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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

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"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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Portrait of culinary artist Kristin Schwab, one of 12 cooks who share food and stories with guests during communal lunches in the Perelman Café. (Photo courtesy of Rashid Zakat and creative director Shanti Myers.)

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents 'Philadelphia Assembled'

Calling all collaborators

Artist Jeanne van Heeswijk teams with up the Philadelphia Museum of Art and a legion of collaborators to create 'Philadelphia Assembled.' There is also pumpkin bread. Alix Rosenfeld reviews.
Alix Rosenfeld

Alix Rosenfeld

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The "crizzling" of ancient glass inspired Louis Comfort Tiffany's signature style. (Photo courtesy of the Chemical Heritage Foundation)

Museum at Chemical Heritage Foundation presents 'Things Fall Apart'

Eve of destruction

Everything's falling apart at the Chemical Heritage Foundation's newest exhibition, but that's also the point. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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