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OUR COLLECTION
High Museum of Art

INSPIRING LIFE IN THE HEART OF ATLANTA

OUR COLLECTION
The High’s permanent collection—over 17,000 objects
strong and growing—focuses on seven key collecting
areas. Get to know the masterpieces that have made
the High one of the country’s leading museums as
well as the distinctive strengths that set us apart.

PHOTOGRAPHY

The High has grown With more than 15,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the
from its origins in High has an extensive anthology of nineteenth- and twentieth-century
a stately home on American and decorative art; significant holdings of European paintings;
Peachtree Street to a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections
become the leading of modern and contemporary art, photography, folk and self taught art,
art museum in the and African art. The High is also dedicated to supporting and collecting
Southeast. works by Southern artists.
DECORATIVE ARTS AND AFRICAN ART EUROPEAN ART
DESIGN

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

• Pioneer, Influences, and Rising Voices: Women in the Collection - Ongoing

• Shaheen Collection of French Works - Ongoing

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

• Julie Mehretu - October 24, 2020 - January 31, 2021

• Dawoud Bey: An American Project - November 7, 2020 - March 14, 2021

• Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces from Persian Lands - December 12, 2020 - Spring 2021
AMERICAN ART MODER AND FOLK AND SELF TAUGHT
• Our Good Earth: Rural Life and American Art - Winter 2020 - Spring 2021 CONTEMPORARY ART ART