Today’s High Museum of Art would be unrecognizable to the foresightful patrons who founded the Atlanta Art Association in 1905, when the population of the city numbered roughly 100,000. The High now serves 6MM Atlanta metro-area residents — plus an untold number of domestic and international visitors — and the collections and physical plant have […]
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Taking It Up A Notch: The Norton Museum of Art
Raising the bar, the new Norton Museum of Art is interpreting its 21st-century role in ways that go beyond the need for greater collection and exhibition diversity. […]
Announcing the New and Improved ArtGeek.art
Now it’s easier than ever to discover art museums, botanical and sculpture gardens, historic houses, and artists’ studios in any city or state in the US! The ArtGeek database includes almost 1300 listings, and we’re adding more every day! […]
Hello Dalí
“Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dalí, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dalí.“ Combining the rational with the fantastical — in architecture, art and human terms — the Salvador Dalí Museum celebrates the life and work of Salvador Domingo […]
Discover the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts
Explore Florida’s St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts: a noteworthy collection provides a tour of art history in intimate galleries. […]
Marcel Duchamp’s Surprise
A small group of five of Marcel Duchamp’s early oil paintings in the collection of the Ringling Museum of Art surprises those who know Duchamp only by his “readymades.” […]
Discovering the John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art
The Ringling Museum of Art — located in a beautiful setting on Sarasota Bay — is an extravaganza of art, architecture, history, gardens and landscape. Get to know this exceptional museum.
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Circus Impresario Leaves Art Museum to “the People”
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages … step right up to see the greatest show on earth! From 1840 to 1940, the circus was the most popular form of entertainment in the country. Americans were beginning to have extra money to spend and a half-day off on Saturdays, and everyone got […]
The Kimbell: A Small Museum with an Out-Sized Reputation
The Kimbell Art Museum is distinguished by its architecture and a collection of exceptional artistic quality and importance. The collection of fewer than 350 works, has developed around representative pieces of notable aesthetic value that define a master, period, style, or area. […]
YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
The Yale University Art Gallery — associated with one of the top art history programs in the world — is the oldest university art museum in the western hemisphere. An encyclopaedic art collection is held in a living history of architecture. […]