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Gifts in Honor of the Museum’s 125th Anniversary

Gifts in Honor of the Museum’s 125th Anniversary

September 29–December 8, 2002,
Dorrance Special Exhibition Galleries, First Floor

Anniversary acquisitions encompasses a number of exciting purchases, made possible by generous cont...

Munakata Shikō: Japanese Master of the Modern Print

Munakata Shikō: Japanese Master of the Modern Print

July 27–November 10, 2002,
Berman and Stieglitz Galleries, Ground Floor; Galleries 241, 242 & 243, Second Floor

Discover more than 100 prints from all phases of the artist Munakata Shikō’s career, along with a s...

Museum Studies 6: Richard Hamilton

Museum Studies 6: Richard Hamilton

August 31–November 3, 2002,
Duchamp Gallery 182, First Floor

For the sixth installment of the Museum Studies program, Hamilton has created a computer-generated ...

Design: Recent Acquisitions

August 10–November 3, 2002,
Gallery 170, First Floor

This installation features recent additions to the museum’s collection of modern and contemporary d...

Calligraphy for the Queen: Indo-Islamic Art at the 1876 Centennial

November 14, 2001–October 20, 2002,
Gallery 228, Second Floor

Among the items shown at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial were calligraphy pages specifically penne...

Indivisible: Stories of American Community

Indivisible: Stories of American Community

August 10–October 6, 2002,
Dorrance Special Exhibition Galleries, First Floor

This nationally touring museum exhibition focuses upon the challenges faced by communities in citie...

Hands On: Japanese Craft and Design of the 20th Century

November 7, 2001–September 15, 2002,
North Auditorium Gallery, Ground Floor

This exhibition from the permanent collection at the museum features a range of Japanese objects of...

The Spirit of Korea

The Spirit of Korea

September 13, 2000–August 27, 2002,
East Asian Gallery 237, Second Floor

This installation highlights the museum’s Korean art collection. The earliest pieces include fourth...

Ellsworth Kelly: Series of Ten Lithographs

May 25–August 25, 2002,
Eglin Gallery 165, First Floor

Ten Lithographs was the first of many successful projects undertaken by artist Ellsworth K...

Transcendent Bliss: Chinese Buddhist Art from the Collection

June 23, 2001–August 11, 2002,
Baldeck Gallery 238, Second Floor

This exhibition takes as its subjects these beings and the transcendent bliss they seek. Featured a...

Michael Hoffman: A Tribute in Pictures

Michael Hoffman: A Tribute in Pictures

April 27–August 11, 2002,
Julien Levy Gallery, Ground Floor

The groups of photographs on view, acquired by gift and purchase for the museum’s collection, pay t...

It’s Your Move: Chess Sets from the Collection

It’s Your Move: Chess Sets from the Collection

May 18–July 21, 2002,
Galleries 170, 182, 290a & 223, First & Second Floors

The museum explores the art of chess with It’s Your Move, an installation from the museum’...

Barnett Newman

March 24–July 7, 2002,
Dorrance Special Exhibition Galleries, First Floor

This retrospective exhibition assembles more than 100 works not seen together in over 30 years of t...

West Meets East: China and Japan at the Centennial Exhibition

West Meets East: China and Japan at the Centennial Exhibition

May 10, 2001–June 26, 2002,
East Asian Galleries 241, 242 & 243, Second Floor

The Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (now the Philadelphia Museum of Art) acquired ...

The Plot Thickens: Narrative in British Printmaking, 1700–1900

The Plot Thickens: Narrative in British Printmaking, 1700–1900

March 16–June 23, 2002,
Berman Gallery, Ground Floor

This exhibition, featuring some fifty prints drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, explores...

Out of the Box: 20th-Century Print Portfolios

March 30–June 23, 2002,
Stieglitz Gallery, Ground Floor

This exhibition examines the portfolio as a vital format in twentieth-century European and American...

Monkey Tales: Images of Hanuman in Indian Art

Monkey Tales: Images of Hanuman in Indian Art

December 18, 2001–June 2, 2002,
William P. Wood Gallery 227, Second Floor

This exhibition of paintings, puppets, and textiles from the museum’s collection is an introduction...

Hot off the Press: American Publishers’ Posters of the 1890s

Hot off the Press: American Publishers’ Posters of the 1890s

January 25–May 19, 2002,
Gallery 165, First Floor

The bold shapes and bright colors of Edward Penfield’s design introduced an American audience to th...

Italian Renaissance Ceramics: The Howard I. and Janet H. Stein Collection

Italian Renaissance Ceramics: The Howard I. and Janet H. Stein Collection

December 8, 2001–April 28, 2002,
Galleries 250, 251, 254 & 255, Second Floor

An exhibition of Renaissance maiolica in which the collection formed by Mr. Stein and his late wife...

Collab Collects: Notable Acquisitions in Design, 1970–2000

November 14, 2001–April 21, 2002,
Gallery 170, Modern and Contemporary Art, First Floor

This installation celebrates Collab’s thirty years of enthusiastic support for contemporary design ...

Celebrating 125 Years: A Museum Family Album

December 15, 2001–April 7, 2002,
Levy Gallery, Ground Floor

Through photographs, documents, and artifacts, the rich history of the Philadelphia Museum of Art i...

Pennsylvania Impressionism

November 17, 2001–March 31, 2002,
Gallery 119, First Floor

Widely known as the New Hope School, their work is featured in this exhibition of 18 paintings draw...

Needlework from the Nineteenth Century

Needlework from the Nineteenth Century

May 26, 2001–March 3, 2002,
Costume and Textiles Gallery, Second Floor

Needlework from the Nineteenth Century highlights the artistic talent and technical skill ...

Dox Thrash: An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered

Dox Thrash: An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered

October 27, 2001–February 24, 2002,
Berman and Stieglitz Galleries, Ground Floor

This major retrospective, which includes some 60 prints and 30 drawings and watercolors, documents ...

From Sacred Groves to Country Roads: Pastoral Themes in European and American Drawings, 1730–1980

September 15, 2001–January 20, 2002,
Eglin Gallery 165, First Floor

The installation of some thirty drawings, watercolors, gouaches, and pastels reflects a variety of ...

Thomas Eakins: American Realist

Thomas Eakins: American Realist

October 4, 2001–January 6, 2002,
Dorrance Special Exhibition Galleries, First Floor

The exhibition presents a spectacular loan exhibition surveying, for the first time in nearly 20 ye...

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