Closing Weekend: Annie Leibovitz, Cecilia Beaux September 6, 2007

Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990–2005
Through September 9, 2007
The High Museum of Art will present an internationally touring exhibition of approximately 175 photographs by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz. The exhibition encompasses work Leibovitz created on assignment as a professional photographer as well as personal images of her family and close friends. The personal work includes many events involving her large family, including the birth of Leibovitz’s three daughters and the death of her father. Portraits of public figures include the pregnant Demi Moore, Nelson Mandela in Soweto, Jack Nicholson on Mulholland Drive, George W. Bush with members of his Cabinet at the White House, William Burroughs in Kansas and Agnes Martin in Taos. The assignment work includes reportage from the siege of Sarajevo in the early 1990s and a series of landscapes taken in the American West.

“Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990–2005” was organized by the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Charlotta Kotik, John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art, is the curator of the exhibition. The exhibition is sponsored by American Express. It is supported in Atlanta by Corporate Environments and W Atlanta Downtown Hotel & Residences. This exhibition is presented by “Women in Art,” which celebrates the significant contributions of women in the arts.

Cecilia Beaux, American Figure Painter
Through September 9, 2007
Organized by Sylvia Yount, the High’s Margaret and Terry Stent Curator of American Art, this critical retrospective features approximately 85 oils, works on paper and decorative objects by Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942), drawn from private and public collections both here and abroad. An internationally acclaimed figure painter, Beaux is widely regarded as the leading woman artist working in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her forty-year career represents a compelling and under-examined chapter in the history of American art.

Major support for “Cecilia Beaux, American Figure Painter” comes from The Henry Luce Foundation. This exhibition has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.
Additional support is provided by the Jean and Glenn Verrill Foundation. This exhibition is generously supported by Buckhead Community Bank, FinListics Solutions, and UBS. This exhibition is presented by “Women in Art,” which celebrates the significant contributions of women in the arts.

Official Website: http://www.high.org/experience/exhibitions/default.aspx