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Gallery view of portrait paintings

Broad Street Review | PAFA presents Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1776 – 1976

A review of the major exhibition, including each of the five subject areas: portraits, history, still life, genre and landscape
In the News
Graphic with Rising Sun logo and image of sculpture Hygiea by Alison Saar
Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

Graphic with Rising Sun logo and image of sculpture Hygiea by Alison Saar
Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

Graphic with Rising Sun logo and image of sculpture Hygiea by Alison Saar
Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

Graphic with Rising Sun logo and image of sculpture Hygiea by Alison Saar
Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

Graphic with Rising Sun logo and image of sculpture Hygiea by Alison Saar
Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

Graphic with Rising Sun logo and image of sculpture Hygiea by Alison Saar
Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

Graphic with Rising Sun logo and image of sculpture Hygiea by Alison Saar
Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

Graphic with Rising Sun logo and image of sculpture Hygiea by Alison Saar
Special Tours

Rising Sun PAFA Tour

Collage with an image of a Black child wearing a mask on the left and an image of the US capitol turned upside down on the right.

Vetoed Dreams: Art in the Age of Insurrection

postcard of the exhibition
Family Art Day

Live Art, Teach Art - Youth Programs' Instructor Exhibition Opening Reception

Image of Rising Sun Logo
Member Program

Member Preview: Rising Sun

Image of Rising Sun Logo
Member Program

Member Preview: Rising Sun

Painting "Self Portrait" by Joan Brown
Special Tours

Closing Weekend: Making American Artists Highlights

Painting of two women admiring a rose bush by Violet Oakley entitled "June", 1902
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Trailblazing Women Artists at PAFA

Painting of two women admiring a rose bush by Violet Oakley entitled "June", 1902
Special Tours

Trailblazing Women Artists at PAFA

Group of people in circle in the gallery
Family Art Day

Summer Art Camp Open House

abstract sculpture mounted on wall

Philadelphia Inquirer | Mixed Media: At America's first art school and museum, Black artists forged a space of their own

As part of The Philadelphia Inquirer’s series “A More Perfect Union,” which explores the roots of systemic racism in America through institutions founded in Philadelphia, Dr. Synatra Smith and Zoe Greenberg examined the legacy of Black artists at PAFA.
In the News
installation view of galleries with blue and red walls and landscape paintings

Philadelphia Inquirer | Five iconic American artworks on display at PAFA’s newest show

Five art experts on their favorite pieces in Making American Artists: Stories from PAFA, 1776-1976.
In the News
Artist Kukuli Velarde in residence at the Brodsky Center at PAFA, December 2022, working on her new edition to be published in April 2023.
Brodsky Center at PAFA

History Is Always Present

Mixed media painting by Nina Chanel Abney entitles, "Potato, Potata"
Special Tours

Legacies of Black American Artists

Oil painting by Horace Pippin entitled, "John Brown Going to His Hanging"
Special Tours

Legacies of Black American Artists

"Potato, Potata" a mixed media painting by Nina Chanel Abney
Special Tours

Legacies of Black American Artists

Painting by Barkley L. Hendricks, J.B.S. III, 1968
Special Tours

Legacies of Black American Artists

 

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