Getting a Permanent High
Yes, the Louvre exhibit is at the High Museum of Art right now, and if your tastes run to the rococo, that’s great.
More interesting however, is Gallery 304 in the Meier Building, which at the moment, is featuring American Works on paper from the High’s Permanent collection. From Rivera to Hopper, to Wyeth, roughly 30 pieces are represented. They illustrate both the evolution of the artistic aesthetic in America, but also our environmental (and just plain mental) history.
The primary benefit of the greatly expanded High Museum is not the traveling shows. They just drive up the cost and are expensive. No, the benefit is to see all the great work in the permanent collection that they previously had no room to show! That’s exactly what’s going on in Gallery 304.
December 29th, 2006 at 9:48 pm
Very cool. That sounds like a plan for this weekend, actually. I breezed through the Louvre exhibits in the wee hours after Thanksgiving, but that’s all I’ve seen of the post-expansion High.
Happy New Year, y’all!
January 23rd, 2007 at 8:29 pm
[…] Right now, the Atlanta History Center is the opposite of the High Museum. Both the History Center and High brought a big name exhibit, but where as the High’s other collections were more interesting than the Louvre exhibit, the History Center’s exhibit of the King Papers is worth your time. […]