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HIGH MUSEUM OF ART TO PRESENT ACCLAIMED RETROSPECTIVE FOR PREEMINENT ARTIST MARTIN PURYEAR

Exhibition features more than 70 works, including many of Puryear’s best-known sculptures and rarely seen drawings

“Martin Puryear: Nexus”
Sept. 25, 2026-Jan. 17, 2027

ATLANTA, Sept. 24, 2026 — Since the 1970s, Martin Puryear (American, born 1941) has captivated the public with beautiful and thought-provoking works inspired by global culture, social history and the natural world. This fall, the High Museum of Art will be the exclusive Southeast venue for “Martin Puryear: Nexus” (Sept. 25, 2026-Jan. 17, 2027), the most comprehensive presentation of his career in more than two decades. The exhibition features more than 70 works in a rich variety of materials and media, from sculptures in wood, glass, marble and cast bronze to rarely shown drawings and prints. Critically acclaimed during presentations by its co-organizers, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, the exhibition makes its final stop in Atlanta.