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Museum announces Stephen Burks as the 2023 Design Excellence Award Honoree 

October 23, 2023 - The Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is pleased to announce Ellen T. Caplan as its new Chair. Elected by a unanimous vote, Caplan succeeds Leslie Anne Miller who stepped down after serving in the role since 2016....

28 Korean Artists Shine a Spotlight on the Vibrancy and Complexities of Their Country and Explore the Dramatic Changes Reshaping Korea Since the Late 1980s 

August 31, 2023 - Sasha Suda, the George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, today announced two appointments to the senior leadership team: Paul Dien, Chief Marketing Officer and Kimberly Watson, Deputy Director and Chief ...

The Philadelphia-based not-for-profit provides art supplies and programs to under-resourced public schools. Camden Students were inspired by the  Judith Joy Ross exhibition currently on view

LADY WITH A GUITAR ON VIEW FROM JUNE 10

 On View June 10 – October 29, 2023

June 1–30, 2023

May 22, 2023 - From Friday, June 16 through Monday, June 19, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will host a celebration of the many, diverse communities of Philadelphia featuring live performances during Friday Night Lounge, a rousing Saturday Night Hous...

May 18, 2023 - Sasha Suda, the George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, today announced two appointments to the senior leadership team: Valarie McDuffie as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Maggie Fairs as Vice President...

Reflections on Water and Other Early Drawings is on view through October 15, 2023 and Paris and New York is an ongoing exhibition

Sasha Suda, the George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, announced today that the museum will create a new Center to be endowed by Trustee Ira Brind that will be dedicated to the study, acquisition, and care of art from c...

(Philadelphia, December 15, 2022)— Sasha Suda, the George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, announced today the appointment of Carlos Basualdo as the museum’s Marion Boulton “Kippy” Stroud Deputy Director and Chief Curato...

Employees of the Philadelphia Museum of Art reunited at the museum following the ratification of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the museum and Local 397, AFSCME District Council 47. The CBA reflects the museum’s investment in its s...

September 15, 2022  - Philadelphia, PA – The Philadelphia Museum of Art will remain open to the public on September 16, despite plans for a one-day work stoppage announced by one of the unions representing museum employees. Managers will be on site t...

August 22, 2022 - Philadelphia, PA - Tickets for Matisse in the 1930s—the first major exhibition to examine this transformative decade for one of the giants of 20th-century art—are now on sale. Tickets are available for purchase either in person or o...

Constellation Culinary Group is proud to announce the appointment of Chef Hoon Rhee, who will take the lead as Executive Chef of the food and beverage operations at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. As part of his role, Rhee will manage Stir, the museu...

In celebration of an exceptional gift of drawings by one of Italy's leading contemporary artists, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a major exhibition examining the poetic vision of Giuseppe Penone, whose artistic production from the late 1...

On January 24, 2022, a new digital portal—the first of its kind—will provide online access to an unprecedented aggregation of resources relating to the life and work of Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968)duchamparchives.org...

(Los Angeles—November 2, 2021) The Art Institute of Chicago, the High Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art are please...

Philadelphia, PA (September 13, 2021)—The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Czech Republic’s National Heritage Institute jointly announced today an agreement whereby an important Italian pageant shield with decoration attributed to Girolamo di Tomma...

Philadelphia, PA (July 30, 2021)—Timothy Rub, the George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer, announced today that he plans to retire in early 2022 after thirteen years of service at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Rub, who will turn 70 i...

Philadelphia, PA (June 28, 2021)—The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced today the appointment of Alphonso Atkins Jr. as the Miller Worley Deputy Director for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA), effective August 16, 2021. In this newly e...

Constellation Culinary Group, the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s exclusive food and beverage partner, has embraced the museum’s commitment to Philadelphia-based art and makers with new food and beverage options beginning on June 18, when the museum’s C...

Philadelphia, PA (April 30, 2021) — In honor of National Hospital Week, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the Barnes Foundation, Eastern State Penitentiary, the Franklin Institute, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA),...

Philadelphia, PA (January 4, 2021)—Following the recent temporary closures mandated by state and city officials to limit the spread of COVID-19, in effect since November 20, 2020, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the Barnes Found...

Philadelphia, PA (November 17, 2020)—For the safety of our staff, visitors, members, and volunteers, and in accordance with new restrictions announced yesterday by city government and health officials, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel Univer...

The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced today that it will reopen to the public on Sunday, September 6, 2020, following a nearly six-month closure that was necessitated by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rodin Museum, previously anticipated ...

PHILADELPHIA (Wednesday, July 1, 2020) — Art and culture is beginning to reopen in Philadelphia. Following a closure of over three months to protect against the spread of COVID-19, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the Barnes Foun...

Our highest priority is the safety of our visitors, staff, volunteers, and collaborators. In order to protect them and to support the nationwide effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is closed until further notice.A...