In Brief
The Franklin Institute is locked in a legal battle with the finger's thief, but the defendant's lawyers are demanding that the museum release security records that could prove this was merely a case of drunken vandalism.
Art
Jeffrey Stockbridge's images reinsert those with opioid addictions into public discourses, picking up where mass media has failed.
Announcement
Student work will be on view at Temple University in Philadelphia through April 13. The series of exhibitions will showcase a “spirit of collaboration and a hunger to transcend boundaries.”
Art
John E. Dowell takes as his subject one of the most influential plants in US history.
Art
The Global Guides program at the Penn Museum hires recent refugees from the Middle East to give personalized tours. The leader of my tour was Moumena Saradar, a refugee from Syria who has lived in Philadelphia for two years.
Performance
Rather than sticking to a literalistic depiction of the woods of Fairyland, Robert Carsen sets his adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream in a more symbolic land of beds.
Announcement
Curated by Meg Onli, Colored People Time: Mundane Futures will be on view through March 31, 2019.
Announcement
Join Moore's Philadelphia-based community of artists and organizers, and enjoy a rich array of field research, networking, and professional opportunities.
Announcement
Newly arrived scholars, artists, researchers, architects and designers will transform the academic experience of Tyler students.
Books
In the mid-1800s, naturalist Peter A. Browne assembled the world’s greatest hair collection to explain the complexity of humanity. In the 1970s, it was saved from the trash by a museum curator.
Announcement
Interactive programs and city-wide exhibitions explore how the handmade ignites positive change and saves lives.
Announcement
Curated by Kate Kraczon, Ree Morton: The Plant That Heals May Also Poison will be on view through December 23, 2018.