Museums
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Rosenbach Museum's The Art of Ownership: Bookplates and Book Collectors from 1480 to the Present
Tiny art, big stories
An exhibition of bookplates at the Rosenbach Museum gives a picture of people, too. Anne Schuster Hunter reviews.
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The Rodin Museum presents a new installation of 'The Kiss'
Feels like the first time
Auguste Rodin's 'The Kiss' is presented in a whole new way with an installation that pairs the sculpture with others from the Rodin Museum's collection. Steve Cohen reviews.
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