Do these ancient seals unlock clues to the origins of writing? Penn In the News Artnet News Do these ancient seals unlock clues to the origins of writing? Holly Pittman of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Museum helped contribute to a study arguing that ancient Sumerian seals used to brand products shaped the formation of cuneiform, humanity’s earliest known example of writing. ‘What is the Enlightenment? Questions for the 18th Century’ Image: David von Becker/Deutsches Historisches Museum ‘What is the Enlightenment? Questions for the 18th Century’ In a new exhibition in Berlin, Liliane Weissberg of the School of Arts & Sciences curates hundreds of objects reflecting on the nature of Enlightenment and its continued significance today. Doug Emhoff is all over the campaign trail. Melania Trump is not Penn In the News The Washington Post Doug Emhoff is all over the campaign trail. Melania Trump is not Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw of the School of Arts & Sciences says that whatever candidates’ spouses choose to do during a campaign has the potential to influence voters. Two Penn faculty awarded Pew Fellowships The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage awarded two Penn faculty each a Pew Fellowship in the Arts: artist and sculptor Michelle Lopez (left) in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design; and musician and composer Tyshawn Sorey (right) in the School of Arts & Sciences.(Images (left) by University of Pennsylvania Communications, and (right) Ogata courtesy of the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.) Two Penn faculty awarded Pew Fellowships Two Penn faculty -- installation artist and sculptor Michelle Lopez, and composer and musician Tyshawn Sorey -- each have been awarded one of 12 arts fellowships by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in Philadelphia. Who, What, Why: Devdyuti Paul People need art, Paul says. “It’s life-changing. It’s a way for people to feel catharsis.”nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Devdyuti Paul In a summer internship at the Barnes Foundation, Devdyuti Paul makes the arts accessible. Studying the benefits of virtual art engagement Charles Sheeler’s Pennsylvania Landscape (1925) was among the artworks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art that Katherine Cotter and James Pawelski included in virtual galleries for a study.(Image: Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art) Studying the benefits of virtual art engagement James Pawelski and Katherine Cotter talk to Penn Today about their research into digital art galleries. ICA presents dual new exhibits for summer, fall “Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard.”(Image: Constance Mensh) ICA presents dual new exhibits for summer, fall The Institute of Contemporary Art’s summer and fall exhibitions highlight an eclectic collection of yard art and domestic interiors and scenes that are both familiar and uncomfortable. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw named inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Class of 1940 Bicentennial Term Professor in the Department of Art History in the School of Arts & Sciences, and inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery.(Image: Eric Sucar) Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw named inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery Shaw, a renowned scholar and teacher of American art who has been at Penn for almost 20 years, assumed the new role effective June 1. Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art Jonathan Katz, an associate professor of practice in the Department of the History of Art, pictured inside his West Philadelphia home. Katz led the effort to launch the world’s first graduate queer art history fellowship at Penn.(Image: Scott Spitzer) Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art In a new book, art historian Jonathan D. Katz explores the Stonewall Riots and contemporary queer art. Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Parkway and how it was inspired by Paris’ Champs-Élysées Penn In the News NBC Philadelphia Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Parkway and how it was inspired by Paris’ Champs-Élysées David Brownlee of the School of Arts & Sciences says the goal of the City Beautiful movement was to create a new American aesthetic, from industrial landscape to urban paradise. Load More
‘What is the Enlightenment? Questions for the 18th Century’ Image: David von Becker/Deutsches Historisches Museum ‘What is the Enlightenment? Questions for the 18th Century’ In a new exhibition in Berlin, Liliane Weissberg of the School of Arts & Sciences curates hundreds of objects reflecting on the nature of Enlightenment and its continued significance today.
Doug Emhoff is all over the campaign trail. Melania Trump is not Penn In the News The Washington Post Doug Emhoff is all over the campaign trail. Melania Trump is not Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw of the School of Arts & Sciences says that whatever candidates’ spouses choose to do during a campaign has the potential to influence voters. Two Penn faculty awarded Pew Fellowships The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage awarded two Penn faculty each a Pew Fellowship in the Arts: artist and sculptor Michelle Lopez (left) in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design; and musician and composer Tyshawn Sorey (right) in the School of Arts & Sciences.(Images (left) by University of Pennsylvania Communications, and (right) Ogata courtesy of the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.) Two Penn faculty awarded Pew Fellowships Two Penn faculty -- installation artist and sculptor Michelle Lopez, and composer and musician Tyshawn Sorey -- each have been awarded one of 12 arts fellowships by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in Philadelphia. Who, What, Why: Devdyuti Paul People need art, Paul says. “It’s life-changing. It’s a way for people to feel catharsis.”nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Devdyuti Paul In a summer internship at the Barnes Foundation, Devdyuti Paul makes the arts accessible. Studying the benefits of virtual art engagement Charles Sheeler’s Pennsylvania Landscape (1925) was among the artworks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art that Katherine Cotter and James Pawelski included in virtual galleries for a study.(Image: Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art) Studying the benefits of virtual art engagement James Pawelski and Katherine Cotter talk to Penn Today about their research into digital art galleries. ICA presents dual new exhibits for summer, fall “Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard.”(Image: Constance Mensh) ICA presents dual new exhibits for summer, fall The Institute of Contemporary Art’s summer and fall exhibitions highlight an eclectic collection of yard art and domestic interiors and scenes that are both familiar and uncomfortable. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw named inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Class of 1940 Bicentennial Term Professor in the Department of Art History in the School of Arts & Sciences, and inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery.(Image: Eric Sucar) Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw named inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery Shaw, a renowned scholar and teacher of American art who has been at Penn for almost 20 years, assumed the new role effective June 1. Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art Jonathan Katz, an associate professor of practice in the Department of the History of Art, pictured inside his West Philadelphia home. Katz led the effort to launch the world’s first graduate queer art history fellowship at Penn.(Image: Scott Spitzer) Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art In a new book, art historian Jonathan D. Katz explores the Stonewall Riots and contemporary queer art. Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Parkway and how it was inspired by Paris’ Champs-Élysées Penn In the News NBC Philadelphia Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Parkway and how it was inspired by Paris’ Champs-Élysées David Brownlee of the School of Arts & Sciences says the goal of the City Beautiful movement was to create a new American aesthetic, from industrial landscape to urban paradise. Load More
Two Penn faculty awarded Pew Fellowships The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage awarded two Penn faculty each a Pew Fellowship in the Arts: artist and sculptor Michelle Lopez (left) in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design; and musician and composer Tyshawn Sorey (right) in the School of Arts & Sciences.(Images (left) by University of Pennsylvania Communications, and (right) Ogata courtesy of the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.) Two Penn faculty awarded Pew Fellowships Two Penn faculty -- installation artist and sculptor Michelle Lopez, and composer and musician Tyshawn Sorey -- each have been awarded one of 12 arts fellowships by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in Philadelphia.
Who, What, Why: Devdyuti Paul People need art, Paul says. “It’s life-changing. It’s a way for people to feel catharsis.”nocred Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Devdyuti Paul In a summer internship at the Barnes Foundation, Devdyuti Paul makes the arts accessible.
Studying the benefits of virtual art engagement Charles Sheeler’s Pennsylvania Landscape (1925) was among the artworks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art that Katherine Cotter and James Pawelski included in virtual galleries for a study.(Image: Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art) Studying the benefits of virtual art engagement James Pawelski and Katherine Cotter talk to Penn Today about their research into digital art galleries.
ICA presents dual new exhibits for summer, fall “Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard.”(Image: Constance Mensh) ICA presents dual new exhibits for summer, fall The Institute of Contemporary Art’s summer and fall exhibitions highlight an eclectic collection of yard art and domestic interiors and scenes that are both familiar and uncomfortable.
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw named inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Class of 1940 Bicentennial Term Professor in the Department of Art History in the School of Arts & Sciences, and inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery.(Image: Eric Sucar) Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw named inaugural faculty director of the Arthur Ross Gallery Shaw, a renowned scholar and teacher of American art who has been at Penn for almost 20 years, assumed the new role effective June 1.
Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art Jonathan Katz, an associate professor of practice in the Department of the History of Art, pictured inside his West Philadelphia home. Katz led the effort to launch the world’s first graduate queer art history fellowship at Penn.(Image: Scott Spitzer) Stonewall, revolt, and new queer art In a new book, art historian Jonathan D. Katz explores the Stonewall Riots and contemporary queer art.
Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Parkway and how it was inspired by Paris’ Champs-Élysées Penn In the News NBC Philadelphia Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Parkway and how it was inspired by Paris’ Champs-Élysées David Brownlee of the School of Arts & Sciences says the goal of the City Beautiful movement was to create a new American aesthetic, from industrial landscape to urban paradise.