Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Philadelphia Museum Of Art - Upcoming Events

               
Above image: Living Room Corner Arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, Sr., 1984. Louise Lawler, American, born 1947. Dye destruction print, from Treasures of the Alfred Stieglitz Center: Photographs from the Permanent Collection


 
EXHIBITIONS - ENDING SOON

Treasures of the Alfred Stieglitz Center: Photographs from the Permanent Collection - through April 7, 2013 - Main Building, Honickman and Berman Galleries, Ground floor

Double Portrait: Paula Scher and Seymour Chwast, Graphic Designers - through April 14, 2013 - Perelman Building, Collab Gallery, First floor

Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesday Nights
Every Wednesday, the Museum Main Building is open until 8:45 pm and offers Pay-What-You-Wish admission after 5:00 pm. All activities are free after admission.

April 3

Night Owl Read and Look (ages 3-7) – Gilberto and the Wind
5:15 pm to 6:00 pm
Meet at Family Cart in Lenfest Hall/West Lobby, Ground floor

Yoga with Dhyana Yoga
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Great Stair Hall Balcony, Second floor

Film Screening – Rear Window (1954), 112 minutes
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Van Pelt Auditorium, Ground floor

A Conversation with Artist Frank Bowling: “Growing up in London & New York”
6:30 pm to – 7:30 pm
Seminar Room, Ground floor

Happenings with violinist Diane Monroe
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Gallery 258, Second floor

Art Talk – “Shaking Up Our Thinking about Northern European Masterpieces”, Christopher D. M. Atkins, Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Meet in Lenfest Hall/West Lobby, Ground floor

Art After 5 (Fridays)

April 5

Orient Express – An evening of Turkish and French music and dance. The program is presented in conjunction with the Turkish American Friendship Society of US and Alliance Française de Philadelphia. 
5:00 pm to 8:45 pm
Great Stair Hall, First floor, Main Building

Free after Museum admission

Sunday Family Programs

Sunday, April 7, 2013 - Pay What You Wish admission all day!

Explore the Great and Mighty Things exhibition and discover the many worlds of self-taught artists. Kids (and their adults) can also create their own art using recycled and found materials at the Family Studio and Balcony Studio.

Family Studio: Great and Mighty Paintings
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Education Classrooms, Main Building, Ground floor

Balcony Studio: Great and Mighty Sculptures
10:30 am to 2:30 pm
Great Stair Hall Balcony, Main Building, Second floor

Family Tours: Great and Mighty Things *
11:00 am; 12:00 pm; 1:00 pm; 2:00 pm
Meet at the exhibition entrance, Dorrance Galleries, Main Building, First floor

Family Programs are free after Museum admission

* Free tickets required

RECENTLY OPENED

The Art of Golf - through July 7, 2013 - Main Building, Gallery 280, Second floor

ALSO ON VIEW

Cy Twombly: Sculptures - extended through April 2013 - Perelman Building, Skylit Atrium

Live Cinema - Resonating Surfaces: A Trilogy – through May 5, 2013 – Perelman Building, Julien Levy Gallery, First floor (films are shown on a rotating basis)

Journeys to New Worlds: Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Art from the Roberta and Richard Huber Collection - through May 19, 2013- Perelman Building, Exhibition Gallery, First floor

'Great and Mighty Things': Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovtiz Collection - through June 9, 2013 - Main Building, Dorrance Galleries, First floor

Notations: Sean Scully - through July 14 - Main Building, Alter Gallery 176

All Dressed Up: Fashions for Children and Their Families - through December 1, 2013, Perelman Building, Costume and Textiles Study Gallery, Second floor

Entrance to all exhibitions is included in general admission.


Museum Admission

Admission for two consecutive days with access to the Museum main building, Perelman Building, Rodin Museum, and Mount Pleasant in Fairmount Park
Adults - $20
Seniors 65 & over - $18
Students w/valid ID and youth 13–18 - $14
Children 12 & under - Free

Museum Hours

Main Building
Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday and Friday: 10:00 am to 8:45 pm
Monday: CLOSED

Perelman Building
Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Monday: CLOSED
Wednesday and Friday evenings: CLOSED

Rodin Museum
Wednesday to Monday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday: CLOSED
Wednesday and Friday evenings: CLOSED

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