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Michael Taylor appointed director of Dartmouth’s Hood Museum

We got a note from Michael Taylor, the Philadelphia Museum of Art‘s Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art, this weekend.  He wanted us to pass on to you, dear readers, this news (maybe you already read it in the Inquirer). Quoting Michael, “It is with mixed emotions that I have to tell you that I am leaving Philadelphia after 15 wonderful years at the PMA. I have accepted a director position at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, where I will begin work on August 15. I would love it if you could share this news with your ... More » »

Julie Green’s ‘Last Supper,’ Patricia Hills on Jacob Lawrence and Suzanne Hudson on Agnes Martin

I was in Miami last week for the rare trip not instigated by art, but it included a good bit of art nonetheless. I was visiting a sick friend, so had a chance to do a lot of reading. On the plane I looked at the current issue of Gastronomica, the sexiest, best-designed scholarly journal I’ve ever seen, with fascinating articles written for real people as well as food scholars; everyone’s interested in food, no? One article featured a sugar sculpture competition arranged by the Food Network. Food art has a respectable place in art history, since in the 16th ... More » »

Never too much Michael Taylor–talk at Free Library

I can never get too much of Michael Taylor, the energetic curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Apparently, the Free Library has the same idea. So they invited him to take a walk down the Parkway to speak for their summer talk series–Become a Philadelphia Insider: Leaders of key Philly Institutions provide an inside view of how they work. Here’s the info on Michael’s talk: July 21 Mounting A Blockbuster Art Exhibit The Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Michael Taylor, explains how such a show is selected ... More » »

Étant donnés: Duchamp, the crowds will come

Duchamp studies are a thriving industry in academe and his work continues to have a major influence on artists, so it was no surprise that the first annual Anne d’Harnoncourt Memorial Symposium at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), devoted to Duchamp’s final work, would attract a full house.  The enthusiasm was such that by 10 am on Saturday morning (Sept. 12) the audience was seated and expectantly quiet.

The Conceptual Eroticism of Marcel Duchamp: Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés at the PMA

Exhibitions devoted to a single work of 20th century art are extremely rare, and Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), on view  through November 29, 2009 is exemplary.

Tom Chimes died Monday

Thanks to Rob Matthews for first alerting us to the death Monday of Philadelphia artist Tom Chimes, and to PAFA for confirming it. At the time of Chimes’ retrospective exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in 2007, he was pretty chipper and charming.

Lookee here: PMA Curators work with Bruce Nauman in Venice!

Bruce Nauman will be the featured artist in the American Pavilion, 2009 Venice Biennale. From the PMA’s press release: U.S. Department of State Names Bruce Nauman to Represent the United States in the 2009 Venice Biennale Philadhttp://www2.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifelphia, PA (January 25, 2008) -The Philadelphia Museum of Art is pleased to announce the selection of Bruce Nauman (b. 1941) as the artist to represent the United States at the 2009 Venice Biennale. The State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs selected Nauman following the unanimous recommendation of the Federal Advisory Committee on International Exhibitions (FACIE) that reviewed proposals received through an ... More » »