Museums
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New PMA CEO Sasha Suda fired in a wild week at Philly’s premier museum
Are we good with the griffin?
Hot takes are flying on the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s rebrand and sudden firing of CEO Sasha Suda. Alaina Johns breaks it down.
Editorials
7 minute read
Singing City presents Democracy in Song, Part II: American Voices
Praising community
Singing City is back with a follow-up to a performance from last year, while meditating on the importance of song and singing together in community. Maria Thompson Corley previews.
Previews
3 minute read
The Philadelphia Orchestra presents John Adams’s The Rock You Stand On, Bartók, and Prokofiev
A Philly thing at the orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra and visiting conductor Marin Alsop premiered John Adams’s The Rock You Stand On in a program that included Bartók’s last concerto and selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Peter Burwasser reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Winterthur Museum presents Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery
A 19th-century activist’s vision becomes a reality today
In the 1850s, writer and activist William J. Wilson imagined a museum exhibition that honored Black history and culture. More than 150 years later, Winterthur makes his dream a reality. An Nichols reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Discover Revolutionary history on both sides of the river at Fort Mifflin and Red Bank Battlefield Park
Defending the Delaware
Looking for Revolution-themed summer or fall day trips? Learn about the history of Fort Mifflin, Fort Mercer, and the Pennsylvania State Navy with historic sites spanning the Delaware River. Bart Stump visits.
Features
6 minute read
Brandywine Museum of Art presents This Earthen Door: Nature as Muse and Material
The art of Emily Dickinson’s garden
An elegant conceptual exhibition at the Brandywine Museum of Art explores conservation, the act of noticing, and the poetics of nature and art through the lens of Emily Dickinson’s garden and her historic herbarium. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
The African American Museum in Philadelphia presents Demond Melancon: As Any Means Are Necessary
Preserving culture, one bead at a time
New Orleans glass bead artist Demond Melancon, a modern icon of the Mardi Gras tradition of Black Masking, a confluence of West African, Afro Caribbean, and Indigenous cultures, gets his first solo museum exhibition. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Reviews
5 minute read
The Mütter Museum presents Trusted Messengers: Community, Confidence, and Covid-19
Five years later: remembering pandemic heroes
A new special exhibition at the Mütter Museum marks five years since the first Covid-19 shutdowns, honoring the healthcare workers, researchers, and truth-tellers who saved millions of lives. Erin Dohony reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Penn Museum presents Preserving Assyria
Rediscovering the world’s first empire
As Iraqi archeologists and experts reclaimed sites damaged by ISIS in the Gulf Wars, they discovered an extraordinary piece of Assyrian history. A new exhibition at Penn Museum explores the find. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Naoto Fukasawa: Things in Themselves
A world-renowned designer gets his first major US solo show at the PMA
Naoto Fukasawa is one of the world's most sought-after designers, and the PMA hosts his first major solo exhibition in the US, featuring a range of irresistibly practical objects. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read