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ICA presents dual new exhibits for summer, fall
A gazing ball atop a bird bath and a stylized snake on astroturf.

“Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard.”

(Image: Constance Mensh)

ICA presents dual new exhibits for summer, fall

The Institute of Contemporary Art’s summer and fall exhibitions highlight an eclectic collection of yard art and domestic interiors and scenes that are both familiar and uncomfortable.
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw named inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery
Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw.

Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Class of 1940 Bicentennial Term Professor in the Department of Art History in the School of Arts & Sciences, and inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery.

(Image: Eric Sucar)

Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw named inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery

Shaw, a renowned scholar and teacher of American art who has been at Penn for almost 20 years, assumed the new role effective June 1.

Louisa Shepard

Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art
jonathan katz sitting in his living room

Jonathan Katz, an associate professor of practice in the Department of the History of Art, pictured inside his West Philadelphia home. Katz led the effort to launch the world’s first graduate queer art history fellowship at Penn.

(Image: Scott Spitzer)

Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art

In a new book, art historian Jonathan D. Katz explores the Stonewall Riots and contemporary queer art.

Kristina Linnea García

Going above and beyond in archaeology and museum work
Qi Liu in front of Penn Museum.

Qi Liu, an anthropology and art history major, has participated in every undergraduate program the Penn Museum has to offer and is completing two senior theses.

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Going above and beyond in archaeology and museum work

Fourth-year Qi Liu has participated in every undergraduate program at the Penn Museum, done research for two senior theses in anthropology and art history, and joined excavations in the U.S. and abroad.
Impressionism and the modernization of time
Claude Monet’s The Japanese Footbridge painting.

Claude Monet’s The Japanese Footbridge, 1899.

(Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington)

Impressionism and the modernization of time

A new book from history of art professor André Dombrowski knits together the works of artists like Claude Monet and the nature of time as it emerges in its present-day form.

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The Penn Museum’s crystal ball
A historic, black-and-white image of two children gazing at the crystal ball

For almost 100 years—except for the three it went missing—one of the world’s largest crystal balls has occupied the Penn Museum’s Asia Galleries.

(Image: Penn Museum)

The Penn Museum’s crystal ball

For almost 100 years—except for the three it went missing—one of the world’s largest crystal balls has occupied the Asia Galleries of the Penn Museum.

Kristina Linnea García

‘The Illuminated Body’ fuses color, light, and sound
barbara earl thomas with seth parker woods

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‘The Illuminated Body’ fuses color, light, and sound

A new Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition of work by artist Barbara Earl Thomas features cut-paper portraits reminiscent of stained glass and an immersive installation constructed with intricately cut material lit from behind.

Louisa Shepard