Topic: Museums
Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend
This week in Philly we have holiday gift drives, The Nutcracker(s), ice sculpting, makers markets, Christmas in the Barrio and more
By Lauren McCutcheon and Christina GriffithPhiladelphia Revealed
Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts invites the public to connect — and contribute — to Philadelphia’s history through a vast collection of historical objects and artifacts
By Christina GriffithRecognition Now
The Berman Museum opens an exhibition of Mexican photographer Enrique Bostelmann with a mission to include more people in fine art, and help ensure art’s survival
By Sarah JordanThe 60 Wrd/Min Art Critic Comes to Philadelphia
Close to 30 Philadelphia artists brought their work to Broad Street, where an esteemed Chicago art writer typed up fast yet incredibly insightful reviews. Here is the result.
By Lori WaxmanStrengthen Bonds Among Museums
In the next in a series of political and policy advice to presumptive Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker, the National Liberty Museum CEO calls for deeper investment in the city’s cultural institutions — a driver of democracy for all Philadelphians
By Alaine ArnottThe Institutional Critic
The next in a series with Forman Arts Initiative profiles Maia Chao, whose anthropology-informed art practice challenges institutions of museums, schools, and more
By Morgan NitzWho Gets To Be In The History Game
Drexel is set to take over the orphaned Atwater Kent historical collection. But the Historical Society, and City Council, might have other ideas. What’s all the fighting really about?
By Larry PlattVisual Meditations on Black Masculinity
The African American Museum in Philadelphia’s exhibit features the work of 55 women and non-binary people of the African diaspora
By Kiersten A. AdamsHow Diverse is Your Art Collection?
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts leads the way among American museums in buying art by women and African Americans. It’s about time.
By Sarah JordanBeyond the dinosaurs
The Academy of Natural Sciences hosts the third installment of Philadelphia Contemporary’s series about the future of museums
By Jessica Blatt Press