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A blight on the landscape, or one artist's vision of Time and Nature? (Image courtesy of the Library Company.)

The Library Company presents 'Seeing Coal'

Beauty in blights?
Is coal an ugly pollutant to which we will soon say good riddance? Or is it a thing of lasting beauty that connects us to time and nature? 'Seeing Coal' at the Library Company inspires thoughts deeper than a coal mine. Dan Rottenberg reviews.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Reviews 3 minute read
A view of the new Williams Forum from level one, facing east, with Teresita Fernández’s ‘Fire’ on display. (Image courtesy of the PMA.)

The Philadelphia Museum of Art opens its new Frank Gehry interior Core Project

Gehry’s egalitarian future
The long-awaited Frank Gehry interior redesign of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is finally open to the public. Does it enhance the museum’s original vision and speak to art in the 21st century? Victor Schermer considers.
Victor L. Schermer

Victor L. Schermer

Reviews 5 minute read
Where history helps us imagine a better future: Alice Dunbar-Nelson in a 1915 photography by Addison Scurlock. (Courtesy of University of Delaware Library, Museums, and Press, Special Collections & Museums.)

The Rosenbach Museum presents ‘I Am an American!’

(Re)discovering Alice Dunbar-Nelson
‘I Am an American!,’ a new digital exhibition from the Rosenbach, explores the life, work, and passion of author, educator, and activist Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read
A political voice in the 18th century: women’s names are clearly seen on this Montgomery Township Poll List, preserved in the New Jersey State Archives. (Photo courtesy of MoAR.)

The Museum of the American Revolution presents ‘How Women Lost the Vote’

There’s no place like New Jersey
A new exhibition, now accessible online from the Museum of the American Revolution, explores the years when women had the right to vote in New Jersey, long before the 19th Amendment. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read
For many of us, a hard-won right. (Image courtesy of the Museum of the American Revolution.)

MOAR presents ‘World Affairs and the Enduring American Revolution: Women’s Rights’

Democracy is never finished
Around the world and especially in the US, women are still campaigning for equality. A livestreamed panel discussion explained some little-known history and reminded us what happens when politicians try to restrict the vote. Pamela Forsythe reports.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 6 minute read
What do museums—especially the strange ones—tell us about ourselves? (Image courtesy of Penguin Books.)

‘The Museum of Whales You Will Never See’ by A. Kendra Greene

What do museums mean?
‘The Museum of Whales You Will Never See’ is an ethereal look at seven unusual museums in Iceland, and what they tell us about ourselves. Elisa Shoenberger reviews.
Elisa Shoenberger

Elisa Shoenberger

Articles 4 minute read
Life’s first cover, featuring Margaret Bourke-White’s 1936 ‘Fort Peck Dam, Montana.’ (Courtesy of LIFE Picture Collection. ©1936 The Picture Collection Inc. All rights reserved.)

Princeton University Art Museum presents ‘Life Magazine and the Power of Photography’

American vision
Millions of ‘Life’ magazine subscribers devoured images and stories that became iconic windows on the world. ‘Life Magazine and the Power of Photography,’ now digitally accessible, explores the magazine’s impact. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 4 minute read
Visitors want to know more about him: Absalom Jones, in an 1810 portrait by Raphaelle Peale. (Image courtesy of the Delaware Art Museum.)

Visitor feedback leads a long-planned makeover at the Delaware Art Museum

Context never rests
Leaders of a major reinstall at the Delaware Art Museum talk with Gail Obenreder about how commentary from their visitors is driving a whole new look at the galleries.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Articles 4 minute read

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The time had come to rethink the galleries: Jennifer Thompson, the Gloria and Jack Drosdick Curator of European Painting & Sculpture and curator of the John G. Johnson Collection. (Photo by Elizabeth Leitzell, courtesy of the PMA.)

A curator’s tour of the new European galleries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

More than a coat of paint
For anyone who’s longing to get back to the museum, PMA curator of European art Jennifer Thompson talks to Camille Bacon-Smith about shaking up the collection.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Articles 5 minute read
This silk lamé evening gown by Elsa Schiaparelli is from the late 1930s. (Photo by Michael Shepherd for FHCC.)

Drexel’s Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection dons a digital design

Textiles and hypertext
Virtual galleries and digital museum tours have met a whole new era in the pandemic. Helen Walsh takes a look at Drexel's Fox Historic Costume Collection, which you can find on Google Arts & Culture. Do online experiences like this go beyond reality and website?
Helen Walsh

Helen Walsh

Articles 5 minute read