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A summer studying the aesthetic brain
People looking at modern art in a museum or gallery setting.

Image: iStock/SeventyFour

A summer studying the aesthetic brain

For third-year Olivia Kim, a PURM research experience with Penn neuroscientist Anjan Chatterjee allowed her to combine her love of neuroscience and art in a working lab.
A Philadelphia artistic collaboration at Penn 
Kay Seohyung Lee standing in art gallery leaning against a wall

Kay Seohyung Lee, lecturer in fine arts at the Weitzman School of Design.

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A Philadelphia artistic collaboration at Penn 

An exhibition of 50 artworks by 34 undergraduate students in six Philadelphia colleges and universities, “Let Me Know You Are Alright,” is on view at the Charles Addams Gallery on campus through Aug. 18.
Ukraine from revolution to war—in photos
A person walking through the rubble of a collapsed building in Ukraine.

The remains of a residential building in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, in June 2022.

(Image: Joseph Sywenkyj)

Ukraine from revolution to war—in photos

A new exhibit on display at the Annenberg School shows conflict and resilience in Ukraine, as documented by Ukrainian and American photojournalists.

From Annenberg School for Communication

‘Ritual and Remembrance’
two artists laughing with each other standing in gallery in front of wooden balusters on wall

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‘Ritual and Remembrance’

Work by four artists in the current Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition, “Songs for Ritual and Remembrance,” uplift histories that have been repressed and underrepresented, including those of enslaved people and oppressed laborers.
In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source
students standing on a hill of seashells

Students with Kaitlin Pomerantz and site host and Bayshore Center Facilities Manager Scott Eves in Shell Pile, New Jersey, learning about sand mining and marine aquaculture.

(Image: Lucia Thome)

In MATTERS course, art materials are traced to their source

Through an innovative new course in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, students explore the life cycles of the materials frequently used in art and design—from paints to potting soil.
Fair use in visual arts
Left: Photograph © Lynn Goldsmith; Right: Art work from The Andy Warhol Foundation 

(Left) Photograph © Lynn Goldsmith. (Right) Artwork from The Andy Warhol Foundation.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Carey Law)

Fair use in visual arts

Penn Carey Law’s Cynthia Dahl weighs in on the SCOTUS decision regarding Andy Warhol and fair use in art.

From Penn Carey Law

The Sachs Program announces 2023 grants
incoming penn provost john jackson

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The Sachs Program announces 2023 grants

Now in its sixth year of supporting creative practice at Penn and in the surrounding community, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announced grants totaling $170,000 at its annual Sachs Grants Awards ceremony.
A new ARCH building mural celebrates beauty and difference
Will Atkins, Vicky Aquino, and students affix flower stickers to the new AAPI mural

Vicky Aquino, associate director and the artist behind the mural, at its launch. This project was supported by the entire PAACH team and key members of University Life, including Associate Vice Provost Will Atkins (left).

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A new ARCH building mural celebrates beauty and difference

A new mural in the ARCH building lobby represents and celebrates the diversity of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders  

Kristina García