Rotation 1: August 4 – December 1, 2019 Rotations 2-4: through Fall 2020 Decorative Arts Corridor With gleaming gold thread, delicate hand-painted designs, and bold embroidery, this installation explores Japan’s rich textile traditions as well as the legacy of Western collectors. Japan’s stylized aesthetic looked fresh and modern to Western eyes at the turn of […]
Sam Gilliam (b. 1933), Transfer #2 (detail), 2009, acrylic with collage. © Sam Gilliam. Image license courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery. Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art June 2 through September 1, 2019 Scheller and Fowler Galleries This exhibition presents sixty-five pieces from the esteemed Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art, […]
LEFT: Dress, 1920s, silk, sequins, beads. Gift of Susan Opie, 2008. (2008.21.20a) RIGHT: Hattie Carnegie (American, 1889-1956), Dress, late 1930s, lamé and wool, beads. Transferred from American Textile History Museum, gift of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, 2017. (2017.6.137a-c) June 2 through September 1, 2019 Rodale Gallery In Deco After Dark, vintage evening gowns’ […]
August Sander, The Painter Otto Dix and Wife, 1924, printed 1974. Allentown Art Museum, gift of Steve K. Miller and Yasemin Miller, 2007. (2007.27.9) May 15–September 22, 2019 Fuller Gallery Beginning in the 1920s, many photographers rebelled against the expectation that they should imitate painters. Instead they embraced the unique advantages of the […]
Wall Drawing #793A: Irregular wavy color bands, India ink and color ink wash. First drawn by Maria Elena Alvarez-Calderón, Arminda Bugarin, Rodolfo Casado Orozco, Sachiko Cho, Claudio de Casas, Gonzalo de las Casas, Christhiam Fiorentino Vásquez, Carmen García Suarez, Jesús Martínez, Aurora Ortega de Torre, Pia Rodríguez Frade, Pablo San Juan, Jo Watanabe. First installation: […]
May 6, 2018–October 13, 2019 Butz Gallery For the first time in more than 20 years, experience The Room Chapel by pioneering sculptor of light Stephen Antonakos. Originally created in 1996, this architectural installation featuring the artist’s Neon Panels will be specially recreated for the Allentown Art Museum. This work represents not only the realization of […]
January 6, 2016, through September 29, 2019 Museum Vestibule The Museum commissioned Dominican-born, Allentown-based artist Rigo Peralta to create the first-ever mural in the vestibule at the entrance to the Museum. Incorporating imagery from Taino and Mayan architecture and building on the tradition of heroic figures in mural painting, Peralta’s work addresses both personal and […]
