June 24 - August 22, 2016 - Live and Life Will Give You Pictures: Masterworks of French Photography, 1895 – 1945.   Animated by flânerie—the idle, detached observation of street life that 19th-century writers and artists associated with the rise of modern cities, and making reference to African tribal art, Ward’s oeuvre resonates with the Barnes collection and spe...

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June 28, 2016 - September 5, 2016 - This exhibition celebrates the Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Collection, one of the nation’s leading collections of contemporary art.  A large number of the works have been generously donated or pledged as promised gifts to the Museum, signaling the couple’s deep commitment to the institution and the city of Philadelphia. From sculpture and pain...

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September 3, 2016 - January 1, 2017 - This exhibition will present ten pieces from the Walns’ original set all from the Museum’s collection in a new light after comprehensive research and conservation treatment. The exhibition will offer new discoveries about the house and the team who created the furniture with Latrobe: cabinetmaker John Aitken, decorative painter George Bridport, an...

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September 14, 2016 - March 19, 2017 - This large-scale group exhibition links the vibrant legacy of avant-garde jazz and experimental music of the late 1960s (particularly within the African American arts scene on the South Side of Chicago) and its continuing influence on contemporary art and culture today. The exhibition will occupy the entire museum.

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October 25, 2016 - January 8, 2017 - The exhibition tells the story of this exhilarating period through a remarkable range of images from the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910 to the aftermath of World War II, artists in Mexico were at the center of a great debate about their country’s destiny. Paint the Revolution offers a deep look at the forces that shaped modern art in Mexico, the...

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