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Yuri Stone on curating the MFA thesis exhibitions
Screen shot of Yuri Stone overlayed over several screens of visual artwork behind the first.

Curator Yuri Stone was invited to curate these exhibitions by Ken Lum, the Marilyn Jordan Taylor Presidential Professor and chair of fine arts. (Image: Weitzman News)

Yuri Stone on curating the MFA thesis exhibitions

While the Weitzman School’s thesis exhibitions for the Classes of 2020 and 2021 will be on view in person, curating the two projects happened entirely online.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Penn Libraries receives gift of works by renowned photographer Arthur Tress
Arthur Tress with camera and one of his subjects

The Penn Libraries announced a gift of works by the  American contemporary photographer Arthur Tress given by an anonymous donor, which joins another recent gift of Tress photography by J. Patrick Kennedy and Patricia Kennedy for a combined 2,500 photographic prints. (Image left: Arthur Tress, self portrait, (2018). Image right: Arthur Tress, "Secret Conversation, NewYork"(1980), Facing Up series. Arthur Tress Photography Collection, University of Pennsylvania Libraries.)

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Penn Libraries receives gift of works by renowned photographer Arthur Tress

A gift of works by the renowned American contemporary photographer Arthur Tress to the Penn Libraries will join another recent gift of Tress photography for a combined 2,500 photographic prints, the largest collection of Tress photographic prints in the United States.
Monument Lab app expands space and time at Art Museum steps
A digital image of Ursula Rucker standing at the base of the Philadelphia Art Museum steps with three people walking behind her.

The OverTime app features poet and artist Ursula Rucker at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Image: Courtesy Monument Lab)

Monument Lab app expands space and time at Art Museum steps

OverTime, a new augmented reality app that weds public art and history in a personal visual format gives users access to interactive, self-guided tours of public spaces, and invites users to add stories of their own.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Alumna Jessica Vaughn examines workplace space and culture in ICA solo exhibition
Artist standing in gallery in front of an illustration painted on the wall of people running a race

Artist and Weitzman School of Design alumna Jessica Vaughn examines the spaces, architecture, and cultures of the American workplace her first major solo exhibition, now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

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    • Alumna Jessica Vaughn examines workplace space and culture in ICA solo exhibition

    Artist and Weitzman School of Design alumna Jessica Vaughn examines the spaces and culture of the American workplace in her first major solo exhibition, now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
    Graphic histories: Understanding the Middle East and Africa through comics
    Watercolor image of an aerial view of the Saharan desert, with a row of camels against a backdrop of grey mountains and a light blue sky, with the words “Odette du Puigaudeau and Marion Senones” against the sky.

    An image from a graphic history of two French women who traveled to Mauritania in the 1930s by Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik.

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    Graphic histories: Understanding the Middle East and Africa through comics

    A virtual panel at the Middle East Center explored why this type of sequential art has gained popularity and how the art form can transform the way people think about history.

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    Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw puts the nation’s first ladies on display
    professor standing in front of a painting in a museum gallery

    Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, associate professor of history of art, was the curator of the exhibition "Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States" at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery. Shaw returned to Penn this semester after serving as the Gallery's senior historian and director of history, research, and scholarly programs.

    Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw puts the nation’s first ladies on display

    As curator of the first comprehensive exhibition on first ladies at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw weaves her scholarship into the stories of the women who supported U.S. presidents while in the White House.
    ‘Many Voices, Many Visions’ exhibit features works from the Penn Art Collection
    Curator standing in gallery looking at artworks on a wall

    University Curator Lynn Marsden-Atlass curated the Arthur Ross Gallery’s current exhibition, “Many Voices, Many Visions”, which features 43 works from the Penn Art Collection.

    ‘Many Voices, Many Visions’ exhibit features works from the Penn Art Collection

    The new Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition features 43 artworks from Penn’s collection that echo today’s social, political, and environmental upheaval.
    Artist Maya Lin’s large-scale installation will be on display in Penn Medicine’s new Pavilion
    Rendering of Maya Lin’s art installation, a large-scale treelike sculpture with branches reaching upwards through atrium open ceiling.

    Newly commissioned artwork by Maya Lin will soon be displayed in the Penn Pavilion. Pictured, artist rendition tentatively titled “DNA Tree of Life” by Maya Lin. (Image: Courtesy of Maya Lin Studio)

    Artist Maya Lin’s large-scale installation will be on display in Penn Medicine’s new Pavilion

    The new installation from the renowned artist and designer embodies the health system’s goal of creating calming, healing environments for patients.