Arthur Ross Gallery Remembered Light: Destruction and Restoration–Glass Fragments from World War II March 28-May 12, 2008
Artist: Narcissus Quagliata
Metz, France, Cathedral of St. Stephen 55 shards of glass, sandblasted, paint and cast fused glass
Images courtesy of The McDonald Windows and in collaboration with Interfaith Center at the Presidio, San Francisco.
Artist: Peter Eichhorn, Trier, Germany, Liebefrau Kirche (Church of Our Lady) 43 shards of glass, painted and stained blown glass
Penn Museum Exhibits and Events
Counterpoint: Anthropology and Photography in Papau New Guinea
Amarna, Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun Through April
Austin Super's ethnographic research and photography in New Guinea.
Merle Smith Changing Exhibitions Gallery, Penn Museum. Through September 14, 2008.
Statue of an Amarna Princess, probably from Amarna, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (1353-1336 BCE), limestone and pigment. Photo courtesy of Penn Museum.
Annenberg School
(Above) Robert Rahway’s Zakanitch’s Big Bungalow Suite V, an 11-by-30-foot acrylic work of abstract art, will be on display in the Forum of the Annenberg School for Communication on April 1. This marks the first time Mr. Zakanitch’s work is on display at Penn since a 1982 exhibit at ICA. Mr. Zakanitch’s styles have ranged from abstract expressionism, to minimalism to pop art. The Forum in the Annenberg School building is open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends. The work will be on display through September 2008.
Water! Burrison Gallery Through April 11
Image: Richard W. Golden
Slought Foundation
239 Years; New Faces in the Contemporary Art Scene. Through May 19, 2008.
"Reversible Destiny - Declaration of the Right Not to Die: Second International Arakawa + Gins Architecture + Philosophy Conference/Congress"
With Shusaku Arakawa + Madeline Gins. Sunday, April 4, 2008
International House
Turkey: Modern, Secular, Ancient & Sacred; photographs by David and Lisa U’Prichard of the people, architecture and geography which inhabit the ancient and modern country of Turkey; International House. Through April 25.
Penn Presents
Love, Janis; chronicle of the life of the 1960s rock and blues queen; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; $30-$50. Also April 10 & 13, 7:30 p.m., and April 11 & 12, 8 p.m.
Paul Taylor Dance Company; featuring Esplanade, Promethean Fire, Le Grand Puppetier, Lines of Loss, and Antique Valentine; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; $29-$46. Also April 18 & 19, 8 p.m., and April 18, 2 p.m.
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
George Romney's Lady Hamilton as Sensibility
Emma Hamilton's Path to Fame; Exhibition features items from the collections of Jean Kislak and Penn's Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Image courtesy of the Historical Society of PA
Francis Johnson: Early Music Master of Philadelphia; Celebrating the acquisition of Francis Johnson sheet music from the collection of Kurt Stein.
Eugene Ormandy Gallery through Fall 2009.
Textual Spaces: An Architecture of Reading
Rosenwald Gallery, 6th Floor.
Through May 28, 2008
meta Metasequoia
Morris Arboretum Ongoing
Nestled within the dawn redwood grove, meta Metasequoia will provide a fresh perspective of these wonderful trees. The exhibit will elevate visitors up into the tree canopy of the dawn redwoods by means of an artistic structure with stairs leading to the "basket," an open-air room whose floor is 12 feet above grade. Climbing up into the structure, nicknamed the "Grasshopper," visitors will be able to revisit the childhood feeling of being in a tree house, enjoy the views and relax in unusual intimacy with these majestic trees.
A Wonderful Life:
A Daughter's Tribute to a Family of Educators
Lobby, GSE Ongoing
Pennsylvania Daughter by Joan Myerson.
Digital "painting" of the artist's mother as Penn student.
Nestled within the dawn redwood grove, meta Metasequoia will provide a fresh perspective of these wonderful trees. The exhibit will elevate visitors up into the tree canopy of the dawn redwoods by means of an artistic structure with stairs leading to the "basket," an open-air room whose floor is 12 feet above grade. Climbing up into the structure, nicknamed the "Grasshopper," visitors will be able to revisit the childhood feeling of being in a tree house, enjoy the views and relax in unusual intimacy with these majestic trees.