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Opening June 20, 2012
Through August 12, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012

As one of the largest museums in the United States, the Philadelphia Museum of Art invites visitors from around the world to explore its renowned collections, acclaimed special exhibitions, and enriching programs, both in person and online.

Also On View

Every Touch
March 3 - July 2012
Three groundbreaking single sculptures, three leading contemporary artists: Secret Garden unites works in fiber by Ted Hallman, Sheila Hicks, and Jim Hodges.
"Valentine" Typewriter
May 21, 2011 - fall 2012
This exhibition highlights Collab’s gifts from the last four decades, celebrating the organization’s contributions to the Museum as well as presenting a chronological overview of modern and contemporary design in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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In the Galleries

Gallery 273, second floor
Philadelphia lawyer John G. Johnson (1841–1917) started collecting paintings in 1876, at the time of the Centennial Exhibition —an international exposition held in the city to celebrate American progress through displays of modern industry and art. He first purchased works by living artists, but by the 1890s had expanded the scope of his acquisitions to include old master European paintings, primarily Italian and Netherlandish Renaissance works and seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish compositions.
Galleries 241-243, second floor
The objects in this installation have been grouped to approximate the sequence of activities during a tea ceremony: host and guest preparation; a light meal; sweet cakes and sake; a serving of “thick” tea; more sweets; and finally, a round of “thin” tea. Additionally, the video in gallery 244 provides an overview of a tea gathering.

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From the Collection Online

http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/82820.html
Rain
Vincent Willem van Gogh

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