of Art will present "The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army," an exhibition inspired by one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century.

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Inspiring Impressionism At Atlanta Museum

"Inspiring Impressionism," the first comprehensive survey to explore the influence of Old Master painters on Impressionist artists, will open at the High Museum of Art on October 16, 2007. This groundbreaking exhibition will juxtapose works by such artists as Monet, Cézanne and Degas with those by Titian, Rubens and Fragonard to explore the impact that Dutch and Spanish 17th-century Schools and the French Rococo style had on 19th-century French Impressionism.

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Five Master Paintings Added To Louvre Exhibitions

Five master paintings from the Louvre’s collection joined the “Kings as Collectors” exhibition at the High. These paintings represent seminal moments in art history ranging from the origination of Louis XIV style to the light-hearted romanticism of the Rococo period.

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Atlanta Museum Presents Louvre And The Ancient World

Beginning this October the High Museum of Art will present three new exhibitions exploring the evolution of the Louvre's collections from the Napoleonic reign through the end of the 19th century and during the 20th century, when the Louvre emerged from the French Revolution as a public museum.

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Atlanta Museum Presents Eye Of Josephine

"The Eye of Josephine," opening concurrently with "The Louvre and the Ancient World," will reassemble more than 60 masterworks from the collection of Greco- Roman and Egyptian antiquities that were installed by the Empress Josephine at Malmaison, her residence located on the outskirts of Paris.

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Recent Gift Of Works By Louis Monza To Be Exhibited At High Museum Of Art, Atlanta

The High Museum of Art will present "Louis Monza: From Politics to Paradise," an exhibition of over 50 sculptures, drawings, and prints by self-taught California artist Louis Monza. Selected from a generous recent gift from Lauri Martin and Susan Larsen Martin, the exhibition focuses on the artist's mature work in which representations of political and social anger give way to dreams of an Edenic world in which humans, animals and the elements thrive together.

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Morris Louis To Be Focus Of A Fall Exhibitions

With an exceptional output of mature work that spanned little more than ten years, Morris Louis played an essential role in shaping post-war American art. Organized by the High Museum of Art, "Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited" is the first consideration of Louis's work in the United States since 1986 and offers a critical re-examination of this influential painter's legacy.

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