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Art Matters: A monumental steel sculpture on Shoemaker Green 
steel sculpture under construction

The sculpture “Atmosphere and Environment XII” was reassembled cube by cube as part of the move to Penn’s campus from the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2019. 

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Art Matters: A monumental steel sculpture on Shoemaker Green 

“Atmosphere and Environment XII” by Louise Nevelson, an 18-foot-high geometric steel structure, was moved to Penn’s campus from the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2019.
Art Matters: Hand-coiled clay jar by Pueblo artist Les Namingha
clay jar in museum case surrounded by other clay works

The clay jar by artist Les Namingha is on view in the Penn Museum’s long-term exhibition, Native American Voices: The People. Here and Now.

(Image: J. DiSanto, Penn Museum)

Art Matters: Hand-coiled clay jar by Pueblo artist Les Namingha

A hand-coiled clay jar by pueblo artist Les Namingha is on view in the Penn Museum’s Native American Voices gallery. The abstract surface design references water and its use in the U.S. Southwest.