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Picasso To Warhol

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Special events, extended hours conclude “Picasso To Warhol”

Saturday's POP! party includes live music and exclusive access to the galleries and free parking 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.

The High Museum of Art’s special exhibition Picasso To Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters continues with its final weekend of special events and extended hours to accommodate visitors who have missed the exhibit during its six-plus month stay in Atlanta. And to assist those who desire to see and soak it in one last time. The public has until Sunday, April 29, to experience more than 100 works of art created by 14 iconic 20th-century artists including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. The exhibition currently ranks No. 5 among the all-time most attended exhibitions for the High. The exhibition is part of a continuing collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). By the numbers, “…

Friday, September 30, 2011

Uncrating Picasso at the High

"Girl Before a Mirror" is showpiece for the High Museum of Art's new exhibition Picasso to Warhol.

A modern masterpiece was unveiled at the High Museum of Art on Wednesday. Curators with the Atlanta museum and The Museum of Modern Art in New York City uncrated Picasso's "Girl Before a Mirror" for the upcoming Picasso to Warhol exhibition. The display that opens Oct. 15 will feature more than 100 works from 14 modern artists.  "It gives us a chance to tell the story of modernism," said Michael Rooks, the High's curator of modern and contemporary art. "I'm really excited." Picasso's "Girl Before a Mirror" will be the first masterpiece visitors see when they enter the gallery at the museum for the new show that runs through April 29, 2012.  Here is more about the painting from the High: Few paintings in Picasso’s oeuvre have attracted such…

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