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At the exhibition's opening reception, a viewer watches one of Scribe's videos. (Photo by Meredith Edlow)

African American Museum presents 'Tone Poems & Light Stories'

Creating a new home

The African American Museum looks back at the Great Migration to Philadelphia and those who helped the city's new residents settle in. Jarreau Freeman reviews.
Jarreau Freeman

Jarreau Freeman

Articles 3 minute read
Palmyrene Funerary Portraits. (Photo courtesy of Penn Museum)

Penn Museum presents Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories from Syria and Iraq

All is not lost

A new exhibition at the Penn Museum displays and highlights efforts being made to preserve the Middle East's cultural heritage in the midst of war. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 4 minute read
Bobbe Arnst, 'Vanity Fair,' July 1, 1928. © Condé Nast (Photo by Charles Steeler, courtesy of the James A. Michener Art Museum.)

Michener Art Museum presents 'Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography, and Sculptural Form'

Machine Age man

The Michener Museum's new exhibition of multimedia work by Charles Steeler brings 1920s glamor to the fore. Stacia Friedman reviews.
Stacia Friedman

Stacia Friedman

Articles 3 minute read
Irving Berlin, sheet music for "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning," 1918. (Image courtesy of National Museum of American Jewish History)

NMAJH presents 1917: How One Year Changed the World

Past tense, present tense

The National Museum of American Jewish History takes a look at the year 1917 and how it changed the world. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 5 minute read
Jenn Bonawitz and daughter Vanessa in the Penn Museum's Egypt Gallery. (Photo by Victoria Meng)

Philadelphia museums welcome visitors with disabilities

Museums open their doors a little wider

Philadelphia's museums are becoming a lot more welcoming to visitors with disabilities. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, an author, disability educator, and mother of a son with autism, goes inside.
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Articles 4 minute read
Sharing the love at the Penn Museum's Holi celebration.

Penn Museum presents 'Hello India!'

Happy Holi-days!

Brittany Barbato's photo essay highlights the Penn Museum's daylong celebration of Indian culture, which culminated in a Holi celebration. Holi is the traditional festival of colors and love.
Brittany Barbato

Brittany Barbato

Articles 1 minute read
One of the exhibition's more brightly accented Phulkari textiles. (Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Philadelphia Museum of Art's 'Phulkari: The Embroidered Textiles of Punjab'

A Common Thread

The Philadelphia Museum of Art's Phulkari: The Embroidered Textiles of Punjab, visits a time when religious differences yielded cultural enrichment. Stacia Friedman reviews.
Stacia Friedman

Stacia Friedman

Articles 2 minute read

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'It was Time,' 1997, by Jerry Pinkney. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Woodmere Art Museum presents 'The Storybook Magic of Jerry Pinkney'

Thinking in pictures

The Woodmere Art Museum's exhibition of Jerry Pinkney's watercolor illustrations makes a great companion to the Philadelphia Museum of Art's new watercolor show. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 4 minute read
Brett Day Windham, 'Rosary,' 2008-2013, mixed media. (Photo courtesy of Brett Day Windham)

Barnes Foundation's Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie

Walk it out

Person of the Crowd, the latest installation at the Barnes Foundation, is a far cry from what the museum's founder considered to be art. Steve Cohen reviews.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
The exhibition catalog features one of Homer's typically turbulent seascapes. (Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Philadelphia Museum of Art's Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent

American watercolor: A Philadelphia story

The Philadelphia Museum of Art's new exhibition traces the growth of watercolor in the United States, in Philadelphia in particular. Stacia Friedman reviews.
Stacia Friedman

Stacia Friedman

Articles 3 minute read