Biagio d’Antonio Tucci (Italian, 1446-1516), Madonna and Child with Saints (detail), ca. 1490, tempera and gold leaf on panel. Allentown Art Museum: Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1960. (1960.15) November 24, 2019 through March 29, 2020 Kress Gallery Featuring masterpieces from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s collection paired with highlights from the Allentown Art Museum’s famed […]
Opens October 16, 2019 Museum Vestibule With golden handcuffs, surveillance cameras, and Twitter birds woven into elaborate patterns, Ai Weiwei’s Golden Age wallpaper expresses the tension between government control and personal freedom in the digital age. An internationally respected artist and human rights activist, Ai is known for thoughtful and defiant works that address contemporary […]
Beatriz Milhazes (Brazilian, b. 1960), Sal (Salt), 2009–10, woodblock and screenprint. Published by Durham Press, © Beatriz Milhazes, 2019. January 19 through May 3, 2020 Color & Complexity is the first exhibition to celebrate Durham Press’s thirty years of innovative and experimental printmaking. Founded in 1988 by master printer Jean-Paul Russell and co-owned with partner […]
René Lalique, Three Peonies Pendant Brooch, c. 1900. Gold, enamel, glass, diamond, Baroque pearl. Collection of Richard H. Driehaus. © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photograph by John Faier, © 2014 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum. June 7 through August 30, 2020 Scheller and Fowler Galleries Maker & Muse: Women […]
