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Visitors want to know more about him: Absalom Jones, in an 1810 portrait by Raphaelle Peale. (Image courtesy of the Delaware Art Museum.)

Visitor feedback leads a long-planned makeover at the Delaware Art Museum

Context never rests
Leaders of a major reinstall at the Delaware Art Museum talk with Gail Obenreder about how commentary from their visitors is driving a whole new look at the galleries.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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The time had come to rethink the galleries: Jennifer Thompson, the Gloria and Jack Drosdick Curator of European Painting & Sculpture and curator of the John G. Johnson Collection. (Photo by Elizabeth Leitzell, courtesy of the PMA.)

A curator’s tour of the new European galleries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

More than a coat of paint
For anyone who’s longing to get back to the museum, PMA curator of European art Jennifer Thompson talks to Camille Bacon-Smith about shaking up the collection.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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This silk lamé evening gown by Elsa Schiaparelli is from the late 1930s. (Photo by Michael Shepherd for FHCC.)

Drexel’s Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection dons a digital design

Textiles and hypertext
Virtual galleries and digital museum tours have met a whole new era in the pandemic. Helen Walsh takes a look at Drexel's Fox Historic Costume Collection, which you can find on Google Arts & Culture. Do online experiences like this go beyond reality and website?
Helen Walsh

Helen Walsh

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Stop here, please: an 1856 drawing of the Philadelphia quarantine station viewed from the water, by artist James Fuller Queen. (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.)

The Philadelphia City Archives present ‘The History of the Lazaretto’

The history of quarantine
As the greater Philadelphia area faces the coronavirus epidemic, an exhibit at the City Archives provides unique insight into the city’s long public-health history. Emily Esten reviews.
Emily Esten

Emily Esten

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Still visible: Civil-rights activist Nannie Burroughs and a group of women supporters, c. 1905-1915. (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.)

The Brandywine River Museum of Art presents ‘Votes for Women: A Visual History’

Seeing suffragists
An exhibition at the Brandywine River Art Museum celebrates the centennial of the 19th Amendment with an inclusive look at the faces and artifacts of the movement. Olivia J. B. Baxter reviews.
Olivia J. B. Baxter

Olivia J. B. Baxter

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Anne Brown Ehlers prefers her weaving to be ceremonial rather than decorative. 2015’s ‘Chilkat Apron’ is on view at FWM. (Photo by Pamela Forsythe.)

Fabric Workshop and Museum presents ‘Echoes and Reverberations’

Contemporary visions of Native inheritance
In conjunction with One Book, One Philadelphia festivities, Fabric Workshop and Museums revisits work from five former residents whose art explores contemporary Indigenous life. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Capturing eyes from the sidewalk: Behnaz Karjoo’s ‘Jewels of the Heart.’ (Image courtesy of Twelve Gates Arts.)

Twelve Gates Arts presents ‘Immanence: Tazhib in America | Behnaz Karjoo’

Illuminating Iranian tradition
Behnaz Karjoo’s traditional Islamic works, now on view at Twelve Gates Arts, remind us of the evolution of deep-rooted cultures and their crucial preservation. Emily Esten reviews.
Emily Esten

Emily Esten

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Close enough to get splashed: ‘Swimming Pool at Hunting Park’ (1975-1976). (Image courtesy of Woodmere Art Museum.)

Woodmere Art Museum presents ‘Our Town: A Retrospective of Edith Neff’

Painting life in Philly
Philly's own Edith Neff didn't just paint what she saw. She brought you into the life of the painting, as viewers discover at a new retrospective at Woodmere. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Alex Da Corte’s 2019 ‘Street View (Hoagiefest)’ meets Thomas Birch’s 'Perry’s Victory on Lake Erie' (c. 1814). (Photo by Barbara Katus, courtesy of PAFA.)

PAFA presents ‘Ancient History of the Distant Future’

The archive of now
PAFA’s permanent collection meets the future of contemporary art in partnership with KADIST, exploring everything from eroding Founding Fathers to riffs on Goya, where Wawa meets the War of 1812. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Steven Guarnaccia moves three little pigs into a famous Frank Lloyd Wright in his 2010 ‘The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale.’ (Image courtesy of Abrams.)

Brandywine River Museum presents ‘Cinderella & Co. ‒ Three Fairy Tales Reimagined’

Stories under the surface
Fairy tales always have more going on under the surface, and a new exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum offers fresh, multicultural takes on three of our favorites. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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