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ART+DESIGN
Doug Allen, respected landscape architect, revered professor, down-to-earth visionary
Doug Allen, who died on October 26 at the age of 64, was a man of many parts. His work as a landscape architect ranged...
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Review: Uncle Sam at our dinner table is subject of delightful, illuminating CDC museum exhibit
Exploding ketchup bottles. Formaldehyde in processed foods. Toxic candy created by unsanitary factory conditions. These are not hot-button topics anymore. But there was a time...
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News: Controversial public art ordinance tabled; citizen committee proposed
Street artists, lawyers and religious leaders crammed into City Hall Monday for a sprawling debate on the regulation of public murals on private property. Speakers...
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Madames “Butterfly” and Battle, and other highlights, November 5–15
Opera buffs and aspirants will enjoy a two-fer this weekend. The Atlanta Opera will open its mainstage series on Saturday with Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, a...
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Appreciation: Martha Connell, evangelist for contemporary American crafts in Atlanta, beyond
We have lost a champion of contemporary craft. Martha Connell, an internationally recognized force in the American Craft Movement, died October 26 at 78. The...
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Review: Collector’s distinctive eye shaped “Cézanne and the Modern,” at High Museum
Art collector Henry Pearlman “bought what he liked and what made him happy.” So says an essay in the catalogue of Cézanne and the Modern:...
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Bulletin: The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center appoints Daniel Fuller its new curator
The Contemporary has appointed Daniel Fuller as curator. Fuller, who will start work on December 1, has been director of the Institute of Contemporary...
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Review: “ATT/ention” must be paid in an inattentive world, at Dashboard Co-op
ATT/ention, at Dashboard Co-op’s North Avenue gallery through December 3, presents art that provokes attentive contemplation even as it claims to deal with how digital...
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News: Proposed ATL public art ordinance, more regulation raises hackles in arts community
Yet another Atlanta street art battle is looming. A City Council committee has picked up the thorny question of community input in public artwork, voting...
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News: Michael Shapiro to retire as director of High Museum of Art in 2015
The High Museum of Art announced today that Michael E. Shapiro, the museum’s Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director since 2000, will leave the...
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Review: MODA’s “Inspiring Beauty” makes a political and aesthetic fashion statement
For much of the 20th century, the majority of working African American women wore beige, white, black or gray uniforms as they cleaned, cooked and provided...
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THE ARTS
The MJCCA/Atlanta Book Festival and other event highlights through November 8
How lucky we are. Metro Atlanta hosts two blockbuster book festivals. The MJCCA/Atlanta Book Festival begins its 19-day run this weekend. The program is packed...
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