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Anne Brown Ehlers prefers her weaving to be ceremonial rather than decorative. 2015’s ‘Chilkat Apron’ is on view at FWM. (Photo by Pamela Forsythe.)

Fabric Workshop and Museum presents ‘Echoes and Reverberations’

Contemporary visions of Native inheritance
In conjunction with One Book, One Philadelphia festivities, Fabric Workshop and Museums revisits work from five former residents whose art explores contemporary Indigenous life. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Capturing eyes from the sidewalk: Behnaz Karjoo’s ‘Jewels of the Heart.’ (Image courtesy of Twelve Gates Arts.)

Twelve Gates Arts presents ‘Immanence: Tazhib in America | Behnaz Karjoo’

Illuminating Iranian tradition
Behnaz Karjoo’s traditional Islamic works, now on view at Twelve Gates Arts, remind us of the evolution of deep-rooted cultures and their crucial preservation. Emily Esten reviews.
Emily Esten

Emily Esten

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Close enough to get splashed: ‘Swimming Pool at Hunting Park’ (1975-1976). (Image courtesy of Woodmere Art Museum.)

Woodmere Art Museum presents ‘Our Town: A Retrospective of Edith Neff’

Painting life in Philly
Philly's own Edith Neff didn't just paint what she saw. She brought you into the life of the painting, as viewers discover at a new retrospective at Woodmere. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Alex Da Corte’s 2019 ‘Street View (Hoagiefest)’ meets Thomas Birch’s 'Perry’s Victory on Lake Erie' (c. 1814). (Photo by Barbara Katus, courtesy of PAFA.)

PAFA presents ‘Ancient History of the Distant Future’

The archive of now
PAFA’s permanent collection meets the future of contemporary art in partnership with KADIST, exploring everything from eroding Founding Fathers to riffs on Goya, where Wawa meets the War of 1812. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Steven Guarnaccia moves three little pigs into a famous Frank Lloyd Wright in his 2010 ‘The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale.’ (Image courtesy of Abrams.)

Brandywine River Museum presents ‘Cinderella & Co. ‒ Three Fairy Tales Reimagined’

Stories under the surface
Fairy tales always have more going on under the surface, and a new exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum offers fresh, multicultural takes on three of our favorites. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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“Damnit, she wore it.” Debra Rapoport’s 1969 ‘Fibrous Raiment.’ (Photo by Timothy Tiebout, courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art 2019.)

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents ‘Off the Wall: American Art Ready to Wear’

A new body of art
Typically, art needs two parties: the artist, and the person who experiences the art. But as the PMA explores in a new exhibition of wearable art, you have to consider the person who dons it too. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Kaywin Feldman (in red) with members of the organizing Society of Winterthur Fellows. (Image courtesy of Winterthur.)

Winterthur Museum welcomes National Gallery of Art director Kaywin Feldman

Will art museums speak to us in the future?
The first woman director of the National Gallery of Art has already been shaking up the field around the country. Kaywin Feldman offered a vision for museums of the future in a special lecture at Winterthur. Gail Obenreder was there.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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‘Isaac Hayes in His Office at Stax Records, Memphis, Tennessee,’ a 1970s gelatin silver print by Ernest C. Withers. (Courtesy of Decaneas Archive, Revere, MA. © Dr.Ernest C. Withers, Sr.)

The Delaware Art Museum presents ‘Posing Beauty in African American Culture’

Beautiful humanity
‘Posing Beauty’ at the Delaware Art Museum is an especially important offering for Wilmington and beyond. Crystal Sparrow reviews.
Crystal Sparrow

Crystal Sparrow

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Włodzimierz Siwierski’s ‘A Day Off,’ drawn inside Auschwitz in 1941. (Image courtesy of Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.)

The National Liberty Museum presents ‘Forbidden Art’

The art that survived Auschwitz
The National Liberty Museum welcomes an extraordinary collection of “forbidden” art that documented life inside Auschwitz from the prisoners’ own point of view. Daralyse Lyons considers.

Daralyse Lyons

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Anticipatory structures: a gallery view of 2018’s ‘Another Generosity.' (Photo by Juan Arce, courtesy of the PMA, 2019.)

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents ‘Designs for Different Futures’

What’s to become of us?
The good, the bad, and the ugly—of everything to come: it’s all on display at the PMA, in the wide-ranging and innovative ‘Designs for Different Futures.’ Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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