All posts filed under “Philadelphia

A Lasting Memento: John Thomson’s Photographs Along the River Min at Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), June 1, 2019 – May 17, 2020

“The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents a voyage into 19th-century China through one of PEM’s photographic treasures, John Thomson’s rare album Foochow and the River Min. More than forty striking landscapes, city views, and portrait studies are on view, captured by Thomson as he traveled in the Fujian… Read More

Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism at Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1910-1950, October 25, 2016 – January 8, 2017

Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910-1950 explores the rich and fascinating story of a period of remarkable change. It is the most comprehensive exhibition of Mexican modernism to be seen in the United States in more than seven decades and features an extraordinary range of images, from portable murals… Read More

Embracing the Contemporary: The Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Collection at Philadelphia Museum of Art, June 28 – September 5, 2016

Embracing the Contemporary: The Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Collection presents one of this country’s finest collections of contemporary art, which includes outstanding works by some of the most influential European and American artists of the past half century, including Jasper Johns, Howard Hodgkin, Ellsworth… Read More