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PAFA presents Layers of Liberty: Philadelphia and the Appalachian Environment
The world’s oldest mountains get a gallery at last
PAFA’s new Layers of Liberty exhibition, a rare close-up on Appalachian art, continues a trend of museums exploring our complicated, often greedy relationship with the natural world. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Reviews
5 minute read
The Mütter Museum presents its Postmortem Project exhibition
Exhuming the past, examining the future
With its Postmortem Project exhibition, the Mütter Museum continues a fraught but necessary process to evaluate and present its collections in line with modern medical, legal, and ethical standards. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Reviews
6 minute read
National Liberty Museum presents In Pursuit: Artists’ Perspectives on a Nation
An all-American sculptural showcase
Seven artists and two guest curators offer gorgeous and searing expressions of their American experiences in a satisfying and thought-provoking exhibition at Independence Mall’s National Liberty Museum. Emily B. Schilling reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
AAMP Presents IMPRINT: Dox Thrash Black Life, and American Culture
Remembering a revelatory Philadelphia artist
Dox Thrash, the Georgia-born artist who settled in Philadelphia and invented a whole new method of printmaking, gets an important new show at AAMP. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Reviews
5 minute read
The Museum for Art in Wood presents To Understand a Tree
Our arboreal family
A new exhibition by woodworker and interdisciplinary artist Gina Siepel at the Museum for Art in Wood asks what happens when we regard trees as “you” rather than “it.” Anndee Hochman reviews.
Reviews
5 minute read
Delaware Art Museum presents In Focus
Where women photographers wield intimate power
In a small gallery away from its usual bustle, Delaware Art Museum presents In Focus, a gathering of powerful works by women photographers featured from the museum collection. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
Marie Curie's Radiant Ball at the Mütter Museum
Fancy, jazzy science
The Mütter Museum is inviting Philladelphians to put on their best scientific chic to celebrate Marie Curie’s legacy. Crystal Sparrow previews.
Previews
2 minute read
Marian Anderson Museum presents Porgy and Bess
Preserving a legendary Philadelphia institute
The Marian Anderson Historical Society will host a performance of Porgy and Bess and looks to continue the museum’s challenging reconstruction project. An Nichols previews.
Previews
2 minute read
The Mütter Museum presents Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health
Facing homelessness
The Mütter Museum displays arresting visual projects by Leah den Bok and Willie Baronet that illuminate and humanize homelessness. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Reviews
5 minute read
The Delaware Art Museum presents The Rossettis
A new look at some old radicals
The Delaware Art Museum has the biggest collection of British Pre-Raphaelite artworks outside the UK, and this exhibition, which opened at Tate Britain and now lands stateside, honors the radical Rossettis. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Reviews
5 minute read