High Museum of Art Lectures

Atlanta, GA

Renaissance Designers: Architects as Artists
Merrill Elam
December 5, 2009
01:34:00
Some of Atlanta's most talented architects discuss how an artistic practice informs their architectural practice and in turn how their architectural work inspires their art making. This program is presented in collaboration with the Atlanta Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Harry Shearer's The Silent Echo Chamber
Harry Shearer
November 20, 2009
01:00:00
Artist and performer Harry Shearer discusses his recent video work, The Silent Echo Chamber.
Taste for American Art: Heroes, Villains, and the Art Market Today
Theodore E. Stebbins Jr.
November 19, 2009
01:01:00
Harvard art professor Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. discusses the interests and the influence of such pioneering art collectors as William T. Evans, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and Maxim Karolik.
Tierney Gearon on Her Career as a Photographer
Tierney Gearon
October 29, 2009
01:06:00
Acclaimed photographer Tierney Gearon discusses the entire span of her career as a photographer--beginning with her first portraits of her family, her early commercial work as a fashion photographer in Europe, her discovery by Charles Saatchi, subsequent shows at The Gagosian Gallery, "The Mother Pr
Robert Craig on John Portman Art and Architecture
Robert M. Craig
October 17, 2009
01:20:57
Architectural historian and writer Robert M. Craig explores John Portman's architecture and art. An architect intent on designing buildings as places for people, Portman is also an artist who expresses himself through painting and sculpture.
Da Vinci's Sculptures Decoded
Gary Radke
October 3, 2009
01:00:54
High Museum of Art Exhibition Curator Gary M. Radke discusses how art historians try to reconstruct Leonardo da Vinci's sculptural production. Da Vinci evidently made plans for and produced sculpture throughout his career, but little of it survives.
Renaissance Designers: Architects as Artists
Merrill Elam
December 5, 2009
01:34:00
Some of Atlanta's most talented architects discuss how an artistic practice informs their architectural practice and in turn how their architectural work inspires their art making. This program is presented in collaboration with the Atlanta Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Lives and Landscapes of the French Monarchy
William Beik
March 17, 2007
00:48:57
French historian William Beik of Emory University explores the lives of the monarchs, including Kings Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI, and the transformation of French culture into the pinnacle of art and refinement.
Harry Shearer's The Silent Echo Chamber
Harry Shearer
November 20, 2009
01:00:00
Artist and performer Harry Shearer discusses his recent video work, The Silent Echo Chamber.
Prized Photographs: The Harry Callahan Archive
Britt Salvesen
September 20, 2007
00:55:24
Britt Salvesen discusses and displays The Harry Callahan Archive at the Center for Creative Photography, which includes nearly 600 prints and more than 140,000 negatives, along with proof prints, contact sheets, publications, correspondence, and other ephemera.
Robert Craig on John Portman Art and Architecture
Robert M. Craig
October 17, 2009
01:20:57
Architectural historian and writer Robert M. Craig explores John Portman's architecture and art. An architect intent on designing buildings as places for people, Portman is also an artist who expresses himself through painting and sculpture.
Da Vinci's Sculptures Decoded
Gary Radke
October 3, 2009
01:00:54
High Museum of Art Exhibition Curator Gary M. Radke discusses how art historians try to reconstruct Leonardo da Vinci's sculptural production. Da Vinci evidently made plans for and produced sculpture throughout his career, but little of it survives.

The High Museum of Art, founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, is the leading art museum in the Southeastern United States. With over 11,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High Museum of Art has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American art; significant holdings of European paintings and decorative art; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art. The High is also dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists and is distinguished as the only major museum in North America to have a curatorial department specifically devoted to the field of folk and self-taught art. The High's Media Arts department produces acclaimed annual film series and festivals of foreign, independent and classic cinema.
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