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Patricia Urquiola's "Chasen Lamp" was inspired by Japanese tea whisks. (Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.)

Philadelphia Museum of Art's 'Patricia Urquiola: Between Craft and Industry'

Soulful contemporary

Patricia Urquiola's Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition 'Between Craft and Industry' highlights the tactile, stylish work of this Spain-born, Italy-based designer. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Philadelphians Elaine and David Ravich visited the Soviet Union in 1978 and smuggled out photographs and tape recordings of conversations with refuseniks. (Photo courtesy of the National Museum of American Jewish History, gift of David and Elaine Ravich.)

NMAJH presents 'Power of Protest: The Movement to Free Soviet Jews'

Letting their people go

The National Museum of American Jewish History's 'Power of Protest: The Movement to Free Soviet Jews' looks back at the national efforts on their behalf, and the Philadelphians who either assisted or emigrated. A.D. Amorosi reviews.
A.D. Amorosi

A.D. Amorosi

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Renée Green's "Mise-en-Scène/Commemorative Toile." (Photo courtesy of the Fabric Workshop and Museum.)

Fabric Workshop and Museum's 'Process and Practice: 40 Years of Experimentation'

Digging into inspiration

The Fabric Workshop and Museum's 'Process and Practice: 40 Years of Experimentation' digs into the institution's archives for a look at how its artists got from start to finish. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Alice Barber Stephens's "The Women's Life Class." (Photo courtesy of PAFA.)

PAFA presents 'Graphic Women' and 'Beyond Boundaries: Feminine Forms'

Evolution/revolution in women's art

PAFA presents two exhibitions of work by women artists: 'Graphic Women,' highlighting the 19th and early 20th centuries, and 'Beyond Boundaries: Feminine Forms,' featuring late-20th-century artists. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Anselm Kiefer's "Auguste Rodin : Les Cathédrales de France," 2016. 380 x 380 cm. Oil, acrylic, emulsion, shellac and lead on canvas. (Photo by George Poncet, private collection.)

Barnes Foundation presents 'Kiefer Rodin' (second review)

Contemporary interpretation meets artistic inheritance

The Barnes Foundation's 'Kiefer Rodin' brings a meeting of the artistic minds 100 years in the making, in the place it belongs best. Pam Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Anselm Kiefer at work, 2015. (Photo by George Poncet.)

Barnes Foundation presents 'Kiefer Rodin' (first review)

When Kiefer met Rodin

To mark the centennial of Auguste Rodin's death, Philadelphia's Barnes Foundation and Paris's Musée Rodin organized an exhibition of the artist's work, combined with work by Anselm Kiefer inspired by Rodin. Stacia Friedman reviews.
Stacia Friedman

Stacia Friedman

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Bruce Gendelman's 'Portal,' 2015. (Photo courtesy of the National Museum of American Jewish History.)

NMAJH presents Bruce Gendelman's 'Sifting Through Ashes'

When memory fails, art survives

In the National Museum of American Jewish History's 'Sifting Through Ashes,' Bruce Gendelman's paintings and photographs revisit the Holocaust as it begins to fade from living memory. Pam Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 4 minute read
"Interior of Saint Bavo, Haarlem," 1631. Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch. Oil on panel, 32 5/8 x 43 1/2 inches. (Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.)

Philadelphia Museum of Art's 'Old Masters Now: Celebrating the Johnson Collection'

A collection with secrets to tell

In 'Old Masters Now: Celebrating the Johnson Collection,' the Philadelphia Museum of Art looks at an important collection and what it takes to maintain it. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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John Sloan's painting of the Walnut Street Theatre, not far from his studio. (Image courtesy of the Delaware Art Museum.)

Delaware Art Museum presents 'An American Journey: The Art of John Sloan'

His journey began here

The Delaware Art Museum presents 'An American Journey: The Art of John Sloan,' the groundbreaking artist's first major retrospective in 30 years. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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L to R: Penn anthropologist Carlton Coon, sculptor Jacques Lipschitz, and Alfred Kidder II, with Froelich Rainey at the desk, on the set of 'What in the World?' (Photo courtesy of Penn Museum.)

Penn Museum presents 'What in the World?'

'What in the World' brought archaeology home

Normally a portal to ancient worlds, Penn Museum is unearthing a more recent period: the dawn of television. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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