February at @PhilaMuseum

• The Kiss—The Rodin Museum is open for extended hours on Valentine’s Day, 10:00 a.m.–8:45 p.m. Add a bit of artistry to your romance with the stories behind some of Auguste Rodin’s most passionate works. The current installation explores the artist’s most intimate and powerful depictions of love. Admission is Pay What You Wish.

• Chef Demo: For Chocolate Lovers—Show your love with a special Valentine’s Day chef demo of chocolaty desserts. Reservations recommended.

• Design in Revolution: A 1960s Odyssey—From Pop Art and psychedelia to the civil rights and anti-war movements, the 1960s was a decade of liberation—and of great loss. See how designers, artists, and architects responded to the tumultuous period that still looms large in the American imagination.

February 15

• Keith Smith at Home—Friendship, love, desire: Keith Smith’s life is an open book. For five decades, the Rochester NY–based artist has used surprising combinations of materials to chronicle his experiences. Explore an array of Smith’s mixed-media photographs and prints, and—his specialty—handmade artist’s books. Many of these works are from the artist’s collection and have not been exhibited publicly before. The exhibition opens February 17.

• Uri Gurvich—The saxophonist blends world influences, including sounds from his native Israel, with progressive jazz.

February 9

• Aaron Parnell Brown—The Philly singer-songwriter offers up a mix of 1970s soul, romantic jazz, and original tunes.

February 16

• Martha Stuckey—A theatrical evening of jazz standards and originals with the Red 40 frontwoman.

• Continuing Curiosity: The Art of the Peales Gallery Conversations—An evening of conversation about America’s first artistic dynasty, the Peale family. View and discuss the gallery installation and then enjoy musical performances in the Great Stair Hall.

February 17

• Continuing Curiosity: The Art of the Peales Symposium—In this daylong gathering, five Peale scholars share their ongoing research in the context of the Museum’s new publication The Art of the Peales in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Adaptations and Innovations, by Carol Soltis, Project Associate Curator, American Art.

• In the Artist’s Voice: The Arnold Newman Lecture with Keith Smith—The artist discusses his experimental practice in photography, prints, and bookmaking with Amanda Bock, our Lynne and Harold Honickman Assistant Curator of Photographs.

February 18

• Trolley Tour: Peale and Washington’s World—Explore the Art of the Peales gallery installation, learn about the Peale family’s close connection to George Washington, and hop on a trolley see two historic homes of their political friends and foes.

• Old Masters Now: Celebrating the Johnson Collection—In 1917, the most famous lawyer of his day left his astonishing trove of European art to the city of Philadelphia. One hundred years later, we’re taking a new look at one of this country’s most remarkable collections. Encounter treasures by the likes of Botticelli, Bosch, Titian, Rembrandt, and Monet—and see how art historians and conservators keep making new discoveries about the collection.

February 14, 17

• Unveiling Titian—This tour of Old Masters Now: Celebrating the Johnson Collection focuses on the recently restored Portrait of Archbishop Filippo Archinto. Led by Join Teresa Lignelli, The Aronson Senior Conservator of Paintings.

• The Art of the Peales

• Literati Pursuits: Chinese Paintings and Objects from the Scholar’s Study

• Geometric Abstractions

• Rodin’s Bust of Napoleon

• Mexican Modernism

• Textured Material: Korean Contemporary Art

• John G. Johnson at Home

• Faith, Chivalry, and Seduction: A Selection of Northern Renaissance Prints and Paintings

• Charm and Distinction: Sculpture from the Johnson Collection

• At the Center: Masters of American Craft

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