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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

This compilation of essays ... goes past fascinating. —Journal of Surrealism and the Americas

An excellent window into [Juan] Soriano’s strangely alluring world. — Studio International

A volume to be savoured in word and image.— The Art Book
Production values are exceptionally high, and the scholarship cutting-edge—while also providing illuminating explanations thorough enough to bring nonspecialists into the fold...a delight to read and study. — Mara Miller, CAA reviews

Winner of the 2007 International Fine Print Dealers Association Book Award for setting "a benchmark for future publications about Latin American printmaking."

New Releases

A stunning look at Cézanne's relationship to modernism ranging from Picasso and Matisse to Jasper Johns and Ellsworth Kelly.
Labeled as a traveling American folk artist when he was rediscovered in the mid-20th century, the mysterious Thomas Chambers here receives a fresh and creative reassessment.
An art museum is a magical place. What will you find inside? This playful primer features 37 full-color illustrations of paintings, sculpture, tapestries, prints, photographs, and installations from the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
This book offers the first critical exploration of the many creative genres of this self-taught artist, who worked with soot and spit and other idiosyncratic mediums on a variety of found materials and has only recently been recognized by major museums.
From Japan’s first forays onto the international stage of world’s fairs in the late nineteenth century to the dynamic creativity of the 1920s and 1930s, and from the heady post–World War II period to the present day, Japanese craft art has exhibited a rich diversity of mediums and techniques.

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