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Have Art, Will Travel: Uncovering the 69th Street Branch of PMA
Art & Design

Have Art, Will Travel: Uncovering the 69th Street Branch of PMA

Bart Everts takes us out to Upper Darby where the Philadelphia Museum of Art experimented with a neighborhood branch museum in the 1930s

Arata Isozaki, Installation Designer Of First Louis Kahn Retrospective, Receives Pritzker Prize
Architecture

Arata Isozaki, Installation Designer Of First Louis Kahn Retrospective, Receives Pritzker Prize

Celebrated Japanese architect Arata Isozaki wins the world’s premier lifetime achievement award in the building arts. In Philadelphia, he is known for his creative installation design of the first retrospective devoted to Louis Kahn. Lance Knickerbocker has the story

Unraveling Myths About Philly’s Pioneering African American Architect
Architecture

Unraveling Myths About Philly’s Pioneering African American Architect

Amy Cohen separates fact from fiction surrounding one of Philadelphia’s most famous architects, Julian Francis Abele

Archaic Expectations: Freeing Female Roles From A Dollhouse In Society Hill
History

Archaic Expectations: Freeing Female Roles From A Dollhouse In Society Hill

In this essay Mickey Herr examines women’s roles and social norms through the history of a dollhouse spanning seven generations

The Origins of Morris Arboretum & The Mansion From Which It Bloomed
History

The Origins of Morris Arboretum & The Mansion From Which It Bloomed

Joyce Munro walks us through the gardens of Lydia Morris in Chestnut Hill where her Victorian summer home, Compton, once turned critics cold with its flamboyant style

Replicas Of William Rush Originals Return To Fairmount Water Works
Art & Design

Replicas Of William Rush Originals Return To Fairmount Water Works

Missing for decades, two signature sculptures come home to Fairmount Water Works. A. Leonard Pundt has the details on how conservation efforts and carefully-crafted reproductions brought the iconic public artwork back to life

Ghost Station At Art Museum Rises From The Dead
History

Ghost Station At Art Museum Rises From The Dead

Harry K. walks us through the origins of the mothballed “Art Museum Station,” now being renovated at the PMA, and one man’s visionary plan for mass transit in Philly that never came to be

Gehry, PMA Break Ground On Major Renovation
Architecture

Gehry, PMA Break Ground On Major Renovation

The $196 million “Core Project” to renovate key areas of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and create nearly 100,000 square feet of new space began this morning with an official ceremony


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