December 20, 2018
Beginning on Sunday, January 13, 2019, the Allentown Art Museum will present Carrie Mae Weems: Strategies of Engagement, a collection of more than one hundred photographs, videos, and mixed-media works from an artist the New York Times recently called “perhaps our greatest living photographer.”
December 12, 2018
December 30 | 12-4PM Works designed and created by members of the Crazy Quilters Guild will be on display in the Museum’s Community Gallery from November 11 through December 30.
July 16, 2018
Our exhibitions bring art to the Lehigh Valley that spans the globe.
January 11, 2018
Everyone recognizes real life in photography, and that’s the entry point for potential art lovers. Unlike painting or sculpture, which can tread into abstraction or symbolism, photography often presents viewers with a moment in life that is grounded in reality and can affect them viscerally.
January 11, 2018
In the summer of 2017, the Museum commissioned a sculpture from internationally renowned artist Yinka Shonibare MBE. Girl Balancing Knowledge III is the latest piece from the artist’s Balancing Knowledge series, which addresses questions of identity in a complex, globalized society.
June 25, 2017
The Art Museum’s summer 2017 exhibition (June 25-September 3, 2017) was so large and diverse that a little background adds to the enjoyment.
April 19, 2017
In the fall of 2016 the Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley acquired a large mural painted by Franz Kline of his hometown, Lehighton, Pennsylvania, in 1945.
November 2, 2016
On November 2, 2016, art historian Christina Lamb Chakalova introduced Artemisia to visitors.
April 7, 2016
Our Museum Auxiliary visited Bertoia Studio in Bally, PA, on April 7, 2016, and were treated to a tour by Val Bertoia, who keeps the legacy and the sounds of his father Harry’s work alive.
January 17, 2016
Several of the surviving photographers whose work comprises This Light of Ours converged on Allentown, Pennsylvania, for opening weekend of the exhibition. We talked with them after their participation on an opening-day panel (January 17, 2016), which doubled as a reunion for the group.