The first exhibition of its kind at the Museum, Philadelphia Assembled joins art and civic engagement. Initiated by artist Jeanne van Heeswijk, together with hundreds of collaborators from across the city, the project explores Philadelphia’s changing landscape and tells a story of active resistance and radical community building. Challenging, inspiring, and as expansive as the city, Philadelphia Assembled asks: how can we collectively shape our futures?

Explore how works of art in the museum tell the stories of enslaved and enslaving individuals. Uncovering the connections between slavery and the materials and makers of these works is a first step toward a truthful accounting of history.

Art Splash is bringing a little piece of the big city inside. Explore the shapes and colors, sights and sounds of "Modern Times" and play in our own mini metropolis. Kids and their grown-ups can experience the exhibition through tours, art making, and imaginative play.

For her City of Brotherly Love series, Hannah Price turned the tables on catcallers in Philadelphia with her camera. Here she shares her thoughts on City of Brotherly Love and how the experience inspired her recent work.

Explore Buddhist sculpture from China as well as an ornate ceiling from the Zhihua temple in Beijing. Also be among the first visitors to enjoy our latest gallery interactive, which allows you to zoom in and marvel at the ceiling's carvings of dragons, phoenixes, and Buddhas.

Discover the literal and symbolic marks left on early American art by makers of African descent. Both enslaved and free, these often-uncredited artists and artisans played a fundamental part in the American story while finding ways to protect themselves against racist views. Their surviving works present undeniable evidence of their expertise.

Experience the past and the present coming together in contemporary Korean craft. These featured artists find inspiration in Korea's acclaimed tradition of handmade objects and add their own visual language to the rich mix of techniques, materials, and forms.

Get a first look at a marble sculpture that was recently rediscovered in a New Jersey town hall as a work by Rodin. Also experience two bronzes by the artist, The Thinker and John the Baptist Preaching.

Sculptures and Works on Paper (gallery 178): While mostly known as a painter, Cy Twombly experimented with other media throughout his artistic career. In this installation, examine how he pushed the limits of established art making to create powerful works of uncommon beauty. Fifty Days at Iliam (galleries 184 & 185): Experience Cy Twombly’s ambitious retelling of Homer’s Iliad. A “painting in ten parts” about the final days of the Trojan War, Fifty Days at Iliam represents the pinnacle of the artist’s lifelong preoccupation with classical mythology.

Delight in our unparalleled collection of works by the Peale family. See how the Peales captured family life, documented important figures of the day, and established the American still-life tradition.

One hundred years ago, Duchamp's Fountain turned the art world upside down. Was it art? A hoax?

On the eve of his first-ever art museum exhibition, Michael Nichols shares how he photographed some of the wildest creatures and places on Earth.

In this quick time-lapse video, see how Jean Shin's site-specific work "Unraveling" transformed three white gallery walls into a colorful installation over the course of seven days.

Discover the fascinating stories revealed during a recent conservation treatment of four rare screen paintings. Traditional Korean paintings such as these are not often seen outside Korea.

From bold signs to domestic scenes, this installation features works that use text and image as subversive tools. Included are works by Barbara Kruger, Carrie Mae Weems, Jenny Holzer, Louise Lawler, Lorna Simpson, and Martha Rosler.

See how artists working in France challenged the conventions of painting during a period of worldwide civil and political unrest. Included are works by Jean-Michel Sanejouand, Daniel Buren, and other artists unwilling to be constrained by medium or tradition.

Explore the first-ever art museum exhibition to celebrate the work of legendary photographer Michael Nichols, who brings us face to face with the wild world.

Art collectors share some of the reasons they’ve given works of art to the Museum.

Discover highlights from four American collectors whose works in the Museum span the impressive craftsmanship of the Meiji period (1868--1912).

Explore paintings, drawings, and prints by artists of the Great Migration---a mass exodus of some six million African Americans from the American South between 1910 and 1960. Consider the role of race and identity in these artists' lives and work as they headed north seeking better opportunities and an escape from Jim Crow racism.

Originally published in 1989, Building the City Beautiful is the definitive book on the history of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. On the occasion of the Parkway's centennial in 2017, author David Brownlee has revised the publication (which has long been out of print) adding new material on the Parkway's past and present, including stunning new color photography. The Art of the Peales presents more than 160 works by the Peale family in a variety of media from the renowned collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Active from the late 1700s through the early twentieth century, the Peale family was America's first artistic dynasty.

Explore the complex story of American slavery and freedom through the lens of Philadelphia Assembled collaborator and master storyteller Denise Valentine. Works on view in this installation include rare books dating from the 1700s, manuscripts, illustrations, and a pop-up silhouette book by contemporary artist Kara Walker.

This important publication offers the first in-depth exploration of contemporary artist Bruce Nauman's monumental works "Contrapposto Studies, I through VII." The book surveys Nauman's trajectory from his early works, which set clear precedents for experimentation with video and performance, to his latest installations that combine video, sound, and performative elements to create immersive environmental experiences.

This installation rounds up animal-related books, prints, and photographs from our Library and Archives. Explore animal studies by John James Audubon and a version of Aesop’s Fables by Alexander Calder as well as archival images of Marcel Duchamp, Constantin Brancusi, and other artists with their furry friends.

Join us as we celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of our Japanese teahouse with this special installation of teaware and utensils.