Exhibitions
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Calder-Picasso
February 1, 2021 | Claudia Einecke
Alexander Calder and Pablo Picasso—two giants of twentieth-century modernism whose works are widely known but who are not usually mentioned in the same breath.
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Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting
February 1, 2021 | Monica Obniski
Electrifying Design will reexamine lighting as a primary object—a catalyst of innovation and an agent of experience—as well as the key aspects that make it unique as a discipline.
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Underexposed: Women Photographers from the Collection
February 1, 2021 | Sarah Kennel
This exhibition showcases one hundred twenty photographs, charting the medium’s history from the dawn of the modern period to the present through the work of women photographers.
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Our Good Earth: Rural Life and American Art
February 1, 2021 | Stephanie Heydt
Through prints, drawings, and photographs drawn from the High’s collection, this exhibition explores the many ways Americans engaged with life beyond the city limits.
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Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors
February 1, 2021 | Michael Rooks
Ragnar Kjartansson is celebrated internationally for his work that combines musical, theatrical, and cinematic structures and scenarios to evoke personal and collective meaning through an immersive and emotional experience of art.
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Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces from Persian Lands
February 1, 2021 | Monica Obniski
This exhibition celebrates the rich artistic traditions of Persian civilization through the significant private collection of Hossein Afshar, with works from the sixth to the nineteenth century, on long-term loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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Julie Mehretu
October 1, 2020 | Michael Rooks
Julie Mehretu is the artist’s first retrospective, bringing together paintings, drawings, and prints that illustrate the evolution of her work over the past twenty-five years. Read more.
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Dawoud Bey: An American Project
October 1, 2020 | Sarah Kennel
Since the beginning of his career, Dawoud Bey (American, born 1953) has used his camera to depict communities and histories that have largely remained underrepresented or even unseen.
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Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children’s Books
October 1, 2020 | Virginia Shearer
Through Picture the Dream, titles by beloved children’s book authors and artists as well as talented newcomers come together to encourage discussion and inspire young people to be tomorrow’s agents of transformation.