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Monday, April 27, 2026

TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image presents How We Stay Free by Pamela J. Forsythe

A new exhibition at TILT honors 60 years of Philly protests thanks to the photographers who were there, from ADA rallies to campus activists, labor movements, No Arena, No Kings, and more. P…

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Monday, April 6, 2026

Independence Seaport Museum presents Seeking Profit and Power: Philadelphia, China Trade, and the Making of America by Pamela J. Forsythe

A swashbuckling new exhibition at the Independence Seaport Museum marks America's 250th with a fascinating look at how trade with China shaped the young United States in its first hundred ye…

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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

The National Constitution Center presents America's Founding by Pamela J. Forsythe

The National Constitution Center joins the 250th celebrations with America's Founding, featuring immersive new galleries that take us inside life in Philly before and during the Revolution. …

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Monday, March 9, 2026

The Print Center presents its 100th ANNUAL International Competition by Pamela J. Forsythe

The Print Center's 100th ANNUAL International Competition drew 725 artists this year. Discover the three finalists, including Philadelphia's Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, in the galleries now…

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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

The Penn Museum presents the Native North America Gallery by Pamela J. Forsythe

A new permanent gallery at the Penn Museum features an in-depth look at Native North American cultures, and acknowledges the fraught relationship between institutions and Indigenous groups. …

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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Noah Davis by Pamela J. Forsythe

An international retrospective on Noah Davis, an important American painter lost much too soon, ends its tour at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

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Monday, February 2, 2026

Philadelphia Magic Gardens presents Face to Face: Isaiah Zagar's Mosaicked Portraits by Pamela J. Forsythe

A new show at Philadelphia Magic Gardens shines an often-mysterious spotlight on the people who have influenced iconic Philly mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:04PM[SHARE]
Monday, January 5, 2026

The Science History Institute presents Lunchtime: The History of Science on the School Food Tray by Pamela J. Forsythe

A new exhibition at the Science History Institute serves up a fascinating history of the school lunch, a topic with deep ties to Philly, as well as women on the front lines of food science. …

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Monday, December 15, 2025

Arthur Ross Gallery presents The Postigo Express: Documenting the Basque Conflict in San Sebastián by Pamela J. Forsythe

Fernando Postigo Silva fled fascism in Spain to work, study, and start a family in Philadelphia, but returned to Spain for decades as a groundbreaking photojournalist. A new show spotlights …

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Monday, November 17, 2025

Penn presents Sam Maitin in We the People and The Mayor of the Arts by Pamela J. Forsythe

Two exhibitions at the University of Pennsylvania explore the work of Sam Maitin, which is an indelible part of our city's social, civic, and economic fabric"whether or not we know it. Pamel…

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

The Franklin Institute and the Galleries at Moore College present Michelle Lopez: Pandemonium by Pamela J. Forsythe

Moore College and the Franklin Institute partner for Michelle Lopez: Pandemonium, an enveloping reminder that America has been here before, and it's our turn to find a response in the wind. …

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Monday, October 13, 2025

The Wharton Esherick Museum presents Working at a Joyous Creative Thing: Weaving, Making and Material Culture in Letty Esherick's Legacy by Pamela J. Forsythe

Letty Esherick, the wife of world-famous woodworker Wharton, opens up in an exhibition of textile works and letters discovered almost 50 years after her death, paired with contemporary artwo…

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Monday, October 6, 2025

The Print Center presents False Dawn and Memory, Loss by Pamela J. Forsythe

Iranian-born and New York-based artist Nazanin Noroozi explores history and memory with a multi-media Print Center exhibition plunging viewers into the journey of African migrants heading fo…

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Monday, August 18, 2025

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz's Moving Backwards by Pamela J. Forsythe

The PMA has acquired an interdisciplinary installation by the Swiss/German creator duo Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz. Moving Backwards was first commissioned in 2019 and feels even more r…

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Friday, July 25, 2025

NoName Gallery presents Next Levels: The Art of Healing by Pamela J. Forsythe

A pop art exhibition at Chestnut Hill's NoName Gallery draws artists who hail from Philly, the Lehigh Valley, Manila, Mexico, and Venezuela. It's a refreshing diversion for an oppressively h…

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

The Barnes Foundation presents From Paris to Provence: French Painting at the Barnes by Pamela J. Forsythe

With several Barnes galleries closed for refinishing, some of the museum's 19th and 20th-century masterpieces get a new configuration in From Paris to Provence: French Painting at the Barnes…

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Monday, June 23, 2025

Michener Art Museum presents Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural by Pamela J. Forsythe

In an eerie, exquisite show at Michener Art Museum, stained-glass artist Judith Schaechter explores the darker emotions and stories that make beauty and joy possible by contrast. Pamela J. F…

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

The African American Museum in Philadelphia presents Demond Melancon: As Any Means Are Necessary by Pamela J. Forsythe

New Orleans glass bead artist Demond Melancon, a modern icon of the Mardi Gras tradition of Black Masking, a confluence of West African, Afro Caribbean, and Indigenous cultures, gets his fir…

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Friday, May 30, 2025

Philadelphia: A Narrative History, by Paul Kahan by Pamela J. Forsythe

From the Delaware Valley's earliest inhabitants to the "reform" movements and anti-urbanism of today, Philadelphia: A Narrative Historyis a window on the American experiment"especially as ce…

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Drexel University's Paul Peck Alumni Center Gallery presents Kurt Vonnegut Jr. As a Visual Artist by Pamela J. Forsythe

A timely new exhibition of drawings by Kurt Vonnegut, many of which have never been displayed publicly, offers a new perspective on the iconic author that resonates in our own time. Pamela J…

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Monday, April 28, 2025

The American Philosophical Society presents Philadelphia, The Revolutionary City by Pamela J. Forsythe

A new exhibition at the American Philosophical Society about the lives of ordinary people in the Revolutionary era brings an online history portal to life in the physical museum. Pamela J. F…

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Monday, March 3, 2025

The Penn Museum presents Preserving Assyria by Pamela J. Forsythe

As Iraqi archeologists and experts reclaimed sites damaged by ISIS in the Gulf Wars, they discovered an extraordinary piece of Assyrian history. A new exhibition at Penn Museum explores the …

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Monday, February 17, 2025

The Print Center presents its 99th ANNUAL Solo Exhibitions by Pamela J. Forsythe

The Print Center's ANNUAL International Competition draws hundreds of applications. Solo shows from this year's three winners enlighten us on people who are dismissed, denigrated and demoniz…

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Drexel's Pearlstein Gallery presents A Certain Slant of Light by Pamela J. Forsythe

A new Pearlstein Gallery show featuring three former Drexel professors spans sculpture, photography, and painting to explore our relationship with nature as part of a larger whole. Pamela J.…

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

The Institute of Contemporary Art presents Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses by Pamela J. Forsythe

The Institute of Contemporary Art hosts the first major museum survey of innovative interdisciplinary artist Carl Cheng, who has challenged ideas of art, science, culture, and nature for 60 …

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Naoto Fukasawa: Things in Themselves by Pamela J. Forsythe

Naoto Fukusawa is one of the world's most sought-after designers, and the PMA hosts his first major solo exhibition in the US, featuring a range of irresistibly practical objects. Pamela J. …

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Monday, January 6, 2025

The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents Soft/Cover by Pamela J. Forsythe

The Fabric Workshop and Museum marks 50 years of its artists-in-residence program with this survey of intriguing multi-media works from the 1970s to the present. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Building Ghosts: Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City, by Molly Lester and Michael Bixler by Pamela J. Forsythe

Building Ghosts, an absorbing new book from Temple University Press, grasps a history that we barely know with essays and photos capturing the remnants of Philly's lost and demolished buildi…

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Monday, December 2, 2024

PAFA Presents Making Strange: Sacred Imagery and the Self by Pamela J. Forsythe

A new exhibition at PAFA spanning the 19th century to today (but rooted in a movement launched in the 1500s) explores religious imagery that has been distorted to signify the artists' diverg…

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Woodmere Art Museum presents In the Moment: The Art & Photography of Harvey Finkle by Pamela J. Forsythe

For half a century, Harvey Finkle has trained his camera on those fighting for the rights of homeless, displaced, disabled, or undocumented people on the front lines of American protest. An …

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Monday, October 28, 2024

Arcadia University's Spruance Gallery presents Perpetual Inventory: A Ruminative Installation by Scott Kip by Pamela J. Forsythe

Visitors to Scott Kip's Perpetual Inventory can decide if they want to look at an inventory or gallery notes before entering"but it might be worthwhile to wait, for an impressionistic, myste…

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