Georgia Museum of Art

Spotlight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent Collection

5/26/2013

Meet docents in the lobby of the Georgia Museum of Art on May 26, 2013, at 3 p.m. for a free tour of highlights from the permanent collection. read more

Spotlight Tour: Highlights from the Permanent Collection

5/26/2013

Meet docents in the lobby of the Georgia Museum of Art on May 26, 2013, at 3 p.m. for a free tour of highlights from the permanent collection. read more

Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection

5/29/2013

Meet the Georgia Museum of Art's docents May 29, 2013, at 2 p.m. for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection, including American paintings, Southern decorative arts, a Kress Study Collection of Italian Renaissance paintings, selected works on paper and more. read more

Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection

5/29/2013

Meet the Georgia Museum of Art's docents on May 29, 2013, at 2 p.m. for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection, including American paintings, southern decorative arts, a Kress Study Collection of Italian Renaissance paintings, selected works on paper and more. read more

Art and Intrigue Film Series: "Stolen"

5/30/2013

In March of 1990, two thieves dressed as Boston police officers gained entrance to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and successfully executed the largest art heist in modern history. Among the 13 priceless works stolen was Vermeer's "The Concert," one of only 35 of the master's surviving works. Not... read more

Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection

6/5/2013

Meet the Georgia Museum of Art's docents for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection on June 5, 2013, at 2 p.m. See American paintings, Southern decorative arts, a Kress Study Collection of Italian Renaissance paintings, selected works on paper and more. read more

Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection

6/5/2013

Meet the Georgia Museum of Art's docents on June 5, 2013, at 2 p.m. for a free tour of highlights from the permanent collection, including American paintings, Southern decorative arts, a Kress Study Collection of Italian Renaissance paintings, selected works on paper and more. read more

Drawing in the Galleries

6/6/2013

Come explore your artistic side by sketching from works on view in the museum's galleries on June 6, 2013, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Instruction is not provided, other than by the works of art themselves, the method that trained many of the world's greatest artists. Pencils only. read more

Art and Intrigue Film Series: "Exit Through the Gift Shop"

6/6/2013

Filmmaker Thierry Guetta's project to chronicle the underground world of street art takes a fascinating twist when he meets elusive stencil artist Banksy, who turns the project around to film Guetta while he reinvents himself as a street artist. There has been debate over whether the documentary is genuine... read more

Drawing in the Galleries

6/6/2013

Explore your artistic side by sketching from works on view in the Georgia Museum of Art's galleries on June 6, 2013, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Instruction is not provided, other than by the works of art themselves, the method that trained many of the world's greatest artists. Pencils only. read more

Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection

6/12/2013

Meet the Georgia Museum of Art's docents June 12, 2013, at 2 p.m. for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection, including American paintings, Southern decorative arts, a Kress Study Collection of Italian Renaissance paintings, selected works on paper and more. read more

Tour at Two: Highlights from the Permanent Collection

6/12/2013

Meet the Georgia Museum of Art's docents on June 12, 2013, at 2 p.m. for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection, including American paintings, southern decorative arts, a Kress Study Collection of Italian Renaissance paintings, selected works on paper and more. read more

90 Carlton:Summer

6/13/2013

The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art present a quarterly open house on June 13, 2013, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., featuring the summer exhibitions "Fashion Independent: The Original Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor," "Face Jugs: Art and Ritual in 19th-Century South Carolina" and "Cityscapes by Ben Aronson... read more

Family Day: All That Jazz

6/15/2013

Visit the Georgia Museum of Art's permanent collection galleries to see and hear how artists like Jay Robinson and Radcliffe Bailey have been inspired by jazz, then head to the Mary and Michael Erlanger classroom to create your music-inspired masterpiece. June 15, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. read more

Tour at Two: Face Jugs

6/19/2013

Dale Couch, curator of decorative arts, will lead a tour of the exhibition "Face Jugs: Art and Ritual in 19th-Century South Carolina" at 2 p.m. on June 19, 2013. Decorative arts historians coined the term "face jug" to refer to a pottery type created by the African-American enslaved community in the... read more

Gallery Games

6/20/2013

Kids ages 7 to 11 are invited to visit the Georgia Museum of Art (GMOA) on June 20, 2013, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. for a special interactive gallery tour with Melissa Rackley from GMOA's education department. Learn about works in the permanent collection through activities designed just for kids. read more

Kress Project Book Release Party

6/23/2013

Enjoy music by Charlie Hartness and performances by other Kress Project winners on June 23, 2013, at the Georgia Museum of Art (GMOA). The Kress Project was an online exhibition that celebrated 50 years of friendship between the Kress Foundation and GMOA. Artists from all over the world submitted works... read more

Artful Conversation: "Portrait of Jeanne Laib"

6/26/2013

Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth look at Gerald Brockhurst's painting "Portrait of Jeanne Laib" (ca. 1944) on June 26, 2013, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Artful Conversation is an event that takes an hour to look at a single work or small group of works to study and better understand... read more