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Who, What, Why: Devdyuti Paul
Devdyuti Paul rests against a pillar in front of Fisher Fine Arts Library

People need art, Paul says. “It’s life-changing. It’s a way for people to feel catharsis.”

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Devdyuti Paul

    In a summer internship at the Barnes Foundation, Devdyuti Paul makes the arts accessible.

    Kristina García

    Studying the benefits of virtual art engagement
    "Pennsylvania Landscape" painting by Charles Sheeler.

    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
    A gazing ball atop a bird bath and a stylized snake on astroturf.

    “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.

    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 sitting in his living room

    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.

    Kristina García

    Going above and beyond in archaeology and museum work
    Qi Liu in front of Penn Museum.

    Qi Liu, an anthropology and art history major, has participated in every undergraduate program the Penn Museum has to offer and is completing two senior theses.

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    Going above and beyond in archaeology and museum work

    Fourth-year Qi Liu has participated in every undergraduate program at the Penn Museum, done research for two senior theses in anthropology and art history, and joined excavations in the U.S. and abroad.
    Impressionism and the modernization of time
    Claude Monet’s The Japanese Footbridge painting.

    Claude Monet’s The Japanese Footbridge, 1899.

    (Image: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington)

    Impressionism and the modernization of time

    A new book from history of art professor André Dombrowski knits together the works of artists like Claude Monet and the nature of time as it emerges in its present-day form.

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    The Penn Museum’s crystal ball
    A historic, black-and-white image of two children gazing at the crystal ball

    For almost 100 years—except for the three it went missing—one of the world’s largest crystal balls has occupied the Penn Museum’s Asia Galleries.

    (Image: Penn Museum)

    The Penn Museum’s crystal ball

    For almost 100 years—except for the three it went missing—one of the world’s largest crystal balls has occupied the Asia Galleries of the Penn Museum.

    Kristina García