Atlanta Arts category interest

Selections from Cinqué Hicks, our Editor-in-Chief, for the week’s best art experiences.

Monday, September 30

12:00 Tour of Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art exhibition of first Native American representative of the United States in the Venice Biennale (AAW)

6:30 breathe at Emory’s Woodruff Library. Curatorial conversation with photographer Sheila Pree Bright and curator Andi McKenzie (AAW)

Tuesday, October 1

2:00 Hana Ward: Cowpea Consciousness. Tour of exhibition of Los Angeles based artist presented by OCHI Gallery (AAW)

5:30 Curator’s Talk with Dr. Deborah Willis and Dr. Cheryl Finley. A talk in conjunction with the exhibition Free as They Want to Be: Artists Committed to Memory at Clark Atlanta (AAW)

Wednesday, October 2

24 hours Art in Freedom Park. New sculpture work by Jamaal Barber and Alex Brewer, aka HENSE (ELE; self-guided)

6:00 Namwon Choi at Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. Artist’s talk (AAW)

Thursday, October 3

10:00-3:00 HOMEWORK, a Pop-Up Exhibition. Select work from University of Georgia and Georgia State University MFA programs (AAW)

5:30 Ming Smith in conversation with Myra Greene. Exhibition viewing of Ming Smith’s Feeling the Future at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, followed by photographers in conversation (AAW)

7:00-11:00 …an Atlanta Biennial… . Public reception for work by Craig Drennen, Hasani Sahlehe, Micah and Whitney Stansell, Antonio Darden, Tori Tinsley and dozens of other Atlanta-based artists in a contemporary warehouse setting (AAW)

Friday, October 4

10:00 The Splendid by Ugo Rondinone. Unveiling of new Freedom Park sculpture. (ELE)

11:00 Atlanta Art Fair exhibition hall day 1. We recommend the following highlights (AAF):

SELECT GALLERIES: Black Art in America; Casterline|Goodman Gallery; Co-Op Art Atlanta; Day andamp; Night Projects; Hawkins Headquarters; Kathryn Markel Fine Arts; Mitochondria Gallery; Sandler Hudson Gallery; Spanierman Modern; The Casspir Project; The Object Space

SELECT ARTIST PROJECTS: Venske andamp; Spänle; genteel/gentle; Jeffrey Gibson; Gyun Hur; Sheila Pree Bright

2:00 Art in Action: Navigating Identity, Culture, and Environmental Crisis. Karen Comer Lowe presents the work of Pam Longobardi and Navin Norling (AAF)

6:00 Aperture. Welcome reception with Executive Director, Sarah Meister, and book signing with Arielle Bobb-Willis (AAW)

8:00 Off the Wall @ 725 Ponce. Sixty movies for sixty windows by Gibson + Recoder, world premiere. (AAF)

Saturday, October 5

11:00 MA! Architecture Tours. Self-guided tour of residences and commercial spaces designed by Alex Wu Architects, Office of Design, Jerry Cooper and many other Atlanta-based modern and contemporary architects. (ADF)

4:00 Sarah Emerson at whitespace. Artist talk (AAW)

5:00-11:00 SITE at The Goat Farm. Multi-arts installations, performances and open studios (AAW andamp; AAF)

SELECT ARTISTS AND PROJECTS: Another World Is Possible; the end is near, the end is the beginning; Gavin Bernard; Joel Silverman; Lauri Stallings; Natrice Miller; Ruby Velle andamp; the Soulphonics; T. Lang Dance

Sunday, October 6

11:00 Atlanta Art Fair exhibition hall day 2. (AAF)

2:00 ALT ATL: Artist-Run Spaces and Experimental Projects. Panel discussion on Atlanta DIY spaces presented by Art Papers (AAF)

4:00 In Conversation: Cosmo Whyte and Fahamu Pecou. Intersections of migration, identity and cultural reclamation (AAF)

Our picks to focus on the best of Atlanta-based artists and Atlanta-based work.

Monday, September 30

6:30 Charlie McCullers, Tokie Rome-Taylor and Jerushia Graham at Spalding Nix Fine Art. Artist panel discussion (AAW; waiting list only)

Tuesday, October 1

9:00 District V “Honor” Mural. The Future Is Bright mural talk with guides Gene Kansas and Helen McGaughy (ADF)

6:00 Michael Stipe, Angela West and John Chiara at Jackson Fine Art. Opening reception (AAW)

Wednesday, October 2

6:00 Namwon Choi at Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. Artist’s talk (AAW)

Thursday, October 3

10:00-3:00 HOMEWORK, a Pop-Up Exhibition. Select work from University of Georgia and Georgia State University MFA programs (AAW)

5:30 The Midtown Studio Residency. Panel discussion with residents Kelly Taylor Mitchell, Masud Olufani, Deanna Sirlin and others (AAW)

7:00-11:00 …an Atlanta Biennial… . Public reception for work by Craig Drennen, Hasani Sahlehe, Micah andamp; Whitney Stansell, Antonio Darden, Tori Tinsley and dozens of other Atlanta-based artists in a contemporary warehouse setting (AAW)

Friday, October 4

11:00 Atlanta Art Fair exhibition hall day 1. We recommend the following highlights (AAF):

SELECT GALLERIES: Day andamp; Night Projects; Jackson Fine Art; Hawkins Headquarters; Marcia Wood Gallery; Poem 88; Sandler Hudson Gallery; Spalding Nix Fine Art; whitespace; Wolfgang Gallery

SELECT ARTIST PROJECTS: Lloyd Benjamin; Navin Norling; Sergio Suárez; Curtis Patterson; Sheila Pree Bright

2:00 Art in Action: Navigating Identity, Culture and Environmental Crisis. Karen Comer Lowe presents the work of Pam Longobardi and Navin Norling (AAF)

7:00 Acceptance: Identity andamp; Circumstance. Artist talk with painter Alfred Conteh and guest Jeremiah Ojo (AAW)

Saturday, October 5

10:00 Art in Freedom Park. New sculpture work by Jamaal Barber and Alex Brewer, aka HENSE (ELE; self-guided)

11:00 MA! Architecture Tours. Self-guided tour of residences and commercial spaces designed by Alex Wu Architects, Office of Design, Jerry Cooper and many other Atlanta-based modern and contemporary architects. (ADF)

4:00 Sarah Emerson at whitespace. Artist talk (AAW)

5:00-11:00 SITE at The Goat Farm. Multi-arts installations, performances and open studios (AAW andamp; AAF)

SELECT ARTISTS AND PROJECTS: the end is near, the end is the beginning; glo; Megan Mosholder; Mike Stasny; Aineki Traverso; Monica Campana x Eso Tilin Projects; T. Lang Dance

Sunday, October 6

11:00 Atlanta Art Fair exhibition hall day 2. (AAF)

2:00 ALT ATL: Artist-Run Spaces and Experimental Projects. Panel discussion on Atlanta DIY spaces presented by Art Papers (AAF)

4:00 In Conversation: Cosmo Whyte and Fahamu Pecou. Intersections of migration, identity, and cultural reclamation (AAF)

7:00 Burnaway Sweet 16th Anniversary Party with The Bakery’s Boundary Lines. Reception for the Atlanta-based, regional online visual arts publication (AAF)

An itinerary with an emphasis on women artists and creators.

Monday, September 30

6:30 breathe at Emory’s Woodruff Library. Curatorial conversation with photographer Sheila Pree Bright and curator Andi McKenzie (AAW)

Tuesday, October 1

24 hours Studio Sabine Marcelis Panorama installation. Kinetic installation on Woodruff Center plaza (ADF)

7:00 After an Endless Embrace. Artist talk at Spruill Gallery with Kate Burke and Aineki Traverso (AAF)

Wednesday, October 2

2:00 Hana Ward: Cowpea Consciousness. Tour of exhibition of Los Angeles based artist presented by OCHI Gallery (AAW)

6:00 Namwon Choi at Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. Artist’s talk (AAW)

Thursday, October 3

5:30 Ming Smith in conversation with Myra Greene. Exhibition viewing of Ming Smith’s Feeling the Future at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, followed by photographers in conversation (AAW)

7:00-11:00 …an Atlanta Biennial… . Public reception for work by Tori Tinsley, Jill Frank, Myra Greene, Visakha Jane Phillips, Aineki Traverso, Krista Clark and dozens of other Atlanta artists in a contemporary warehouse setting (AAW)

Friday, October 4

11:00 Atlanta Art Fair exhibition hall day 1. We recommend the following highlights (AAF):

SELECT GALLERIES: Catalysta; Jackson Fine Art; Kathryn Markel Fine Arts; Marcia Wood Gallery; Luis De Jesus Los Angeles; Maune Contemporary; Poem 88; Sandler Hudson Gallery; Spalding Nix Fine Art; whitespace; Wolfgang Gallery

SELECT ARTIST PROJECTS: Pam Longobardi; Gyun Hur; Sheila Pree Bright

2:00 Art in Action: Navigating Identity, Culture, and Environmental Crisis. Karen Comer Lowe presents the work of Pam Longobardi and Navin Norling (AAF)

7:00 Hana Ward: Cowpea Consciousness. Conversation with Los Angeles based artist presented by OCHI Gallery (AAW)

Saturday, October 5

4:00 Sarah Emerson at whitespace. Artist talk (AAW)

5:00-11:00 SITE at The Goat Farm. Multi-arts installations, performances and open studios (AAW andamp; AAF)

SELECT ARTISTS AND PROJECTS: the end is near, the end is the beginning; MaDora Frey; glo; Natrice Miller; Kelly Taylor Mitchell; Megan Mosholder; Monica Campana x Eso Tilin Projects; Ruby Velle andamp; the Soulphonics; T. Lang Dance

Sunday, October 6

11:00 Atlanta Art Fair exhibition hall day 2. (AAF)

2:00 ALT ATL: Artist-Run Spaces and Experimental Projects. Panel discussion on Atlanta DIY spaces presented by Art Papers (AAF)

An itinerary to maximize your enjoyment of Black art and artists from throughout the Diaspora.

Monday, September 30

1:30 gOD-Talk Screening by National Museum of African American History and Culture. A feature length film on the spiritual life of seven Black Millennials (AAW)

6:30 breathe at Emory’s Woodruff Library. Curatorial conversation with photographer Sheila Pree Bright and curator Andi McKenzie (AAW)

Tuesday, October 1

3:00 Art History Is Our Legacy. Atlanta University Center walking tour starting at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art (AAW)

5:30 Curator’s Talk with Dr. Deborah Willis and Dr. Cheryl Finley. A talk in conjunction with the exhibition Free as They Want to Be: Artists Committed to Memory at Clark Atlanta (AAW)

Wednesday, October 2

24 hours Art in Freedom Park. New sculpture work by Jamaal Barber. Also on view is Alex Brewer, aka HENSE (ELE; self-guided)

6:30 Conversation and Cocktails with Gallerist Mariane Ibrahim and Patrick Eugène. Haitian-American painter Patrick Eugène speaks with Chicago and Paris gallerist (AAW; waiting list only)

Thursday, October 3

10:00-6:00 Aperture pop-up shop. Features the fashion photography of Arielle Bobb-Willis, as well as work by Zanele Muholi, Jamal Shabazz, Hank Willis Thomas and others (AAW)

5:30 Ming Smith in conversation with Myra Greene. Exhibition viewing of Ming Smith’s Feeling the Future at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, followed by photographers in conversation (AAW)

Friday, October 4

11:00 Atlanta Art Fair exhibition hall day 1. We recommend the following highlights (AAF):

SELECT GALLERIES: Black Art in America, Johnson Lowe Gallery, M Contemporary Art, Maune Contemporary; Makasiini Contemporary; Mitochondria Gallery; Richard Levy Gallery; Sandler Hudson Gallery; Spanierman Modern; Susanna Gold Gallery; The Casspir Project; Urevbu Gallery

SELECT ARTIST PROJECTS: Curtis Patterson; genteel/gentle; Sheila Pree Bright

2:00 On Deck in the South. Discussion of upcoming cultural projects, including Dr. Fahamu Pecou speaking about the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (AAF)

7:00 Acceptance: Identity andamp; Circumstance. Artist talk with painter Alfred Conteh and guest Jeremiah Ojo (AAW)

Saturday, October 5

12:00-6:00 …an Atlanta Biennial… . Work by Fahamu Pecou, Hasani Sahlehe, Antonio Darden, Myra Green, Alfred Conteh and dozens of other premier artists in a contemporary warehouse setting (AAW)

2:00 Hana Ward: Cowpea Consciousness. Tour of exhibition of Los Angeles based artist presented by OCHI Gallery (AAW)

5:00-11:00 SITE at The Goat Farm. Multi-arts installations, performances and open studios (AAW andamp; AAF)

SELECT ARTISTS AND PROJECTS: the end is near, the end is the beginning; T. Lang Dance; Gavin Bernard; Kiara Gilbert; Natrice Miller; Hommeboy; Selorm Jay.

Sunday, October 6

11:00 Atlanta Art Fair exhibition hall day 2. (AAF)

2:00 ADAMA Arts Salon. Errin Haines in conversation with artists Sam Nhlengethwa, Diane Victor and Mbongeni Buthelezi in conjunction with the exhibition If You Look Hard Enough, You Can See Our Future (AAW)

4:00 In Conversation: Cosmo Whyte andFahamu Pecou. Intersections of migration, identity, and cultural reclamation (AAF)

Our recommendations for lovers of film and photography.

Monday, September 30

1:30 gOD-Talk Screening by National Museum of African American History and Culture. A feature length film on the spiritual life of seven Black Millennials (AAW)

6:30 breathe at Emory’s Woodruff Library. Curatorial conversation with photographer Sheila Pree Bright and curator Andi McKenzie (AAW)

Tuesday, October 1

5:30 Curator’s Talk with Dr. Deborah Willis and Dr. Cheryl Finley. A talk in conjunction with the exhibition Free as They Want to Be: Artists Committed to Memory; African-American photographers at Clark Atlanta. (AAW)

Wednesday, October 2

6:00-8:00 ACP’s 2024 Auction Gala and Twilight Cocktail. Atlanta Center for Photography silent auction and seated dinner on Ponce City Market rooftop terrace (AAW)

Thursday, October 3

5:30 Ming Smith in conversation with Myra Greene. Exhibition viewing of Ming Smith’s Feeling the Future at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, followed by photographers in conversation (AAW)

7:00-11:00 …an Atlanta Biennial… . Public reception for work by Fredrik Brauer, Jill Frank, Antonio Darden, Myra Greene, Jackson Markovic, Micah andamp; Witney Stansell and dozens of other artists in a contemporary warehouse setting (AAW)

Friday, October 4

2:00 Off the Wall @ 725 Ponce Sixty movies for sixty windows by Gibson + Recoder. Artist talk (AAF; at Emory)

6:00 Aperture. Welcome reception with Executive Director, Sarah Meister, and book signing with Arielle Bobb-Willis (AAW)

8:00 Off the Wall @ 725 Ponce. Sixty movies for sixty windows by Gibson + Recoder, world premiere. (AAW)

Saturday, October 5

11:00 Atlanta Art Fair exhibition hall. We recommend the following highlights (AAF):

SELECT GALLERIES: Jackson Fine Art; Richard Levy Gallery; Susanna Gold Gallery;

SELECT ARTIST PROJECTS: Sheila Pree Bright

12:00 New South: Contemporary Perspective in Lens-Based Media from the American South. Roundtable discussion followed by book signing (AAF)

5:00-11:00 SITE at The Goat Farm. Multi-arts installations, performances and open studios (AAW andamp; AAF)

SELECT ARTISTS AND PROJECTS: the end is near, the end is the beginning; Didi Dunphy, Natrice Miller; Monica Campana x Eso Tilin Projects; Stephanie Dowda andamp; Mary Stuart Hall Walker.

Sunday, October 6

12:00 Aperture pop-up shop. Walkthrough features the fashion photography of Arielle Bobb-Willis, as well as work by Zanele Muholi, Kelli Connell, Hank Willis Thomas and others (AAW)

7:00 Neill Prewitt Performance #2 at whitespace. Rock opera created on site, using live looping, video and performance. (AAW)