An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American Art
Through November 6
Daniel Huntington (1816-1906), George Washington & Christoper Gist on the Allegheny River, oil on canvas, 1840; courtesy of Jonathan W. Warner.
Annenberg Center
Hua Hua Zhang’s Visual Expressions
October 14 and15,
Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center
Music, Dance and Puppetry.
Penn Museum
Excavating Ground Zero: Fragments from 9/11
Through November 6
Arthur Ross Gallery
An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American Art
Through November 6
paintings chronicle the American experience from 1829 to 1969 in portrait. Historical, genre, still-life and landscape; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through November 6.
Above: Choppin' Cotton by Thomas Hart Benton, (1931)
Burrison Gallery
Witness
Through October 21
Penn Museum
Fulfilling a Prophecy: the Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania
Lenape Meesing Candle holder made of metal and paint. Each year, the Lenape of Pennsylvania honor Meesing, the protector of the woodlands, with a fall Meesing ceremony. At the ceremony, a member of the Medicine Society, a group of men responsible for organizing and performing the Meesing ceremony, represents Meesing as a dancer. The Meesing dancer prepares for his task during the year preceding the ceremony by meditating on Meesing and making objects with Meesing’s image, which are given to the Medicine Society.
A Lenape fan made of beads, deerskin and feathers rests in the hands of Shelley DePaul, director of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and co-curator of Penn Museum’s new exhibition, Fulfilling a Prophecy: the Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania.
Photos: Lauren Hansen-Flaschen.
Penn Museum
Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetary
Ongoing
Gold bull amulet (Height: 1.5 cm; Width: 1.5 cm) originally part of a necklace of gold. The bearded
bull, considered divine in early Mesopotamia, is made of a thin sheet of gold wrapped over a bitumen
core. Found loose in the soil at the Royal Cemetery, ca 2550 BCE.
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
Wordplay: The Printed Game
Through October 16
Institute of Contemporary Art
Charline Von Heyl
Through February 19, 2012
18 paintings by the artist alongside collage-based works on paper; ICA.
ICA
Bill Walton’s Studio
Through December 4
Recreates the environment of the minimalist artist; Project Space, ICA.
Nursing: Carol Ware Lobby, Fagin Hall
The History of Nursing as Seen Through the Lens of Art
