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Photograph of Martha Graham middance, her clothes billowing around her.
A Dialog or a Dance: Portraits in Collaboration
July 26–December 29, 2024,
Honickman, Galleries 156-157
Explore this exhibition and discover more about the delicate negotiation that takes place between a photographer and a model.
A painting series of twelve canvases that show a unique date for each month in the year 2001.
Begin Again: Repetition in Contemporary Art
September 6–December 29, 2024,
Galleries 150-155
This exhibition highlights how post-conceptual art explores the relationship between perception and memory throughout time.
Woman with a Hawk
Mysteries, Copies and Forgeries
July 28, 2023–December 14, 2024,
Gallery 373
This exhibition explores the complexities around authenticity in the world of art.
Two women sitting at a small table, one is holding a feather and looking at the viewer.
Flowers of Evil: Shadows in the City of Light
March 15–November 9, 2024,
Gallery 256
Explore this exhibition and discover a lesser known perspective of the late 1800s French art scene.
A chair made of walnut veneer, epoxy glue, satin finish, and paint.
Take a Seat: Understanding the Modern Chair
May 24–October 19, 2024,
Gallery 219
Explore innovative modern chairs from the Museum’s permanent collection of design.
A photo of a longhouse in the river Piraparaná, overlaid with an intricate geometric pattern.
El Origen de la Noche (The Origin of Night)
September 6, 2023–September 14, 2024,
Gallery 276
Explore an immersive sound installation created in collaboration with leaders of Indigenous communities of the Colombian Amazon.
The Riker's Quilt displayed in the Williams Forum.
Jesse Krimes: Rikers Quilt
March 22–September 14, 2024,
Williams Forum
Working across painting, textiles, sculpture, installation, and advocacy, Philadelphia-based artist Jesse Krimes draws upon his own experiences of incarceration and reentry into society to interrogate and critique the American criminal justice system.
A mother and child looking at each other in a field.
Mary Cassatt at Work
May 17–September 7, 2024,
Dorrance Galleries
Discover what “work” meant to artist Mary Cassatt in her personal life and her artistic practice.
A print depicting the Biblical scene of Jesus and the adulterous woman outside the temple.
Diana Scultori: An Engraver in Renaissance Rome
January 25–July 28, 2024,
Korman Galleries, 221-223
This exhibition surveys the work of the first documented woman in Europe to have a professional career as a printmaker.
A profile portrait of Violet Oakley.
Seeing with Empathy: The Female Gaze in American Modernism
May 31, 2023–July 21, 2024,
Gallery 208
This exhibition considers a variety of perspectives employed by eight American women artists.
A collage of gelatin silver prints showing a man with a short that says GEORGE.
In the Right Place: Photographs by Barbara Crane, Melissa Shook, and Carol Taback
January 26–July 6, 2024,
Honickman Gallery 156
This exhibition features three photographic series by Barbara Crane, Melissa Shook, and Carol Taback.
An installation view of the God and Country exhibit.
Of God and Country: American Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection
May 18, 2023–July 6, 2024,
Korman Family Galleries 152, 153; and Field Galleries 154, 155
These works of ”outsider” art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection explore spirituality, nationhood, the cultural and physical landscape, and America’s fraught history with race and racism.
Installation view of the Gee's Bend Gallery which shows three quilts hung on the wall.
Gee's Bend Quilts from the Collection
February 9–July 6, 2024,
Galleries 150, 151
The quilts in this exhibition illustrate the history of quilt-making in Gee's Bend from the mid-1920s to 2005.
New York City, 1974, Joel Meyerowitz, American, born 1938, 1977-129-2
Transformations: American Photographs from the 1970s
January 26–July 6, 2024,
Gallery 157
Join us for an exciting overview of the transformative 1970s American photography era.
A photograph of various woven objects around a tv with a woven frame.
Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place
November 18, 2023–April 13, 2024,
Gallery 219
This exhibition surveys the last ten years of American designer Stephen Burks's craft-centered, workshop-based design practice.
The Flight into Egypt (detail), from the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, around 1145, made in France. On loan from Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
Medieval Treasures from the Glencairn Museum
June 23, 2022–March 30, 2024,
Gallery 307
Experience our medieval collections like never before alongside exquisite treasures on loan from Glencairn Museum.
A family eating potatoes at a table.
Van Gogh’s Drawing for The Potato Eaters in Context
October 26, 2023–March 9, 2024,
Gallery 256
Large-scale needle paintings of a chandelier.
The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989
October 20, 2023–February 10, 2024,
Dorrance Galleries, Williams Forum, Great Stair Hall & Toll Terrace
Discover contemporary Korean art through the uniquely creative works of 28 internationally celebrated artists.
A close-up of a cold glass of water with condensation on the outside of the cup.
Documentary / Anti-Graphic: A Surrealist Eye on Photographs
July 28, 2023–January 16, 2024,
Galleries 156 & 157
This exhibition explores a pair of terms devised by the pioneering art dealer and dedicated surrealist Julien Levy.
An academic sketch of a nude man's back while holding a pole.
Stripped Bare: The Academic Male Nude
August 3, 2023–January 14, 2024,
Korman Galleries 221 & 222
The works installed in these two galleries from department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs illustrate the long tradition of the male nude drawing.
Five women walking through a hilly landscape with large vases on their head.
Golden State: California Prints from the Alan Selsor Collection
August 2, 2023–January 14, 2024,
Gallery 223
This exhibition showcases lithographs and screenprints that explore the Golden State’s storied past, social upheavals, and scenic landscapes.
Cotton plain weave quilt using several stitching techniques with colorful thread to depict an embroidered motif.
A Century of Kanthas: Women’s Quilts in Bengal, 1870s–1970s
May 18, 2023–December 31, 2023,
Morgan Galleries 150, 151
Trace the changing techniques and meanings of Kantha, an exquisite textile form, narrating a saga of personal expression, cultural memory, gender, commodification, and survival.
A woman from the Middle Ages period playing the guitar
Collection Highlight: Lady with a Guitar
June 9, 2023–December 31, 2023,
Gallery 364
Vermeer’s own copy of The Guitar Player—or another artist’s version? For the last century, Philadelphia’s Lady with a Guitar has been the subject of fascination.
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Photograph of Martha Graham middance, her clothes billowing around her.
A Dialog or a Dance: Portraits in Collaboration
July 26–December 29, 2024,
Honickman, Galleries 156-157
Explore this exhibition and discover more about the delicate negotiation that takes place between a photographer and a model.
A painting series of twelve canvases that show a unique date for each month in the year 2001.
Begin Again: Repetition in Contemporary Art
September 6–December 29, 2024,
Galleries 150-155
This exhibition highlights how post-conceptual art explores the relationship between perception and memory throughout time.
Woman with a Hawk
Mysteries, Copies and Forgeries
July 28, 2023–December 14, 2024,
Gallery 373
This exhibition explores the complexities around authenticity in the world of art.
Two women sitting at a small table, one is holding a feather and looking at the viewer.
Flowers of Evil: Shadows in the City of Light
March 15–November 9, 2024,
Gallery 256
Explore this exhibition and discover a lesser known perspective of the late 1800s French art scene.
A chair made of walnut veneer, epoxy glue, satin finish, and paint.
Take a Seat: Understanding the Modern Chair
May 24–October 19, 2024,
Gallery 219
Explore innovative modern chairs from the Museum’s permanent collection of design.
A photo of a longhouse in the river Piraparaná, overlaid with an intricate geometric pattern.
El Origen de la Noche (The Origin of Night)
September 6, 2023–September 14, 2024,
Gallery 276
Explore an immersive sound installation created in collaboration with leaders of Indigenous communities of the Colombian Amazon.
The Riker's Quilt displayed in the Williams Forum.
Jesse Krimes: Rikers Quilt
March 22–September 14, 2024,
Williams Forum
Working across painting, textiles, sculpture, installation, and advocacy, Philadelphia-based artist Jesse Krimes draws upon his own experiences of incarceration and reentry into society to interrogate and critique the American criminal justice system.
A mother and child looking at each other in a field.
Mary Cassatt at Work
May 17–September 7, 2024,
Dorrance Galleries
Discover what “work” meant to artist Mary Cassatt in her personal life and her artistic practice.
A print depicting the Biblical scene of Jesus and the adulterous woman outside the temple.
Diana Scultori: An Engraver in Renaissance Rome
January 25–July 28, 2024,
Korman Galleries, 221-223
This exhibition surveys the work of the first documented woman in Europe to have a professional career as a printmaker.
A profile portrait of Violet Oakley.
Seeing with Empathy: The Female Gaze in American Modernism
May 31, 2023–July 21, 2024,
Gallery 208
This exhibition considers a variety of perspectives employed by eight American women artists.
A collage of gelatin silver prints showing a man with a short that says GEORGE.
In the Right Place: Photographs by Barbara Crane, Melissa Shook, and Carol Taback
January 26–July 6, 2024,
Honickman Gallery 156
This exhibition features three photographic series by Barbara Crane, Melissa Shook, and Carol Taback.
An installation view of the God and Country exhibit.
Of God and Country: American Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection
May 18, 2023–July 6, 2024,
Korman Family Galleries 152, 153; and Field Galleries 154, 155
These works of ”outsider” art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection explore spirituality, nationhood, the cultural and physical landscape, and America’s fraught history with race and racism.
Installation view of the Gee's Bend Gallery which shows three quilts hung on the wall.
Gee's Bend Quilts from the Collection
February 9–July 6, 2024,
Galleries 150, 151
The quilts in this exhibition illustrate the history of quilt-making in Gee's Bend from the mid-1920s to 2005.
New York City, 1974, Joel Meyerowitz, American, born 1938, 1977-129-2
Transformations: American Photographs from the 1970s
January 26–July 6, 2024,
Gallery 157
Join us for an exciting overview of the transformative 1970s American photography era.
A photograph of various woven objects around a tv with a woven frame.
Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place
November 18, 2023–April 13, 2024,
Gallery 219
This exhibition surveys the last ten years of American designer Stephen Burks's craft-centered, workshop-based design practice.
The Flight into Egypt (detail), from the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, around 1145, made in France. On loan from Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
Medieval Treasures from the Glencairn Museum
June 23, 2022–March 30, 2024,
Gallery 307
Experience our medieval collections like never before alongside exquisite treasures on loan from Glencairn Museum.
A family eating potatoes at a table.
Van Gogh’s Drawing for The Potato Eaters in Context
October 26, 2023–March 9, 2024,
Gallery 256
Large-scale needle paintings of a chandelier.
The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989
October 20, 2023–February 10, 2024,
Dorrance Galleries, Williams Forum, Great Stair Hall & Toll Terrace
Discover contemporary Korean art through the uniquely creative works of 28 internationally celebrated artists.
A close-up of a cold glass of water with condensation on the outside of the cup.
Documentary / Anti-Graphic: A Surrealist Eye on Photographs
July 28, 2023–January 16, 2024,
Galleries 156 & 157
This exhibition explores a pair of terms devised by the pioneering art dealer and dedicated surrealist Julien Levy.
An academic sketch of a nude man's back while holding a pole.
Stripped Bare: The Academic Male Nude
August 3, 2023–January 14, 2024,
Korman Galleries 221 & 222
The works installed in these two galleries from department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs illustrate the long tradition of the male nude drawing.
Five women walking through a hilly landscape with large vases on their head.
Golden State: California Prints from the Alan Selsor Collection
August 2, 2023–January 14, 2024,
Gallery 223
This exhibition showcases lithographs and screenprints that explore the Golden State’s storied past, social upheavals, and scenic landscapes.
Cotton plain weave quilt using several stitching techniques with colorful thread to depict an embroidered motif.
A Century of Kanthas: Women’s Quilts in Bengal, 1870s–1970s
May 18, 2023–December 31, 2023,
Morgan Galleries 150, 151
Trace the changing techniques and meanings of Kantha, an exquisite textile form, narrating a saga of personal expression, cultural memory, gender, commodification, and survival.
A woman from the Middle Ages period playing the guitar
Collection Highlight: Lady with a Guitar
June 9, 2023–December 31, 2023,
Gallery 364
Vermeer’s own copy of The Guitar Player—or another artist’s version? For the last century, Philadelphia’s Lady with a Guitar has been the subject of fascination.
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