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High Museum of Art Acquires Significant Collection Comprising 56 Prints by Artist Kiki Smith

ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art has recently acquired a significant collection of 56 prints by artist Kiki Smith from collector Stephen Dull. The acquisition was made through a partial gift from Dull and partial purchase through the Museum’s acquisition fund. This group of prints makes the High a major national repository for Smith’s graphic work. “Kiki Smith: Rituals,” an exhibition showcasing the new acquisitions, will be on view in the works on paper galleries at the High from October 8, 2011, through January 22, 2012. “Kiki Smith is a great artist-printmaker, and this important collection of her work will be one of the foundation stones of the High’s growing print collection. We are delighted to make such a significant acquisition that catapults us to the forefront of museums that collect her work,” stated Michael E. Shapiro, the High’s Nancy and Holcombe T. Green,