Atlanta has a wonderful invitation to slow down and remember. At the Michael C. Carlos Museum on the Emory University campus, Anamnesis, featuring works by Sergio Suárez, is on view from September 19, 2026, through January 24, 2027, weaving brand-new art through the museum’s beloved permanent galleries.
The title comes from a Greek word for remembrance — the idea, explored by Plato, that the past is always present with us. Suárez, a Mexican visual artist and printmaker who lives and works in Atlanta, embraces that idea joyfully. His prints, sculptures and ceramics appear interspersed among the Carlos Museum’s collections of Indigenous art of the Americas, Greek and Roman art, and works on paper, staging friendly conversations across centuries.
One highlight is Liturgias para el umbral de otra era (Liturgies for the Cusp of an Era), from 2024-25, an intricate work in ink on carved wood that reflects on time passing through the bones of history. Throughout the galleries, Suárez explores time on a cosmic, mythic and intimately human scale, inviting visitors to think about how objects become artifacts — and about the histories, memories and lives they carry.
Born in Mexico City in 1995 and a 2021 graduate of Georgia State University’s Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, Suárez has exhibited in the United States and internationally, and his work is held in public collections in Georgia. Happy City News invites you to discover this thoughtful, uplifting dialogue between an Atlanta artist of today and the treasures of the ancient world — all in one inspiring visit.
Photo: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University / Courtesy the artist
