Exhibitions
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PHS presents the 2024 Philadelphia Flower Show: United By Flowers
Your guide to attending the Flower Show on a budget, and supporting Philly gardens year-round
The Flower Show is here through Sunday, March 10! An Nichols has your guide to entry on a budget, plus suggestions for connecting with Philly gardens year-round, and Alaina Johns has a look at this year’s show.
Features
6 minute read
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens presents Ritual of Self: Isaiah Zagar’s Self-Portraits on Paper
Never the same man twice
Philly’s Isaiah Zagar is famous for his mosaic murals swirling on hundreds of public walls. Now, fans are invited home to Philadelphia's Magic Gardens for a new show selected from thousands of Zagar’s daily self-portraits. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Reviews
5 minute read
The artistic life and legacy of James E. Newton
Timeless artistry and mentorship from a local legend
A series of exhibitions from the University of Delaware and Delaware Art Museum celebrates the work of artist and mentor James E. Newton. Dara McBride previews.
Previews
3 minute read
The Science History Institute presents BOLD: Color from Test Tube to Textile
A colorful history
A new exhibition at the Science History Institute explores how and why we naturally colored our clothes, bodies, and environments for millennia—and what changed when we created color in a laboratory. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
(Re)FOCUS: Then and Now honors a historic 1974 Philly feminist arts festival
A citywide celebration of 50 years of impact
(Re)FOCUS connects a landmark feminist arts festival from 1974 with a new set of exhibitions and celebrations in 2024 throughout the city. Emily Schilling previews.
Previews
2 minute read
The Museum for Art in Wood presents FLOE: A Climate of Risk
Cold, hard fiction
If we won’t engage with the bare facts of climate change, is there another way in? Interdisciplinary artist Stephen Talasnik wonders in his FLOE: A Climate of Risk, which imagines the aftermath of an icebound shipwreck. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Drexel University presents Electrified: 50 Years of Electric Factory
Reelin’ in the years
Philly live music lovers should hurry to a new special exhibition at Drexel University spotlighting the history of the Electric Factory, including iconic guitars, a Rock-Ola jukebox, and tons of memorabilia. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Reviews
6 minute read
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts presents Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden
A world at his fingertips
In 2017, PAFA became the preserver and promoter of globetrotting 20th-century American sculptor John Rhoden’s artistic legacy. Now, PAFA mounts the artist’s first comprehensive retrospective. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Reviews
5 minute read
The Barnes Foundation presents Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris
Queer context for the early 20th century
With radically sweet images of women and hardly a man in sight, painter Marie Laurencin constructed a world of female friendship, camaraderie, and low-key eroticism, as explored in a new exhibition at the Barnes. K.A. McFadden reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library presents Ann Lowe: American Couturier
Dior and Chanel’s American peer
Ann Lowe, a Black American designer, should have been as famous as the 20th-century French couturiers who are household names today. A new exhibition at Winterthur charts her remarkable sartorial journey. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Reviews
7 minute read