Press Archive


Release Date: Aug. 13, 2004
Academy Presents Work by Alumnus Quentin Morris Philadelphia Artist Explores Depth, Tonality of Black
Dec. 11, 2004 - Feb. 13. 2005
Philadelphia artist Quentin Morris began creating monochromatic black paintings and drawings almost 40 years ago as a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. For this exhibition he will paint the Morris Gallery a variety of shades and sheens of black, and install a series of circular paintings on canvas made over the past 10 years. more > 
Release Date: June 21, 2004
Paul Swenbeck: Specter of the Brocken
Sept. 18 - Nov. 21, 2004
Paul Swenbeck brings together cast resin creatures, plexiglass ghosts, wall murals, mirrors and theatrical lighting to create an environment that evokes fantasy and German pagan mythology, employing the funhouse sensibility of Coney Island and New Jersey shore boardwalk amusements. more > 
Release Date: March 25, 2004
Heartland Exhibition Celebrates the Spirit of our Nation as Portrayed by Academy Alum
Exhibition Dates: Sept. 18 - Nov. 14, 2004
Bo Bartlett's oil paintings are within the tradition of American realism as defined by Academy artists such as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth. more > 
Release Date: March 12, 2004
The Sixth Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection
Exhibition Dates: July 10 - Aug. 15, 2004
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts hosts The Sixth Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, showcasing the work of more than 20 emerging artists collected by Altoids , the makers of the popular mints. more > 
Release Date: March 9, 2004
The Sublime Landscape
Exhibition Dates: June 19 - Aug. 1, 2004
Comprised of some 20 landscape paintings from the Academy's collection, The Sublime Landscape is the Academy's contribution to The Big Nothing, initiated by the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania as a Philadelphia-wide project exploring ideas of nothing and nothingness. more > 
Release Date: Feb. 23, 2004
Pennsylvania Academy Students Reveal Works at 103rd Annual Student Exhibition and 12th Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition

Exhibition Dates: May 8 - June 6, 2004


Students at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts expose their personal artistic explorations to the public as the 103rd Annual Student Exhibition and 12th Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition open at the Pennsylvania Academy. more > 
Release Date: Jan. 20, 2004

Brooklyn Artist Examines Extremes of Philadelphia Society

Morris Gallery Exhibition Ideal City Juxtaposes the Peaceable Kingdom and 1985 MOVE Confrontation


Exhibition Dates: Feb. 21 - April 25, 2004
Brooklyn artist Adam Cvijanovic will create a site-specific, handpainted wallpaper mural examining aspects of Philadelphia history for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Morris Gallery.
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Release Date: Jan. 5, 2004

Radicals and Conservatives: Abstraction 1945 to the Present


Exhibition Dates: Jan. 24 - Apr. 4, 2004

In the years following World War II, American art exploded onto the international art scene, becoming the leading force in the daring avant-garde. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' exhibition Radicals and Conservatives: Abstraction 1945 to the Present, on view Jan. 24 through Apr. 4, 2004, demonstrates the effects of this vivid, expressive, gutsy abstraction on the Pennsylvania Academy and the Philadelphia art community.

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Release Date: Dec. 3, 2003
Art at Home Plate:
Philadelphia Baseball Legends on Canvas

Exhibition Dates: Jan. 8 - Feb. 29, 2004
Art at Home Plate: Philadelphia Baseball Legends on Canvas, featuring 32 original oil paintings by Dick Perez, the official artist of the Philadelphia Phillies and Baseball Hall of Fame, slides into the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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Release Date: Nov. 5, 2003
African-American Artists Celebrate Community
Exhibition Dates: Nov. 22, 2003 - Apr. 4, 2004
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts showcases the work of African American artists through a unique exhibition, African American Artists Celebrate Community. more > 
Release Date: Sept. 23, 2003

Where am I? Trading Spaces: Michelle Oosterbaan Creates Art Fun House in Morris Gallery


Exhibition Dates: Dec. 13, 2003 - Feb. 1, 2004
Recognized for her wall-based paintings and drawings, conceptual artist Michelle Oosterbaan ventures into new territory this winter, when she integrates architectural and sculptural elements in an installation at the Morris Gallery--the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts space dedicated to contemporary art. more > 
Release Date:  July 23, 2003
In Quest of Oracles and Sacred Places: Renee Foulks's Work of the Last Decade Reveals Work of Renowned Artists and Instructor
Exhibition Dates: Oct. 4 - Nov. 9, 2003

In Quest of Oracles and Sacred Places: Renee Foulks' Work of the Last Decade is an insightful exhibition of recent paintings, sketches, studies and detailed notebooks by artist and Academy instructor Renee Foulks.

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Release Date: June 17, 2003


Stitched through History: Our Flag Exhibition Traces Symbol of Patriotism


Exhibition Dates: Sept. 6, 2003 - Jan. 4, 2004

Our Flag explores visual interpretations of patriotism and liberty in works drawn from the Academy's permanent collection.

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Release Date:  June 17, 2003

Monique van Genderen creates work in the Morris Gallery


Exhibition Dates: Sept. 19 - Nov. 9, 2003

This fall Los Angeles-based artist Monique van Genderen will create a site-specific artwork for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Morris Gallery, replicating aspects of the interior architecture of the Pennsylvania Academy's historic landmark building.

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Release Date: May 28, 2003
Times of Change 1913-1945: Masterpieces of the Permanent Collection
Jun. 14, 2003 - Jan. 4, 2004
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will explore the development of modernism in American art with a featured exhibition, Times of Change 1913-1945: Masterpieces of the Permanent Collection. more > 
Release Date: May 26, 2003
Academy Animalia
Exhibition Dates:  Jun. 7 - Aug. 31, 2003
A light-hearted exhibition designed for children and families, Academy Animalia, livens walls of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts this summer.
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Release Date: April 9, 2003
George Washington: Picturing a Legend

Exhibition Dates: May 17 - Sept. 7, 2003


This one-of-a-kind exhibition of paintings and works on paper has largely been gathered from the collections of the historic Pennsylvania Academy, and will track several images of the nation's first President.
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Release Date: March 24, 2003
Talented Young Artists on Their Way to the Top!
Exhibition Dates: May 10 - June 1, 2003
Art enthusiasts will make a pilgrimage to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to experience its 102nd Annual Student Exhibition and the 11th Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition. more > 
Release Date: January 13, 2003
Canadian Artists Marcel Dzama and Michael Dumontier Collaborate With Philadelphia's Andrew Jeffrey Wright in Odd Fellows at the Pennsylvania Academy
Exhibition Dates: February 22 - April 27, 2003
Morris Gallery of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, features artists from Winnipeg, Canada (Marcel Dzama and Michael Dumontier), and Philadelphia (Andrew Jeffrey Wright).
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Release Date: January 13, 2003
Layers of Meaning Features Abstraction
Exhibition Dates: February 8 - April 26, 2003
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts presents an exhibition of painting, works on paper and collage entitled, Layers of Meaning: Collage and Abstraction in the late 20th Century--Work by African American Artists from the Pennsylvania Academy and Private Collections. more > 
Release Date: January 13, 2003
On The Edge Of Your Seat: Popular Theater and Film in Early Twentieth-Century American Art
Exhibition Dates: February 8 - April 19, 2003
On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theater and Film In Early Twentieth-Century American Art an exhibition examining the widespread effect of theater and film on American art and pop culture. more > 
Release Date: July 17, 2002
Edwin Dickinson: Dreams and Realities Travels to the Pennsylvania Academy This Fall
Exhibition Dates: September 21, 2002 - January 12, 2003
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts announces a groundbreaking exhibition of 94 paintings and works on paper by Edwin Dickinson (1891-1978). Considered a "painter's painter" due to his ambitious, multifigured compositions of ambiguous and fanciful content, more > 
Release Date: July 15, 2002
Astrid Bowlby Creates Site-Specific Drawing Installation at the Pennsylvania Academy
Exhibition Dates: September 14, 2002 - November 10, 2002
Artist Astrid Bowlby will create a new installation, an imaginary world where thousands of scissor-cut ink drawings of disparate everyday objects whimsically coexist. Entitled Leaves of Grass, the installation, made specifically for the Morris Gallery at the Pennsylvania Academy more > 
Release Date: March 13, 2002
101st Annual Student Exhibition Opens May 11
Exhibition Dates: May 11 – 31, 2002
One of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’ most cherished traditions continues this spring with the 101st Annual Student Exhibition and the 10th Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Saturday, May 11 through Friday, May 31, 2002. more > 
Release Date: February 5, 2002
American Sublime: Epic Landscapes of Our Nation, 1820-1880
Exhibition Dates: June 15 - August 25, 2002
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is pleased to announce a spectacular exhibition of American landscape paintings of the famed Hudson River School on view June 15 through August 25, 2002. more > 
Release Date: November 13, 2001
Self-Taught Artist Phil Frost Featured at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Exhibition Dates: February 23 - April 28, 2002
Phil Frost, a 28-year-old self-taught New York-based artist, will exhibit new and recent paintings and sculptures at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, February 23 through April 28, 2002 in the Ground Floor Gallery. more > 
Release Date: October 30, 2001
Restructured Reality: the 1930s Paintings of Francis Criss
Exhibition Dates: February 2 – April 14, 2002
An important yet overlooked modernist, Francis Criss made a significant contribution to American art from 1928 to 1939. more > 
Release Date: October 25, 2001
Four Philadelphia Artists Present Dirty Deeds (Re)Done Dirt Cheap in the Morris Gallery of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Exhibition Dates: December 1, 2001 – February 3, 2002
David Dempewolf, Justin Matherly, Scott Rigby, and Leigh Stevens, known for their collaborations as BaseKamp, join forces in an installation entitled Dirty Deeds (Re)Done Dirt Cheap... more > 
Release Date: August 13, 2001
American Modern, 1925-1940: Design For a New Age
Exhibition Dates: January 12 – April 7, 2002
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts announces an exhibition of iconic images of modern American design entitled American Modern, 1925-1940: Design for a New Age, opening January 12, 2002 and running through April 7, 2002. more > 
Release Date: June 27, 2001
Process On Paper: Works From Harles Bregler¡¦s Thomas Eakins Collection
Exhibition Dates: October 6, 2001 ¡V January 2002
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will feature an exhibition of over 30 Thomas Eakins drawings and oil studies from the landmark Charles Bregler Collection October 6, 2001 through January 6, 2002. more > 
Release Date: June 5, 2001
Mary Judge
Exhibition Dates: September 15 – November 11, 2001
An exhibition of recent and site-specific work by New York-based artist Mary Judge will be on view at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, September 14 through November 11, 2001. more > 
Release Date: April 4, 2001
Power and Glory: Medici Portraits from the Uffizi Brings a Taste of Florence to The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Exhibition Dates: September 15 – December 9, 2001
As part of the “Splendor of Florence Festival” – taking place in Philadelphia, September 15 – 23, a selection of 16th and 17th century paintings from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence... more > 
Release Date: March 13, 2001
Historic Annual Student Exhibition Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary May 11 at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Exhibition Dates: May 11 – June 3, 2001
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts announces its landmark 100th Annual Student Exhibition and the Ninth Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Friday, May 11 through Sunday, June 3, 2001. more > 
Release Date: March 13, 2001
Virgil Marti
Exhibition Dates: June 15 – September 2, 2001
A new site-specific work by the Philadelphia-based Virgil Marti will be on view at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, June 15 through September 2, 2001. more > 
Release Date: February 13, 2001
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Honors PAFA Alum Quita Brodhead on Her 100th Anniversary
Exhibition Dates: June 29 – July 22, 2001
The Pennsylvania Academy is pleased to honor alumna and acclaimed painter, Quita Brodhead, at her centennial birthday celebration on March 8, 2001, in the Cast Studio at the Pennsylvania Academy. more > 
Release Date: January 4, 2001
American Spectrum: Paintings and Sculpture from the Smith College Museum of Art
Exhibition Dates: June 30 – September 30, 2001
The Pennsylvania Academy is pleased to announce American Spectrum, a major survey of American art drawn from the collection of the Smith College Museum of Art, opening June 30 through September 30, 2001. more > 
Release Date: December 12, 2000
Neysa Grassi
Exhibition Dates: March 3 – May 6, 2001
Paintings and gouaches by the Philadelphia-based Neysa Grassi (b. 1951) will be featured at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, March 2 through May 6, 2001. more > 
Release Date: October 2, 2000
A Growing Presence: Art by African Americans
Exhibition Dates: November 22 – February 25, 2001
The Pennsylvania Academy is pleased to announce A Growing Presence: Art by African Americans, opening November 22, 2000 and running through February 25, 2001. more > 
Release Date: September 29, 2000
New•Land•marks: Public Art, Community, and the Meaning of Place
Exhibition Dates: February 10 – April 14, 2001
New•Land•Marks: public art, community, and the meaning of place opens February 10 and runs through April 14, 2001 at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. more > 
Release Date: September 1, 2000
American Watercolors
Exhibition Dates: October 14, 2000 – January 7, 2001
American Watercolors at The Pennsylvania Academy opens October 14, 2000 and runs through January 7, 2001 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. more > 
Release Date: July 27, 2000
About Face Features American Art from the Time of Van Gogh
Exhibition Dates: October 21, 2000 – January 14, 2001
About Face will be on view at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from October 21 through January 14, 2001. more > 
Release Date: July 19, 2000
Politics and Art: Pennsylvania Academy Highlights Government-Funded Purchases in Thanks to the Nea: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Exhibition Dates: June 24 – September 3, 2000
To coincide with Philadelphia’s hosting of the Republican National Convention, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will feature Thanks to the NEA, Selections from the Permanent Collection, on view June 24 through September 3, 2000. more > 
Release Date: May 31, 2000
Andy Warhol: Social Observer
Exhibition Dates: June 17 – September 21, 2000
Andy Warhol: Social Observer opens June 17 and runs through September 21, 2000 at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. more > 
Release Date: May 15, 2000
Robert Gwathmey: Master Painter
Exhibition Dates: June 17 – August 13, 2000
This compelling traveling exhibition, for which The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts serves as the only East Coast venue and its final stop, surveys the career of Robert Gwathmey (1903-1988). more > 
Release Date: March 3, 2000
Attention Art Lovers and Collectors: 99th Annual Student Exhibition Opens May
Exhibition Dates: May 5 – 28, 2000
Opening Friday, May 5 and running through Sunday, May 28, 2000, the 99th Annual Student Exhibition and Eighth Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts offer... more > 
Release Date: February 1, 2000
Views From Home and Abroad: Late 19th Century Drawings From The Collection
Exhibition Dates: February 12 – April 16, 2000
Views from Home and Abroad: Late Nineteenth-Century Drawings from the Collection opens February 12 and runs through April 16 as a complement to Paris 1900: The “American School” at the Universal Exposition at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. more > 
Release Date: December 1, 1999
John Twachtman: An American Impressionist
Exhibition Dates: October 16, 1999-January 2, 2000
This retrospective, the first in more than 30 years, explores the career and artistic development of John Twachtman (1853-1902) through some 50 oils and pastels. more > 
Release Date: November 1, 1999
Barry Goldberg
Exhibition Dates: December 10, 1999 – February 6, 2000
Recent work by the Philadelphia-based painter Barry Goldberg opens December 10, 1999 and runs through February 6, 2000 at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets. more > 
Release Date: October 21, 1999
Paris 1900: The “American School” at The Universal Exposition
Exhibition Dates: February 12 – April 16, 2000
Paris 1900: The “American School” at the Universal Exposition opens February 12 and runs through April 16, 2000 at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. more >