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PAFA Hosts Annual Open Studio Night: Friday, February 20  

For one night only, visitors and art collectors get an up-close look

into the creative process of the next generation of art stars

PHILADELPHIA (February 12, 2015) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is hosting its annual Open

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PAFA Hosts The Review Panel Philadelphia on February 18

"The highlight of formal art criticism in Philadelphia" - theartblog.org

PHILADELPHIA (February 10, 2015) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) announces the first line-ups for 2015 of The Review Panel Philadelphia, a yearly series…

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PAFA Students Opening Gallery for Emerging Artists

MFA students at PAFA, seeing a void in Philadelphia's current gallery scene, working to fill the gap with AUTOMAT, opening in April  

PHILADELPHIA (January 30, 2015) -- A group of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) students haven't yet…

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PAFA Receives $1 Million Gift for Scholarships

The James J. & Frances M. Maguire Scholarship for Artistic Excellence is the largest scholarship gift from a single donor in PAFA's history

PHILADELPHIA (January 7, 2015) - A $1 million gift from The Maguire Foundation, longtime supporters of the…

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PAFA Alumna Wins Smithsonian Prize  

Njideka Akunyili Crosby is 2014 winner of Smithsonian 
American Art Museum's James Dicke Contemporary Artist Prize

PHILADELPHIA (November 25, 2014) - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) alumna Njideka Akunyili Crosby on Tuesday was named the 2014 winner of…

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PAFA Presents The Artist's Garden:
American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920

On view February 13 – May 24, 2015

PHILADELPHIA (November 24, 2014) — The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920. On…

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PAFA's Annual Student Print Sale Turns 21! 

A popular tradition for creative holiday shoppers, offering hundreds
of works by emerging student artists, priced under $150

PHILADELPHIA (November 12, 2014) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) hosts the 21st Annual Student Print Sale on Friday…

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PAFA presents A Fine Arrangement: The Art of Still Life

On view through April 12, 2015

PHILADELPHIA (November 7, 2014) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents A Fine Arrangement: The Art of Still Life, on view through April 12. The exhibition brings together nearly 90 works from…

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PAFA Hosts The Review Panel Philadelphia on November 12 

"The highlight of formal art criticism in Philadelphia" - theartblog.org 

 

PHILADELPHIA (November 2, 2014) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) hosts the third season of The Review Panel Philadelphia, a yearly series of panel…

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PAFA’s 16th Annual Bacchanal Wine Gala and Auction Brings 
Jean-Charles Boisset to Philadelphia

Gala and auction to raise over $550,000 to support student scholarships 


PHILADELPHIA (October 31, 2014) - For the sixteenth consecutive year, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) will host…

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PAFA Hosts Third Season of The Review Panel Philadelphia  

"The highlight of formal art criticism in Philadelphia" - theartblog.org 

 

PHILADELPHIA (October 2, 2014) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) hosts the third season of The Review Panel Philadelphia, a yearly series of panel…

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PAFA Presents Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis

First Retrospective of Iconic 20th Century American Master Since 1976


On view November 14, 2014 – April 5, 2015

Press Preview: November 12, 11 a.m.

 

PHILADELPHIA (September 30, 2014) — The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents Peter…

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About PAFA

Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is America's first school and museum of fine arts. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, PAFA offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the fine arts, innovative exhibitions of historic and contemporary American art, and a world-class collection of American art. PAFA’s esteemed alumni include Mary Cassatt, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, William Glackens, Barkley L. Hendricks, Violet Oakley, Louis Kahn, David Lynch, and Henry Ossawa Tanner.