Upon reflection 

Dec. 24 —  As the year closes, Atlanta’s arts scene is doing something natural – slowing down and reflecting.

With that in mind, I have a roundup of the most-read Sketchbook stories of 2025. Each highlights a city in motion – openings, re-openings, closings, conversations. Together, the stories document where Atlanta gathered, expanded, and made itself visible this year. 

And then there’s Piedmont Park.

Unveiled last week, artist Gregor Turk’s mirrored installation “Myriad” near the park’s Meadow asks Atlantans to stop. To notice who’s beside you. To watch our city pass through reflection. To experience public space as a place for pause rather than production.

One story looks back at a year defined by momentum. The other offers a quiet interruption.

What do you see when you reflect?
—Sherri Daye Scott

Image by Sherri Daye Scott

Gregor Turk mirrors Atlanta

🪞 Installed just as the city hits peak holiday pace, “Myriad,” artist Gregor Turk’s new mirrored installation in Piedmont Park, offers a reason to slow down. In this Sketchbook Q&A, he reflects on how public art creates space for connection in a season defined by constant motion.

➡️ Read the conversation.

Fashion meets art at the High Museum!

SPONSORED BY THE HIGH MUSEUM

👗 Experience Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Statements – a bold, breathtaking exhibition celebrating avant-garde fashion visionaries who blurred the line between haute couture and art. Only at the High, the exhibition’s sole U.S. stop.

➞ On view through Feb. 8, 2026.

Courtesy of participating artists, institutions and contributors

 A year of Atlanta arts, recapped

🗓️ From museum reopenings and new gallery spaces to annual art fairs, public murals, and artist profiles, Sketchbook’s most-read arts stories of 2025 documented where Atlanta’s cultural scene opened up, gathered, and paused.

➡️ Catch up on the year in Atlanta arts.

Courtesy of Snackbox Studios and Magnolia Art House

Art Happenings

🍷 Sip and Sculpt | 7-9 p.m.,  Dec. 26 | Distillery of Modern Art. 

❤️🖤💚  Celebrate Kwanzaa at ADAMA | 1-4 p.m., Dec. 27 | ADAMA at Pittsburgh Yards. 

✏️ Sunday Figure Drawing – Adult Paint and Sip | Multiple Classes, Dec. 28 | Echo Contemporary Art. 

🎨  Art Gallery Pop Up | 5-9 p.m., Dec. 31 | 135 Krog St NE. (pictured)

Post of the Week

❤️‍🩹 Atlanta artist @caslos735 is recovering from his second heart surgery in five months. Consider purchasing a Solis piece or making a direct donation toward his medical expenses to support him.

➡️ See the post.

🖋️ Today’s Sketchbook was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.

Sherri Daye Scott is a freelance writer and producer based in Atlanta. She edits the Sketchbook newsletter for Rough Draft.