Current Exhibition
Thinking Eye, Seeing Mind: The Medford and Loraine Johnston Collection
Final Weeks! Through May 25
Upcoming Events
Engage directly with works of art in the galleries through docent-led HIGHlights tours every Tuesday through Sunday. Tours begin at 1 p.m. in the Taylor Lobby near the elevators.
Explore a wide variety of techniques and materials in this exciting, comprehensive introduction to drawing. Experiment with lines, mark making, shapes, texture, tone, and composition to create drawings from observation, imagination, and memory, and learn how to use the principles of design to support your compositions.
Sensory-Friendly Morning is a free, sensory-modified program for visitors of all ages who have sensory sensitivities and/or are neurodivergent and their families. The event takes place prior to regular museum hours.
Don’t miss an evening of live jazz at the High every third Friday.
Discover tranquility and connection at Oasis, a mindfulness-centered experience held on the third Saturday of each month.
Join us for a day of free admission and drop-in programming for adults of all ages! Whether you like to explore on your own, join a conversation, or create art, there is something for you. Come as you are and stay as long as you like.
We invite adults of all ages who identify as disabled or neurodivergent to join us along with their friends and family for a Sensory-Friendly Evening. This after-hours program includes drop-in art-making workshops, wellness programs, and guides for exploring art and ideas in the galleries. Experience world-class art, explore the museum at your own pace, exercise your creativity, or simply enjoy spending time with friends and family in a supportive, judgment-free environment.
In celebration of Member May, join us as we explore the works of Ryoji Ikeda, one of the world’s leading composers and media artists.
In celebration of Member May, join us as we explore Kim Chong Hak, Painter of Seoraksan and look at the works of Kim Chong Hak, a master painter from South Korea popularly known as “the painter of Seoraksan.”
Join us for a day of free admission and drop-in programming for adults of all ages! Whether you like to explore on your own, join a conversation, or create art, there is something for you. Come as you are and stay as long as you like.
Become a Member
Members enjoy early access to new exhibitions, free admission, exclusive discounts when shopping and dining, complimentary parking, and other great perks. Being a member also means you’re a key part of helping us fulfill our mission to deliver the best of visual arts to Atlanta and beyond.
Our Collections
From nineteenth-century sculpture to contemporary folk art, our seven themed collections include more than 19,000 works of art from around the world. We regularly rotate what’s on display, so you’ll never have the same visit twice.
African Art
The High Museum of Art’s African Art collection prominently features the art and material culture of West and Central African makers, reflecting the cultural, social, and visual histories of these regions from antiquity to modern day.
American Art
The High Museum of Art’s historical American Art collection includes over 1,200 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints made by artists working within the United States between 1780 and 1980. With strengths in historical painting and sculpture, the collection demonstrates the evolution of a distinctly American point of view in artistic representation.
Decorative Arts and Design
The High’s Decorative Arts and Design collection explores the broad materializations of design across time and place. It features the renowned Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection—the most comprehensive survey of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American decorative arts in the southeastern United States; the Frances and Emory Cocke Collection of English Ceramics from 1640 to 1840; Southern works; and global contemporary design.
European Art
The High’s European Art collection comprises more than a thousand paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, spanning six centuries of artistic endeavor, from the 1300s through the 1900s.
Folk and Self-Taught Art
Not all great artists attended art schools. The artists featured in the High’s Folk and Self-Taught Art collection instead were shaped primarily by lessons learned from family, community, work, and spiritual experiences. Some painted on canvas, while others depended on more readily available materials: stone from local quarries, decommissioned doors, scrapyard metal, leftover fabric, and even chewing gum.
Modern and Contemporary Art
The Modern and Contemporary Art collection encompasses art from 1945 to the present in all media and from diverse geographic locations and cultures. It provides a broad overview of the art of our time with outstanding examples of work by definitive artists who emerged in the postwar era; midcareer artists who have expanded and challenged the canon since the early 2000s; and emerging artists whose influential work suggests new directions for the future.
Photography
The High Museum of Art began collecting photographs in the early 1970s, making it among the earliest museums to commit to the medium. With more than 8,500 prints, the Photography department comprises the Museum’s largest collection. It is particularly strong in American modernist and documentary traditions from the mid-twentieth century and in contemporary trends.
