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Bernard Perlin (1918 - 2014), The Leg, 1945-46. Casein and tempera on panel, 27 1/2 x 35 in. Gift of the artist in honor of Brian Vincent Boston.
Art At Noon
Online

Expressions of Trauma, Journey Towards Care

Painting of three, dignified men within a field of dense, vegetal patterns

Evade or Ensnare: Decorative Illusionism in Historic and Contemporary Painting

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Washington Foyer
Historic Landmark Building
Watercolor painting of laurel blossoms in a blue vase.
Continuing Education

Beginner's Watercolor Still Life Workshop

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Pastel drawing of a young woman with sandy hair and blue dress.
Continuing Education

The Portrait in Pastel Workshop

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Painting of a neighborhood scene in the fall time, muted earth tones.
Continuing Education
Canceled

Autumn in Acrylic Workshop

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Lifeguard overlooking the beach and ocean - vibrant colors and contrasting reds and blues.
Continuing Education

Plein Air Painting in Cape May, NJ

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Interior and exterior photographs of the Masonic Temple and the Historic Landmark Building
Special Tours
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After Hours Architecture Tour & Rooftop Reception

Linda Lee Alter's painting Pain, Pain. Fear, Fear, Fear.
Special Tours
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Member Tour: Strange Sensations

Black and white photo of Anne Ryan in her New York Studio looking out a window.
Art At Noon
Online

Atelier 17: Women Printmakers at Midcentury

Installation view of Gift Deeds Kholer collection

“Gift/Deeds: Collectors at PAFA” Exhibition Series, Features 20th Century and Contemporary Art Selections Gifted to PAFA

PHILADELPHIA - June 30 2022 - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is pleased to present, “Gift/Deeds: Collectors at PAFA,” an exhibition of 20th century and contemporary art gifted to PAFA’s permanent collection by six significant and influential Philadelphia art collectors. The…

Press Release
Color lithograph by June Wayne
Brodsky Center at PAFA

The ’70s on Paper

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Lithograph by Eberhard Eggers
Brodsky Center at PAFA

Pop-Up Shop: The ’70s on Paper

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bands of Juneteenth colors red green yellow black

Celebrate Juneteenth with us, from President Eric Pryor

All PAFA facilities - studios, museums and college - will be closed on Monday, June 20th in honor of Juneteenth. "As we turn as a nation to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday, I am mindful of those who paved the way for us to get to this national celebration..."
Collaged portraits of four queer artists.

Gender In Motion

May Babcock, Blackstone Watershed Papers, 2018, wheat-pasted cyanotype on artist-made paper from water chestnut (Trapa natans), Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), Eurasian milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), cotton waste scrap, abaca, 36 inches in diameter. Image courtesy of the artist, © 2022 May Babcock.
Brodsky Center at PAFA
Online

Three Papermakers on How Water Shapes Their Creative Process

Louise Fishman, Antica Locanda Montin

Negotiating Grids

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Tuttleman Sculpture Gallery
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
Kenneth Callahan, Tides (1950)

Strange Sensations

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Walter & Leonore Annenberg Gallery
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
A painting by John Lewis Kimmel of a country wedding captures the ritual and material culture of this important day in the life of a comfortably well-off American family in 1814.
Online

Tales and Truths: Defining Artists of the Early Republic

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Aimee Liriano's digital print Window
Special Tours
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Member Tour: Annual Student Exhibition

View of the grand and ornate staircase of the Historic Landmark Building. Looking down on the center staircase to the lobby, and up into the main gallery with a staircase on both the left and right sides of the image.
Special Tours

Making A Landmark

A portrait of a person with powder white skin, blue hair, dramatic eye makeup. It is a sketch using pastels and deep gray paper. The subject's body is turned to the right, but the face is nearly facing the viewer and their eyes are cast down with a dignified appearance.
Special Tours

Pride in PAFA's Collection

Man wearing hat and sunglasses with paintbrushes

Gift/Deeds: Collectors at PAFA

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Historic Landmark Building
Installation view of ASE 2021

PhillyMag | ASE in May's Best Events in Philadelphia

PhillyMag has featured the 121st Annual Student Exhibition (ASE) in their "highly curated, strongly opinionated guide to things to do this month." ASE is one of only two art events to be selected.
In the News
Margaret Foster Richardson's painting A Motion Picture
Special Tours

Member Tour: Women in Motion

 

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