Art Conversations: 100 Years of Art in Atlanta

Art Conversations: 100 Years of Art in Atlanta happens at the High Museum of Art on Sunday, October 18, from 3 PM to 4 PM. It's a conversation between two people who know the museum from the inside: Julia Forbes, the Associate Director of Institutional Research, and Katherine Jentleson, the Senior Curator of American Art and Boone Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art.

The occasion is the High's centenary, and the talk is built around that milestone. Forbes and Jentleson trace the museum's evolution over the last century and look ahead to the next hundred years. They focus on three transformative moments in the institution's history, their impact on Atlanta, and what those shifts mean for the museum's future as the city's art museum. It's a chance to hear how the place has changed from the people who track its research and curate its collections.

For context, the High is the leading art museum in the southeastern United States, with more than 13,000 works in its permanent collection. That includes an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American and decorative art, significant holdings of European paintings, a growing collection of African American art, and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography, and African art. The conversation sits right in the middle of all that—looking back at how the museum grew into what it is today and where it goes from here.

It runs from 3 PM to 4 PM on Sunday, October 18, at the High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30309.