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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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
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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
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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
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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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 > |
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