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Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books
February 1, 2022
Oliver Jeffers is an award-winning artist and author working in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance, and sculpture.
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Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine
February 1, 2022 | Michael Rooks
Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine is a timely overview examining how legacies of dispossession, exile, and diaspora shape aesthetic ownership.
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Recent Acquisitions
February 1, 2022 | Gregory Harris
The High recently acquired a selection of over sixty Civil War–era photographs that capture a nation in conflict, mourning, transition, and anticipation.
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From the Director
October 1, 2021 | Rand Suffolk
Cheers to a new year filled with art. I look forward to seeing you at the Museum soon and often.
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The Obama Portraits Tour
October 1, 2021 | Michael Rooks
The High is proud to participate in The Obama Portraits Tour, featuring the portraits of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama by artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald.
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Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-Taught Artist in America
October 1, 2021 | Katherine Jentleson
These early “gatecrashers” defied life circumstances that limited their access to art training and, thus,
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Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe
October 1, 2021 | Katherine Jentleson
Really Free draws on the Museum’s leading collection of Rowe’s work, presenting nearly fifty of her drawings, the majority of which come from the generous gifts that Rowe’s friend and gallerist Judith Alexander made to the Museum between 1998 and 2003.
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Outside the Lines
October 1, 2021 | Monica Obniski
Outside the Lines was conceived as an immersive maze of accessible, sensory environments.
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Picturing the South: 25 Years
October 1, 2021 | Gregory Harris
Celebrating a quarter century of artistic innovation and drawn from over three hundred photographs from the series in the Museum’s collection, Picturing the South: 25 Years will gather work from each of the completed commissions.