Museums
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Mütter Museum presents ‘Spit Spreads Death’
A world without vaccines
The influenza pandemic of 1918-19 killed millions of people around the globe, but Philadelphia was the hardest-hit of any major American city. The Mütter Museum explores this history, and its implications for modern public health, in ‘Spit Spreads Death.’ Michelle Nugent reviews.
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NMAJH presents ‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’
Changing the world for women in America
A new exhibition from the National Museum of American Jewish History and LA’s Skirball Cultural Center charts the life, career, and rise of our own RBG. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
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The Museum of the American Revolution presents ‘The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier’
Picturing the Revolution
In a rare mixture of history, art, and art history, the Museum of the American Revolution revives Irish artist and soldier Richard St. George, revealing the American Revolution anew. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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The Mercer Museum presents ‘Making Astronauts: From Bucks County to the Moon’
To the moon and back at the Mercer
Did you know that most Mercury and Apollo astronauts stopped in Bucks County on their way to space? The Mercer Museum celebrates the unknown stories and unheard voices of the first lunar landing. Michelle Nugent reviews.
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The Berman Museum of Art presents ‘Science Fiction’
Before and after the moon
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing at the Berman Museum of Art, where world-renowned international artists born in that era interpret science fiction alongside climate change, space tourism, and technological revolution. Suzanne Cloud reviews.
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