Collections consist of more than 15,000 pieces and include 19th and 20th century American and decorative art, significant European pieces, modern and contemporary art, photography, African art and folk art. The High also collects works by Southern artists.
Award-winning architecture by Richard Meier (1983) and Renzo Piano (2005).
In collaboration with artists and designers, the High Museum has developed interactive and immersive installations for the campus’s central Sifly Piazza each summer since 2014. These installations, which are freely accessible to the public, aim to make the campus more open and welcoming to the community.
Read our Art Things Considered blog article about the High Museum of Art here.
Exhibitions & Dates
Shaheen Collection of French Works
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French art of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina
Feb 16 2024 - May 12 2024
50 ceramic objects from the decades before the Civil War
In the City of Light: Paris, 1850-1920
Sep 1 2023 - Dec 31 2023
Paris through the eyes of its artists
A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845
Sep 15 2023 - Jan 14 2024
The first major survey of Southern photography in twenty-five years
Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature
Oct 13 2023 - Jan 7 2024
A blend of scientific observation and imaginative storytelling, from several institutions in the United Kingdom
Truth Told Slant: Contemporary Photography
Mar 22 2024 - Aug 11 2024
Five photographers making meaningful images in a lyrical way