Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Penn State's minor in sexuality and gender studies is sponsoring a symposium in the Queer Visual Culture (QVC) series on the topic of "Sexual Difficulty in Late 20th-Century Art" from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 17, in the Palmer Lipcon Auditorium at the Palmer Museum of Art on Penn State's University Park campus. Three scholars will offer papers taking various perspectives on the relationship between difficulty and sexuality in modern art. (more)
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
The Palmer Museum of Art has announced the opening of the exhibition "Me, Myself, and the Mirror." The exhibition features self-portraits from the permanent collection and will be on view at the museum from Feb. 7 to May 27. (more)
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
The Palmer Museum of Art has announced the opening of the exhibition "Hogarth Restored." The exhibition will be on view at the museum from Feb. 7 to May 13.
William Hogarth was best known during his lifetime, as he is today, for his satirical engravings. They were in high demand throughout his career and were printed in even greater volume, first by Hogarth's wife and subsequently by several others, for many years following his death in 1764. (more)
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Robert Wittman, who served for 20 years as the Federal Bureau of Investigation's expert in the field of art crime, will deliver a lecture at 7 p.m. on Feb. 20 in Room 117 of the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus. Wittman will speak about his FBI career, notorious art heists, and daring undercover recoveries. (more)
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Penn State's Palmer Museum of Art is featuring the exhibition "Painting the People: Images of American Life from the Maimon Collection," through May 13. "Painting the People" features selections from the impressive collection of American scene painting amassed by collectors Lee (1956 alumnus in Liberal Arts) and Barbara Maimon. (more)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
his spring, the Palmer Musem of Art will welcome Penn State poets and other literary friends for poetry readings in the galleries. (more)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The Palmer Museum of Art will hold several concerts that celebrate the vernacular artistry of American music, from Cole Porter to Aaron Copland, in conjunction with the exhibition "Painting the People: Images of American Life from the Maimon Collection." (more)
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Local artist Kimberly Brooks Filkins will be the featured artist at the Palmer Museum of Art's annual Holiday Art and Ornament Sale. Her commissioned ornament was inspired by an oil painting titled "Still Life with Grapes" by Severin Roesen, which is currently on view in the Hull Gallery on the second floor of the museum. Funds raised from this event are used to extend the museum's education programs, to acquire works of art, and to help ensure that the museum will remain a vital and free-admission resource for the Penn State community and the Centre Region. (more)
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Palmer Museum of Art will feature a series of monthly performances by faculty members in Penn State's School of Music and by the local community. Each free concert in the Art of Music series begins at 12:10 p.m. in the Pincus Gallery of Contemporary Art. (more)
Monday, September 12, 2011
The exhibition "Seriality: Photographs from the Permanent Collection" will be on display at the Palmer Museum of Art from Sept. 20-Jan. 15. Photographs are often praised and studied as singular works of art, despite the serial nature of the photographic enterprise. Inspired by a 2008 exhibition titled "More than One: Photographs in Sequence," organized by the Princeton University Art Museum, "Seriality" is drawn from the Palmer Museum of Art's permanent collection and brings together works from the earliest years of photography to the present. (more)
