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 VisitingOn ViewCollectionsResearchCalendar & EventsEducationJoin & SupportInformationVisiting  On ViewCollectionsResearchCalendar & EventsEducationJoin & SupportInformationMonday, December 9, 2013 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.
Léger: Modern Art and the Metropolis
Join exhibition curator Anna Vallye on a tour through the colorful galleries of Léger: Modern Art and the Metropolis. See how Léger and his contemporaries were inspired by the energy and movement of the modern city to combine different arts into their own work. A sculpture expresses motion like a film, paintings become like advertising posters, and color combines with architecture to form murals, all working together to create a new vision of urban space brought to life.
Watch Video >>Also On View Now Through January 20, 2014 Bringing together more than forty works from the United States and Europe, this exhibition examines Barbara Chase-Riboud’s artistic career, focusing primarily on her important Malcolm X sculptures. Five works from that series—among them the Museum’s Malcolm X #3 of 1970—and five closely related sculptures are included.New In the Galleries Gallery 268, second floor Objects of Desire is a series of gallery installations that proposes to create alternative narratives within the Museum’s collection. This first installment, against the backdrop of Hôtel Le Tellier’s salon, takes its cue from Elaine Cameron-Weir’s sculpture Blue Black (2011), which is inspired by a Charles Baudelaire poem titled La Chevelure (Of Her Hair) of 1859. Most "Loved" Object
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