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Thursday, November 20, 2008

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Also On View

Kusha Kills Lakshmana
October 1, 2008 - May 2009
What makes a king or noble honorable? How does a hero act? The seven illustrations in this exhibition come from manuscripts created in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries under the Safavid rulers of Iran (Persia) and the Mughals of India. Each demonstrates a feat of heroism or an act of justice befitting a good Islamic ruler.
"He That Tilleth His Land Shall Be Satisfied"
July 19, 2008 - December 2008
The paintings in this exhibition illustrate the diverse practice of folk artists working in the northeastern United States during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The selection demonstrates the array of individual styles inspired by different creative environments outside the "academic" art world, from the professional painter trained in a commercial workshop to the self-taught artist or amateur.
Sabari Birds
Now Through December 07, 2008
This exhibition brings together over twenty-five drawings, prints, and watercolor paintings to explore “contemporary” art on the Indian subcontinent over the past century, a period that witnessed dramatic social and artistic transformations.
Sudan
Now Through February 01, 2009
This visually bold exhibition of more than thirty photographs brings together two contemporary artists, Bill Armstrong and Milan Fano Blatný, whose work has been inspired by the ancient form of the mandala.

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Today's Highlight
From the Collection

http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/69312.html
Seated Woman
Willem de Kooning

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Members Bus Trip - The Cone Collection at the Baltimore Museum of Art
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