Brandywine Museum of Art presents Andrew Wyeth: Home Places

Wyeth’s most enduring legacy

This new exhibition studies the way Andrew Wyeth saw his favorite buildings, honoring the artist’s abstract work, as well as the better-known representational. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Mar 20, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

UPenn’s Arthur Ross Gallery presents At the Source: A Courbet Landscape Rediscovered

One painting, many stories

A painting by Gustave Courbet, a fascinating 19th-century French artist, was lost in a Philly basement for decades. Now it gets its due at Arthur Ross Gallery. Emily B. Schilling reviews.

Emily Schilling

Mar 14, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents House of Photographs

In the eye of the collector

House of Photographs is a visual treasure that wraps visitors in the collectors' point of view, ranging from a microscope to a Brooklyn sidewalk, from French gardens to Chinese arbors to outer space. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Mar 13, 2023 · Reviews · 5 minute read

AAMP presents Vision & Spirit: African American Art

Quintessential American stories on loan from Bank of America

A spectacular collection of work is on display at AAMP, including Gordon Parks, Faith Ringgold, and Carrie Mae Weems, thanks to an exhibition loan from Bank of America. Hanae Mason reviews.

Hanae Mason

Dec 05, 2022 · Reviews · 5 minute read

PAFA presents Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1776-1976

Then and now, a center for contemporary art

What makes art American? PAFA explores this question in a major exhibition that spans 200 of our artistic years, debuting at home before a national tour. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Nov 28, 2022 · Reviews · 5 minute read

Delaware Art Museum presents A Marriage of Arts & Crafts: Evelyn and William De Morgan

Rediscovering a Victorian power couple

Sidelined by art history, the works of Evelyn and William De Morgan, a Victorian power couple who integrated their artistic practice with social advocacy, make a stunning debut. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Nov 22, 2022 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Woodmere Art Museum presents George Biddle: The Art of American Social Conscience

A mirror on the world

George Biddle, born into wealth and prestige in Philadelphia, made a career of traveling the world and showing it as it really was, from underrepresented figures to the ravages of war. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Nov 21, 2022 · Reviews · 5 minute read

Brandywine River Museum of Art presents Fragile Earth: The Naturalist Impulse in Contemporary Art

The wilds beyond Pyle and the Wyeths

A new exhibition from four artists at Brandywine River Museum balances artistry and polemics, merging the nature of the artist with the art of nature. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Nov 14, 2022 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Arthur Ross Gallery presents John E. Dowell: Paths to Freedom

Feeling is believing

John E. Dowell's exhibit photographs and soundscapes cotton fields at night, conjuring the spirits of his enslaved ancestors. Pamela E. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Oct 25, 2022 · Reviews · 5 minute read

The Delaware Contemporary presents Through a Glass, Darkly

Stop taking glass for granted

This wandering, wide-ranging exhibition at the Delaware Contemporary is a rare extravaganza of diverse works all in one medium: glass. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Oct 17, 2022 · Reviews · 4 minute read