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Adult Programs
Be entertained, enlightened, and engaged by experiences that go beyond the limits of gallery viewing. Better understand and appreciate the Museum's collection and exhibitions through programs and events aimed at all adult learners, specialist and non-specialist alike.
Preregistration is suggested for all ticketed programs. Prices do not include Museum admission unless noted. Programs, topics, and speakers are subject to change.
Art History Courses
Expand your knowledge of the world’s artistic traditions in one of the Museum's Art History courses. Learn about styles and techniques. See how geography and history have shaped the development of the visual arts through the ages—with one of the nation's most respected art museums as your classroom. Lectures are offered on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Prices for Art History courses include Museum admission. Free Infrared Listening Systems are available at the West Information Desk for auditorium lectures.
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Concerts and Performances
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is proud to join with local, national, and international distinguished musicians for an array of concerts and performances inspired by the Museum's collection and current exhibitions. Come and experience the wonderful connection between the visual and performing arts.
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Films
Join other movie lovers for screenings of films and documentaries connected to the Museum's collection and exhibitions.
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May Film Series: Celebrate Golf! Location: Van Pelt Auditorium The May film series Celebrate Golf! honors all things golf-related through four amusing and quirky films. Visit gallery 280 before the films to see the Art of Golf exhibition, including works on loan from the National Galleries of Scotland.
Wednesday Nights are “Pay What You Wish” Museum Admission.- The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), 115 minutes
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
This is the true story of the courage and passion of one of America’s greatest sports heroes. At the 1913 US Open, Francis Ouimet (Shia LeBeouf), an amateur working-class boy, shocked the world when he beat the defending British champion in what was formerly only a gentleman’s game. (Rated PG.)
- Happy Gilmore (1996), 92 minutes
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Adam Sandler stars in Happy Gilmore, raucous comedy about a diehard hockey player who turns the snobbish world of an upscale golf course into absolute mayhem. (Rated PG-13.)
The Barefoot Artist (2013), 95 minutes Wednesday, June 19, 2013
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. This lyrical and emotionally moving documentary explores the methods and motivations of artist Lily Yeh and her revolutionary work. It documents the two sides of her life: her international ventures mending the broken and helping to heal weakened spirits in Philadelphia, Africa, China, and India as well as a personal journey to repair her fractured family. This film shows Yeh working with children in a challenged North Philadelphia community, with survivors in the post-genocide villages of Rwanda, and with drug-addicted youths along the garbage dumps of shantytowns on the outskirts of Nairobi. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Yeh and filmmakers Glenn Holsten and Daniel Traub. The Wednesday Night film series is supported by the Dean and Zoë Pappas Family Foundation. July Film Series: Portrait of the Artist Location: Van Pelt Auditorium The July film series, "Portrait of the Artist," will be introduced by longtime Philadelphia Inquirer film critic Carrie Rickey. The Wednesday Night film series is supported by the Dean and Zoë Pappas Family Foundation. - Rembrandt (1936), 85 minutes
- Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Directed by Alexander Korda, this film focuses on Rembrandt's later life, particularly at the height of his fame in the mid-1600's. The artist is portrayed by actor Charles Laughton.
- Vincent and Theo (1990), 138 minutes
- Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The relationship between the obsessive yet brilliant painter Vincent van Gogh (Tim Roth) and his more practical businessman brother Theo (Paul Rhys) is the main focal point of director Robert Altman's biography.
- Frida (2002), 123 minutes
- Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Director Julie Taymor presents a biography of one of Mexico's most prominent and original artists, Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek). The film focuses on Kahlo's determination to paint, despite being bedridden at times, and her tumultous yet romantic relationship with older artist Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina).
- Pollock(2000), 122 minutes
- Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Ed Harris directs and stars in this biographical film about Jackson Pollock, who revolutionized American painting in the 1940s with his innovative abstract canvases that used dripped and splattered paint. The film looks at his professional triumphs, personal tragedies, and marriage to artist Lee Krasner (played by Marcia Gay Harden, who won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for the role). Pollock also stars Harris's real-life wife Amy Madigan as art collector Peggy Guggenheim, Jeffrey Tambor as art critic Clement Greenberg, Val Kilmer as artist Willem de Kooning, and Jennifer Connelly as artist Ruth Kligman.
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Lectures and Symposia
Join distinguished lecturers from both the Museum staff and the local, national, and international academic communities for further exploration into topics related to Museum’s collection and current exhibitions.
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Gallery Programs
Experience the Museum’s collection in new ways at one of our gallery programs. Take part in a Spotlight Gallery Conversation for an in-depth look at an individual masterpiece. Join Museum staff, artists, and other guests for art talks and gallery happenings.
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Happenings: "We go wandering at night and are consumed by fire" Wednesday, May 22, 2013
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Location: Galleries 151‒161 Local artists Phillip Adams and Damon Reaves have created a self-guided tour that combines installation art and storytelling. Follow their colorful walking paths and explore an original narrative that connects works in the Museum’s galleries of European art 1850‒1900. Art Talk - Triple Play Meets at the base of the Great Stair Hall steps. Explore 3 artworks in 33 minutes! Triple Play is part conversation, part gallery talk – all informal and fun.
Wednesday Nights are “Pay What You Wish” Museum Admission- Decorative Mysteries
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013, Starts at 7:00 p.m., and 8:00 p.m.
With Erica Warren, Curatorial Fellow, of European Decorative Arts.
- Let There Be Light
- Wednesday, June 5, 2013, Starts at 6:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m.
With Jenni Drozdek, Museum Educator, Public Programs.
- Bottoms Up! Beer in Art
- Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Starts at 6:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m.
With Justina Barrett, Museum Educator for American Art.
Happenings: Great and Mighty Things Exhibition Tour with John Ollman of Fleisher/Ollman Gallery and Artist Tristin Lowe Wednesday, May 29, 2013
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Location: Dorrance Galleries Tour the exhibition "Great and Mighty Things": Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection with John Ollman and Philadelphia artist Tristin Lowe. Ollman is the owner of the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, one of the world's premier sources for self-taught art. Lowe is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice pushes low-brow, low-tech methods and materials toward unexpected ends. Together they will discuss Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz's collection of outsider art, how it was formed, and why Ollman pursued the artwork that Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collected. Great and Mighty Things is on view in the Dorrance Galleries through June 9. Art Talk - Staff Picks Meets at the base of the Great Stair Hall steps. Curators, conservators, or educators present an insider’s guide to the Museum’s collection. - Mother Power - A Goddess from Nepal
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013, Starts at 7:00 p.m.
With Darielle Mason, The Stella Kramrisch Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art.
- From Blade to Page: Etched Arms, Armor, and Prints of the Renaissance
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Starts at 6:00 p.m.
With James When, Margaret R. Mainwaring Curatorial Fellow in Prints, Drawings, and Photographs.
- In Pursuit of Beauty: Two Medici Portraits
- Wednesday, June 26, 2013, Starts at 6:00 p.m.
With Nora Lambert, Dorothy J. del Bueno Curatorial Fellow.
Happenings with musician Tom Reese Wednesday, June 5, 2013
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Location: Indian Temple Hall, gallery 224, second floor Captivating performer Tom Reese is known for his warm tone, melodic lines, and whimsical riffs. In addition to the soprano and alto flutes, he plays the Irish pennywhistle, the recorder, the Chinese shakuhachi flute, bamboo flutes, Peruvian pan pipes, the fife, antique ocarinas, and the Native American Lakota flute. On Printmaking: A Conversation with Artist Daniel Heyman and Master Printer Cindi Ettinger Wednesday, June 5, 2013
6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Location: Seminar Room, ground floor Daniel Heyman and Cindi Ettinger of C. R. Ettinger Studio will discuss their collaborative process. They will show examples of etched plates, proof prints, and other printmaking materials as well as recent experiments printing on plaster. They will then move to the Berman Gallery to discuss their favorite etchings in the exhibition Starting from Scratch: The Art of Etching from Dürer to Dine. The conversation will be facilitated by James Wehn, Margaret R. Mainwaring Curatorial Fellow in Prints, Drawings, and Photographs and cocurator of Starting from Scratch, on view through August 11, 2013. The event is made possible by the Center for American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Spotlight Gallery Conversation Location: Meet at Diego Rivera’s mural Liberation of the Peon, near the Balcony Shop,
first floor Philadelphia Museum of Art educators and graduate students from Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania bring objects from the permanent collection to life during a 45-minute conversation in one of the Museum’s two hundred galleries. - The Ballet Class, c. 1880, by Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
- Thursday, June 13, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
- Friday, June 14, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
- Saturday, June 15, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
- Still Life with a Ham and a Roemer, c. 1631-34, by Willem Claesz. Heda
- Thursday, July 18, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
- Friday, July 19, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
- Saturday, July 20, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
Happenings: Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School presents "The Spy Who Sketched Me” Wednesday, June 19, 2013
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Location: Alter Gallery 176, first floor The coolest sketching event in town returns! Last time they brought Game of Thrones to the arms and armor galleries. Tonight it’s all about Agent 007. Bond girls will grace the galleries for a night of live figure drawing and music. No drawing experience is necessary. Use our drawing supplies or bring your own. Dry materials only please. Curator Talk: “For me sculpture is an outdoor art.” Free after admission Join Jennifer Thompson, the Museum’s Gloria and Jack Drosdick Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture before 1900 and the Rodin Museum, for a tour of the gardens at the Rodin Museum and a discussion of Rodin’s views on the installation of his sculptures. This program will take place outdoors, rain or shine. - Wednesday, July 17, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
- Saturday, July 20, 2013, Starts at 11:00 a.m.
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Workshops
Broaden your horizons and immerse yourself in a subject of interest for hours of learning and fun in a relaxed, inspiring environment.
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