November At The Philadelphia Museum Of Art

Sculpture Garden ​Did you know that our vast galleries extend to the outdoors? Take advantage of the beautiful fall weather and visit our one-acre Sculpture Garden. You can feel comfortable while safely exploring large-scale contemporary artworks sunrise to sunset.

Craft Show November 6–8 Visit the Craft Show’s website to watch livestreams, and explore and purchase museum-quality craft by featured artists. Virtual Programs Child making art Art Museum Playdate: Feast Your Eyes November 6, 13, & 20, 10:30 a.m. In this live virtual program, engage in playful discussions, sketching challenges, and other fun activities. For ages 4–7 and their grown-ups. This month we'll look at food-filled works of art. Registration is limited. "Journey" (detail) by Ai Weiwei In Conversation: Migration and Ai Weiwei November 19, 5:00 p.m. Anne Ishii of Asian Arts Initiative talks about migration, displacement, and the role art can play in society. She is joined by curator Hiromi Kinoshita, who recently installed works by contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei. The Whaling Ship "Minerva" (detail), 1877, by Charles Sidney Raleigh (On loan from the Dietrich American Foundation). Japanese Nurse (detail), around 1904–5, by Yukawa Shodo (Gift of David P. Willis, 1970-193-1). Work by Craft Show artist Dwo Wen Chen. Journey (detail), 2017, by Ai Weiwei (On loan from Ai Weiwei Studio, courtesy of Chambers Fine Art, New York). 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19130 philamuseum.org

Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist At The Barnes Foundation In Philadelphia, October 21 Through January 14, 2019

Major Exhibition of Work by Under Recognized Founding Member of Impressionism to Make US Premiere at Barnes Foundation

Philadelphia, PA—This fall, the Barnes Foundation will present the US debut of a landmark exhibition exploring the significant yet under recognized contributions of Berthe Morisot (1841–1895), one of the founders of impressionism. The first monographic exhibition of the artist to be held in the US since 1987, Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist provides new insight into a defining chapter in art history and the opportunity to experience Morisot’s work in context of the Barnes’s unparalleled collection of impressionist, post-impressionist, and early modernist paintings. The internationally touring exhibition is co-organized by the Barnes Foundation, Dallas Museum of Art, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, and the Musées d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie, Paris. It will be on view at the Barnes from October 21, 2018, through January 14, 2019.

Berthe Morisot was celebrated in her time as a leader of the movement, and her innovative works were coveted by dealers and collectors alike. Despite her accomplishments, today she is not as well-known as her impressionist colleagues, a group that includes Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Co-curated by Sylvie Patry, Consulting Curator at the Barnes Foundation and Chief Curator/Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Collections at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, and Nicole R. Myers, The Lillian and James H. Clark Curator of European Painting and Sculpture at the Dallas Museum of Art, Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist will both illuminate and reassert Morisot’s role as an essential figure within the impressionist movement and the development of modern art in Paris in the second half of the 19th century.

“We look forward to fleshing out the story of impressionism represented in our holdings with the presentation of this groundbreaking exhibition,” says Thom Collins, executive director and president of the Barnes Foundation. “This international collaboration introduces important new scholarship that contributes to a more complete understanding of impressionism and Berthe Morisot as a revolutionary figure within the movement.”

Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist focuses on the artist’s figure paintings and portraits, with approximately 70 paintings from public and private collections on view. The exhibition traces the exceptional path of a female painter who, in opposition to the norms of her time and social background, became an important member of the Parisian avant-garde from the late 1860s until her death in 1895. Through her portrayal of the human figure, Morisot was able to explore the themes of modern life that came to define impressionism, such as the intimacy of contemporary bourgeois living and leisure activities, the importance of fashion and the toilette, and women’s domestic work, all while blurring the lines between interior and exterior, public and private, finished and unfinished. 

“Though Berthe Morisot held an important place at the heart of the impressionist movement, she has historically enjoyed far less acclaim than her male counterparts,” says Patry. “Through this landmark exhibition, together with colleagues at our partner museums around the world, we are thrilled to bring renewed international attention to the significant work of Morisot.”

Organized semi-chronologically, the exhibition will examine Morisot’s painterly innovations and fundamental position within impressionism across the arc of her productive yet relatively short life. The exhibition explores the following periods and themes of Morisot’s work:

• Becoming an Artist – The introductory section looks at Morisot’s formative years, when she left behind the amateur artistic practice associated with women of her upbringing and established herself as both a professional artist and a key contributor to the emerging impressionist movement in the late 1860s and early 1870s.
• Painting the Figure en plein air – A selection of Morisot’s plein air paintings of figures in both country and coastal settings highlights her innovative treatment of modern themes and immersive approach that integrates her subjects within their environments through brushwork and palette.
• Fashion, Femininity, and la Parisienne – The importance of fashion in constructing modern femininity forms a central part of the artist’s paintings of the 1870s and 1880s. This interest is revealed in Morisot’s creations and adaptations of quintessential impressionist subjects, such as elegant Parisian women shown at the ball or dressing in their homes.
• Women at Work – Morisot’s depictions of domestic servants—the majority of whom she employed in her household—parallel her own status as a working professional woman. Her interest in painting these women raises questions about bourgeois living and the intimacy of the shared domestic setting. 
• Finished/Unfinished – The increasing immediacy of Morisot’s technique, and her radical experimentation with the concept of finished and unfinished in her work, exposes the process of painting and furthers the indeterminacy between figure and setting introduced in her plein air work.
• Windows and Thresholds – Morisot’s interest in liminal spaces is revealed in her paintings of subjects such as doorways and windows. Within these often spatially ambiguous settings, Morisot’s masterful evocation of light and atmosphere, the most ephemeral of her subjects, serves to anchor the human figure in a transitory space. 
• A Studio of Her Own – Morisot’s late-career paintings from the 1890s often depict her personal domestic space, which served as both studio and setting. During this period, Morisot reached a new expressiveness in her painting as figures become increasingly enveloped by their surroundings. The vibrant, saturated palette and sinuous brushwork that she adopted in these final works demonstrate their visual affinities with the emerging symbolist aesthetic of the time.

Exhibition Organization:Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist is organized by the Barnes Foundation, Dallas Museum of Art, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, and the Musées d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie, Paris. The exhibition is co-curated by Sylvie Patry, Consulting Curator at the Barnes Foundation and Chief Curator/Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Collections at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, and Nicole R. Myers, The Lillian and James H. Clark Curator of European Painting and Sculpture at the Dallas Museum of Art.

 Exhibition Tour:

• Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec (June 21–September 23, 2018)
• The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (October 21, 2018–January 14, 2019)
• Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas (February 24–May 26, 2019)
• Musée d’Orsay, Paris (June 18–September 22, 2019) 

Exhibition Catalogue:The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue that emphasizes the importance of understanding Morisot’s work in light of her dialogue with contemporary artistic movements—impressionism, but also post-impressionism and symbolism. Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist makes an important contribution to the field, with interdisciplinary scholarship and a specific focus on Morisot’s pioneering developments as a painter first, woman second. An English- and French-language catalogue will be co-published by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. and the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, in association with the Dallas Museum of Art and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. A separate French-language catalogue will be published by the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. The book contains essays by Morisot scholars including the exhibition co-curators Sylvie Patry and Nicole R. Myers; Cindy Kang, Barnes Foundation; Marianne Mathieu, Musée Marmottan Monet; and Bill Scott, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, as well as a chronology by Amy Wojciechowski with additional research by Monique Nonne (hardcover, $55).

SPONSORS:This exhibition is sponsored by

Morgan Stanley 

Comcast NBCUniversal 

Denise Littlefield Sobel
Aileen and Brian Roberts 

Maribeth and Steven Lerner
Bruce and Robbi Toll

Critical support for the exhibition comes from contributors to the Barnes Foundation Exhibition Fund with additional support from Morisot Philanthropy Circle Donors.

Additional funding from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Exhibition Fund, and The Rittenhouse Hotel.

The exhibition catalogue is made possible with generous support provided by the Lois and Julian Brodsky Publications Fund.

This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist is organized by the Barnes Foundation, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Musées d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie.

ABOUT THE BARNES FOUNDATION
The Barnes Foundation is a non-profit cultural and educational institution that shares its unparalleled art collection with the public, organizes special exhibitions, and presents programming that fosters new ways of thinking about human creativity. The Barnes collection is displayed in ensembles that integrate art and objects from across cultures and time periods, overturning traditional hierarchies and revealing universal elements of human expression. Home to one of the world’s finest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist, and early modern paintings—including the largest groups of paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Paul Cézanne in existence—the Barnes brings together renowned masterworks by such artists as Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, and Vincent van Gogh, alongside ancient, medieval, Renaissance, and non-Western art as well as metalwork, furniture, and decorative art. 

 The Barnes Foundation was established by Dr. Albert C. Barnes in 1922 to “promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture.” Since moving to the heart of Philadelphia in 2012, the Barnes has expanded its commitment to teaching visual literacy in groundbreaking ways, investing in original scholarship relating to its collection and enhancing accessibility throughout every facet of its program. The Barnes Foundation is open Wednesday–Monday, and tickets can be purchased on-site, online, or by calling 215.278.7200. Ticket prices and current hours are listed on our website.

May 2018 At The Philadelphia Museum Of Art

May Newsletter Bright Lights, Big Country Modern Times: American Art 1910–1950 Through September 3 From jazz and the jitterbug to assembly lines and skylines, the early 20th century was a time of great social, artistic, and technological change. Artists responded with a revolutionary language of shapes and colors. See how Georgia O’Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Jacob Lawrence, and others challenged convention and forged bold new styles to fit the times. Book Now On View Experiments in Motion Through August 19 Photographers are able to stop, extend, and rearrange time for their own creative ends. Experimentslooks at the ways artists approach subjects like memory and mortality, the passage of time, and invisible aspects of nature. Up Next Rachel Rose: Wil-o-Wisp Opens May 2 A striking voice in contemporary art, Rachel Rose creates video installations that ruminate on our image-saturated culture and histories of the past. For her commissioned video, Rose trains her lens on a tumultuous period in history: 16th- and 17th-century England. Coming Soon Agnes Martin: The Untroubled Mind/Works Opens May 19 Visionary and idiosyncratic, Agnes Martin aimed to express universal emotional states in her precise, minimalist compositions. In the 1960s she developed her signature grids, which appear to extend endlessly beyond the canvas. Monumental Works Now, She: Two Sculptures by Ursula von Rydingsvard Through April 2019 First constructed in cedar and then cast in bronze and urethane resin, these two lyrical sculptures exemplify Ursula von Rydingsvard's complex approach to scale, material, and technique. Now, She coincides with a major exhibition devoted to the sculptor’s work at the Fabric Workshop and Museum. See how von Rydingsvard’s monumental sculpture Bronze Bowl with Lacewas carefully installed on a terrace in our Sculpture Garden. Watch Video See all current exhibitions. Family Festival Peace, Love & Collab May 6, 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Come together at the Perelman Building: Take part in a collaborative creation inspired by the psychedelic 1960s, discover artist Jean Shin’s community-based installations, and then watch teamwork in action with improv group StoryUP! Rodin Museum Second Saturday Sketch May 12, 10:00 a.m.–noon Drop in the second Saturday of every month and draw from Rodin’s masterpieces. Feel free to bring your own materials or use the ones provided. Class is included with Pay What You Wish admission. Free Admission International Museum Day May 18 This day is an occasion to raise awareness on how important museums are in the development of society. Join us as we celebrate alongside museums around the world with free admission all day. Talk Dressing for the Photographer: Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Clothes May 20, 2:00–3:00 p.m. Art and cultural historian Wanda Corn reveals how Georgia O’Keeffe cultivated her image as an artist through her unique sense of fashion. Trolley Tour LOVE Your Park May 20, 1:00–4:00 p.m. Fairmount Park is home to historic architecture, beautiful vistas, and significant works of public art. This walking and trolley tour explores the Water Works, Lemon Hill, and many points of interest in the park. Final Fridays Hack the Museum May 25, 5:00–8:45 p.m. We’re handing out prizes for our third annual Hackathon on this evening of tech, talks, and terrific tunes. Music provided by Swift Technique. Final Fridays are free with general admission. See a full calendar of What's On this season. Special Member Opportunity The Future of Your Museum May 19, 10:30–11:30 a.m. Embark on the Museum’s exciting next chapter with Jessica Sharpe (Director of Visitor Operations and Membership). She’ll discuss the current renovations of our landmark building and dining details, followed by a Q&A. Members free, guests $10; reservations required. New Member Event Springtime Social at Cedar Grove May 20, 4:00–6:00 p.m. Mingle with other new members and Museum staff while enjoying the Fairmount Park landscape with complimentary sweets. New members free, guests $10; reservations required. Transportation provided; meet at the West Entrance. For Members May Happenings Check out the electronic version of the May For Members for exhibitions, members programs, and offers to help you plan your next visit. This month in the calendar: "Great Cities, Great Art" tours and Modern Times: American Art 1910 –1950. Explore all our member events and benefits, and join the Museum today.  Become a Member The Museum is open Monday, May 28 for Memorial Day. 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19130philamuseum.org

The Barnes Foundation In Philadelphia To Mark U.S. Debut Of Mohamed Bouroussa: Urban Riders, June 30-October 2, 2017

MAJOR MOHAMED BOUROUISSA EXHIBITION
MARKS U.S. DEBUT OF WORKS INSPIRED BY LOCAL COMMUNITY

MOHAMED BOUROUISSA: URBAN RIDERS
Artist's First Major Solo Exhibition in Philadelphia 

June 30 - October 2, 2017

Philadelphia, PA.- Mohamed Bourouissa’s first major solo exhibition in Philadelphia will be presented at the Barnes Foundation June 30–October 2. The exhibition brings together approximately 60 works inspired by the French-Algerian artist’s first project in the US, which focused on a North Philadelphia community’s efforts at neighborhood revitalization and youth empowerment. Mohamed Bourouissa: Urban Riders will present this project for the first time in the US, providing a forum to reflect on issues of civic engagement.

Major support for Mohamed Bourouissa: Urban Riders is provided by Étant Donnés Contemporary Art, a program of the FACE Foundation.

Born in Algeria in 1978, Mohamed Bourouissa is internationally acclaimed for works that address contemporary issues around culture, race, and class. His pieces grapple with the racial and socioeconomic tensions of Paris’s banlieues—suburbs synonymous with low-income housing—where he grew up, and of other cities he has worked in, including Marseille, Brooklyn, and Toronto. Engaging a diverse range of media and drawing inspiration from political theory and postcolonial studies, Bourouissa often works within and in collaboration with communities to create works in which documentary and fiction coalesce.

In 2014, Bourouissa turned his attention to North Philadelphia’s Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club, located in the heart of a community facing socioeconomic pressures similar to those of his former neighborhood. The club serves as a safe haven in which inner-city youth can learn to ride and care for horses. After immersing himself in this community, Bourouissa collaborated with the club’s riders to stage an equestrian event he titled Horse Day, which involved outfitting the horses and riders with extravagant costumes before they participated in a riding competition. Bourouissa’s documentation of the event—through films, photographs, drawings, and more—depicts the young riders and their decorated mounts as fantastic figures, transcending their economic circumstances and subverting the stereotype of the classic cowboy of the American West.

Since then, Bourouissa has been creating sculptural pieces made from car parts with  photographs of the Fletcher Street riders printed on them. These monumental assemblage works—which form a series called The Hood—conjure the connections between the car and the horse and speak to the history of modern and contemporary sculpture. One new work from this series is included in the exhibition.

“Collaboration and community engagement are central to Mohamed’s practice; his initial artistic vision when embarking on a project evolves according to the input and actions of his collaborators and subjects, culminating in powerful works of art,” says exhibition curator Sylvie Patry, the Barnes Foundation’s deputy director for collections & exhibitions and Gund Family Chief Curator. “Urban Riders conveys a humanistic approach to contemporary challenges and societal tensions. The ideas of social justice and transformation present in Mohamed’s work resonate here at the Barnes: Dr. Barnes supported the Harlem Renaissance and took a democratic approach to the display and appreciation of art, highlighting the connections between cultures and artistic traditions. My hope is that this exhibition furthers new dialogue and establishes a link between the shared experiences of marginalized communities, especially young people of color.”

"I have always had a desire to work with a group of people or community rather than just do a project about them,” says Bourouissa. “I provide an impetus to begin something, then I film and document what happens. I think the most interesting part of a project is not the video or resulting material, but the energy that the event creates—between the participants, but also with the people of the neighborhood. I'm interested in building bridges, interactions, and exchanges."

Included in Mohamed Bourouissa: Urban Riders is Horse Day (2014), a 13-minute film showing footage of the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club equestrian event, accompanied by preparatory sketches, photographs, and video footage from the day-to-day preparation. The show also features costumes, sculptures, posters, wallpaper, and flyers inspired by this project—many of which are new or have never before been exhibited in the US. The installation on view in the Roberts Gallery will be designed by the artist and will involve the participation of riders from the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club.

Exhibition highlights include:

Horse Day, 2014: A 13-minute, two-channel film of Bourouissa’s riding event in collaboration with the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club.

The Hood, 2017: Sculptures made of discarded parts from French-made cars. The works in Bourouissa’s The Hood series are printed with portraits of the riders and images from his film Horse Day, and are mixed with harnesses, bits, and other pieces of horseback riding gear. A new work from this series is included in the exhibition.

CATALOGUE
Mohamed Bourouissa: Urban Riders will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, published by the Barnes Foundation and kamel mennour, Paris/London, including texts by Michael Nairn, Marc Donnadieu, Amanda Hunt, and Anna Dezeuze, as well as an interview with the artist by Okwui Enwezor.

EXHIBITION ORGANIZATION
Mohamed Bourouissa: Urban Riders is curated by Sylvie Patry, deputy director for collections & exhibitions and Gund Family Chief Curator at the Barnes Foundation.

SPONSORS
Mohamed Bourouissa: Urban Riders is sponsored by

Major support for Mohamed Bourouissa: Urban Riders is provided by Étant Donnés Contemporary Art, a program of the FACE Foundation, developed in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, with lead funding from the Florence Gould Foundation, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, and Institut français, Paris.  

With generous support from contributors to the Barnes Foundation Exhibition Fund and contributions from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Exhibition Fund.

The exhibition catalogue is made possible with support from kamel mennour, Paris/London.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Mohamed Bourouissa (b. 1978, Algeria; lives and works in Paris) studied visual arts at the Sorbonne and photography at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris. He trained at Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, 2008–2010. His work has been shown at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada; the Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; the MAXXI, Rome, Italy; the Palais de Tokyo and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; and the Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, among others. Bourouissa has taken part in international biennials including the 54th Venice Biennale, Italy, and the 6th Berlin Biennale, Germany.

His work is included in the permanent collections of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA; the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; LACMA, Los Angeles, USA; the Pinault Collection, Venice, Italy; the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France; among others.

Mohamed Bourouissa is represented by kamel mennour, Paris/London.

ABOUT THE BARNES FOUNDATION 

The Barnes Foundation (barnesfoundation.org) was established by Albert C. Barnes in 1922 to “promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture.” The Barnes holds one of the world’s finest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist and early modern paintings, with extensive works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Henri Rousseau, Amedeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine, and Giorgio de Chirico; works by American masters Charles Demuth, William Glackens, Horace Pippin, and Maurice Prendergast; old master paintings; important examples of African sculpture; Native American ceramics, jewelry, and textiles; decorative arts and ironwork; and antiquities from the Mediterranean region and Asia. While most collections are grouped by chronology, style, or genre, art at the Barnes is arranged in ensembles structured according to light, line, color, and space—principles that Dr. Barnes called “the universal language of art.” The Foundation’s programs include First Fridays, young professionals nights, tours, tastings, and family programs, as well as Barnes-de Mazia Education Program courses and workshops. These programs advance the Foundation’s mission through progressive, experimental, and interdisciplinary teaching and learning. The Barnes Foundation is open Wednesday–Monday, and tickets can be purchased on-site, online, or by calling 215.278.7200. Ticket prices and current hours are listed on our website. 

The Barnes Arboretum in Merion contains more than 2,500 varieties of trees and woody plants, many of them rare. Founded in the 1880s by Joseph Lapsley Wilson and expanded under the direction of Laura Leggett Barnes, the living collections include 40 state champion trees, a Chinese fringe tree (Chionanthus retusus), a dove tree (Davidia involucrata), a monkey-puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana), and a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). Other important plant collections include lilacs, peonies, Stewartias, ferns, medicinal plants, hostas, and magnolias. The Horticulture Education Program has offered a comprehensive three-year certificate course in the botanical sciences, horticulture, garden aesthetics, and design since its establishment in 1940 by Mrs. Barnes. The arboretum also offers horticulture workshops and lectures and is open to the public Saturday–Sunday during the summer months. Tickets can be purchased on-site, online, or by calling 215.278.7200. Ticket prices and current hours are listed on our website.