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Philadelphia Assembled, a Radical Community-Building Exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Avatar photo by Philadelphia Museum of Art May 11, 2017January 29, 2021

Initiated by artist Jeanne van Heeswijk, Philadelphia Assembled manifests in over 60 actions, installations, and performances meant to illuminate a set of hopes and questions for the city.

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NFL Draft Blocks Access to Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Iconic Stairs

by Stan Mir April 28, 2017

For the past two weeks, as the NFL has erected a huge stage for its 2017 draft on the front steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, making access to the area very difficult.

Marcel Duchamp, "Fountain," (1950 version of 1917 original), Philadelphia Museum of Art, 125th Anniversary Acquisition, gift (by exchange) of Mrs. Herbert Cameron Morris, 1998 (© Artists Rights Society, ARS, New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp)
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For Centennial of Duchamp’s “Fountain,” Some Museums Will Offer Free Admission with a Password

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton April 6, 2017

Dropping the right name could get you into a museum for free on Sunday, April 9.

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The Challenge of Making US Museums Multilingual

by Julie Schwietert Collazo January 4, 2017

Which languages should institutions prioritize? Should choices be based on current patrons or on visitors they’d like to reach?

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Teetering in a Dark Room

by Stan Mir December 31, 2016December 31, 2016

As much as we might feel that our lives are lived these days at breakneck speed, Bruce Nauman’s work suggests otherwise. “Films,” for Nauman, “are about seeing.”

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Best of 2016: Our Top 15 Exhibitions Across the United States

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic December 29, 2016December 30, 2016

Here’s a small taste of what this vast country had to offer in art this year.

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Painting a Fuller, More Complicated History of Mexican Modern Art

by Anne Blood November 29, 2016November 30, 2016

An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Arts explores the many strands of Mexican modern art, shedding light on artists and movements beyond the best-known muralists.

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Artist Jitish Kallat Projects a Letter from Gandhi to Hitler

Avatar photo by Philadelphia Museum of Art November 4, 2016January 29, 2021

Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter, an immersive installation and video projection by Mumbai-based artist Jitish Kallat, opens at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on November 13, 2016.

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How Dutch Wax Fabrics Became a Mainstay of African Fashion

by Sarah Archer November 3, 2016

The Philadelphia Museum of Art examines the past and present of Vlisco fabrics, a symbol of our hyperconnected, postcolonial material world.

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Traces of the Past in Images of Today’s Busy African Metropolises

by Anne Blood August 4, 2016

PHILADELPHIA — In Akinbode Akinbiyi’s photograph, the pyramids of Giza, built over 4,500 years ago, are captured through a mess of fencing, with the tight rows of rigid iron rods obscuring the ancient wonders.

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All in the Smooth, White, Vacant-Eyed Family of Contemporary Figurative Sculpture

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne July 21, 2016July 27, 2016

PHILADELPHIA — Once upon a time, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, there lived a family of sculptures. They were all smooth, white, and vacant-eyed.

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Crimes of the Art

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton February 24, 2015February 24, 2015

On this week’s art crime blotter: Cops don’t care for anti-cop mural, misattribution embarrasses Toronto art detectives, and an ice sculpture smasher is on the loose.

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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries
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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries

Featuring two decades of interdisciplinary art along with new work created in response to the ongoing Women’s Rights Movement in Iran, the exhibition is on view in Hartford, Connecticut.

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