Museum Publications
The Publishing Department of the Philadelphia Museum of Art develops, produces, and publishes the Museum's books, handbooks, and collection and exhibition catalogues, as well as the Bulletin, an occasional scholarly publication. The department collaborates with other institutions on joint exhibition publications, and arranges for the distribution and co-publication of its titles in the trade in the United States and abroad.
Recent Reviews
“An excellent window into [Juan] Soriano’s strangely alluring world.
”— Studio International
Winner of the 2007 International Fine Print Dealers Association Book Award for setting "a benchmark for future publications about Latin American printmaking."
Finalist for the 2007 Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Award from the College Art Association
New Releases
The first critical study in English of the work of one of Mexico’s most important modern artists, accompanied by texts on Soriano by his friends Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes.
Based on an international symposium held at the Museum, this volume presents leading scholars’ revisionist accounts of a wide range of topics from the controversial last five decades of the artist’s career.
American Presidential China: The Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
This book documents over 200 rare items in the McNeil Collection, which traces trends in taste, style, and modes of presidential entertaining from Washington to Reagan.
This book is the first to explore South African artist William Kentridge’s exciting new work in tapestries, which continue his examination of issues surrounding memory and conflict in the context of societies that, while rife with challenges, strive for peace and reconciliation.
This overview, the only one available in English, follows upon the Museum’s recent acquisition of 15 major works by one of Italy’s modern masters, best known for his innovative and daring painting methods.
