Visual art
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NoName Gallery presents Next Levels: The Art of Healing
A pop of color on Germantown Avenue
A pop art exhibition at Chestnut Hill’s NoName Gallery draws artists who hail from Philly, the Lehigh Valley, Manila, Mexico, and Venezuela. It’s a refreshing diversion for an oppressively hot summer. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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The Barnes Foundation presents From Paris to Provence: French Painting at the Barnes
Putting French artists in their place
With several Barnes galleries closed for refinishing, some of the museum’s 19th- and 20th-century masterpieces get a new configuration in From Paris to Provence: French Painting at the Barnes. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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The Clay Studio presents resident artists Akiko Jackson, Minah Kim, and Kevin Snipes
Three enigmatic solo shows explore empathy
Artists Akiko Jackson, Minah Kim, and Kevin Snipes wrap up their three-year residency at the Clay Studio Center for Innovation in Ceramic Art with this trio of enigmatic and arresting solo shows. K.A. McFadden reviews.
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Brandywine Museum of Art presents Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm: The Eye of the Earth
New windows on Wyeth’s world
Brandywine Museum of Art’s Wyeth Study Center invigorates the storied local artist’s legacy. Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm: The Eye of the Earth features intimate works made over 70 years at a single Chadds Ford farm. Emily B. Schilling reviews.
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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.
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Michener Art Museum presents Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural
Embracing the impermanence of beauty
In an eerie, exquisite show at the Michener Art Museum, stained-glass artist Judith Schaechter explores the darker emotions and stories that make beauty and joy possible by contrast. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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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.
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Drexel University’s Paul Peck Alumni Center Gallery presents Kurt Vonnegut Jr. as a Visual Artist
When words fail, draw
A timely new exhibition of drawings by Kurt Vonnegut, many of which have never been displayed publicly, offers a new perspective on the iconic author that resonates in our own time. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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The PMA’s Boom sparks a closer look at women in the art and design of the 1940s
What did the transformative decade of WWII mean for women artists?
Boom, a new exhibition at the PMA surveying American art and design in the global tumult of the 1940s, also offers a chance to reflect on evolving roles for women in American art history. Wendy Univer considers.
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Woodmere Art Museum presents Eye of the Beholder: Two Philadelphia Collectors’ Visions of Beauty in Art
The collectors’ art of resistance
Eye of the Beholder, now on view at Woodmere Art Museum, curates picks from the collections of two luminaries of the local art scene with an eye for goodness and beauty. K.A. McFadden reviews.
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