Atlanta’s High Museum of Art is stepping into the spotlight this fall with two exhibitions that couldn’t be more different in style, yet both promise to entrance: one celebrates the theatrical genius of avant-garde fashion designers Viktor&Rolf, while the other brings long-overdue attention to the visionary, self-taught artist Minnie Evans.
Viktor&Rolf. Fashion Statements
Opening October 10, 2025, Viktor&Rolf. Fashion Statements transforms the High into a runway-meets-gallery spectacle. This is the first major U.S. presentation of the Dutch design duo’s work in years, and Atlanta will be the only American stop.
Visitors can expect:
- More than 100 jaw-dropping creations from over 30 collections.
- Immersive animated projections from Rodeo FX, which blur the line between fashion, art, and cinema.
- Viktor&Rolf’s famous “works-in-progress dolls,” miniature garments that turn high fashion into a kind of couture dollhouse.
Viktor&Rolf, Ready-to-Wear Collection, 2005
It’s not just an exhibition; it’s a full-on fashion performance staged inside the High’s sleek white walls.
The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans
Then in November, the galleries will pivot from avant-garde couture to kaleidoscopic visions. The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans, opening November 14, 2025, marks the first comprehensive Evans retrospective in more than 30 years.
Evans (1892–1987), often called a visionary artist, created lush, otherworldly images filled with human, animal, and botanical forms. She described these as visions from “the lost world”—a place of memory, dream, and prophecy.
Highlights Include:
- More than 100 works tracing her evolution from spare line drawings in the 1930s to radiant mandalas in the 1960s.
- Archival photos and materials that reveal Evans’ life as a gatekeeper at Airlie Gardens in North Carolina.
- A new catalogue, and the first of its kind, offering fresh scholarship and full-color reproductions of her art.
Minnie Evans photo by Susan Mullally
An Unlikely Cohesion
Together, these shows tell a powerful story about the range of creativity: from fashion as living sculpture to otherworldly art born from deeply personal visions. They also underscore the High’s continuing commitment to bringing both international stars and small-town mystics into dialogue under one roof.
For visitors, it’s a chance to be swept up—first by the drama of Viktor&Rolf’s oversized silhouettes and theatrical flair, then by Evans’ transcendent, kaleidoscopic imagery that feels like stepping into another dimension.
Whether drawn to the runway or to the soul’s flow, Atlanta’s High Museum of Art will be the place where bold fashion statements meet timeless visions this fall.
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