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The Curtis Symphony Orchestra performed under the direction of Rossen Milanov in the opening concert of the Mann’s season on Friday, May 11. Photographer credit: Pete Checchia
The Curtis Symphony Orchestra performed under the direction of Rossen Milanov in the opening concert of the Mann’s season on Friday, May 11. Photographer credit: Pete Checchia
Curtis' year-end crescendo
New graduates embarked on careers, the success of a new dorm- but still, there was sadness from the loss of a fellow student.
Latest in The Arts
Dutoit departs the Orchestra
Review: Crossing launches ‘Month of Moderns’
John Guare’s ‘Are You There, McPhee? at the McCarter in Princeton
Galleries shine at Barnes
By Edward J. Sozanski, CONTRIBUTING ART CRITIC
Edward J. Sozanski: Transformation of the Barnes Foundation from a school with an art collection to a museum with art classes is finally complete.
Ravishing building cut off from city
Inga Saffron, INQUIRER ARCHITECTURE CRITIC
Inga Saffron: While there are many moments of breathtaking refinement, the result is sadly a long way from being a successful addition to the city.
The Parkway as Phila.’s ‘Museum Mile’
By Carrie Rickey, FOR THE INQUIRER
When moving the Barnes Foundation to the Parkway was still an idea, some wondered what it would mean to have the Art Museum, Rodin Museum and the Barnes together. Now we know.
Salvation or desecration?
By Stephan Salisbury, INQUIRER CULTURE WRITER
On May 19, a stone's throw from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Barnes Foundation gallery will open officially for the first time outside the leafy confines of Latchs Lane in Merion.
Architects' zeal for detail
By Inga Saffron, INQUIRER ARCHITECTURE CRITIC
When the letter arrived in 2007 inviting Tod Williams and Billie Tsien to enter a select competition to design a new Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, the husband-and-wife architectural team were momentarily stumped.
An eccentric collector
By Edward J. Sozanski, CONTRIBUTING ART CRITIC
Albert C. Barnes was trained as a scientist, so it's not surprising that he would apply rigorous empirical discipline to the less categorical activity of collecting art.
The Barnes collection mirrors the collector
By Edward J. Sozanski, CONTRIBUTING ART CRITIC
The art collection assembled by Albert C. Barnes is a many-splendored thing, but also one shaped by paradox.
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The Elwood James Band
Friday, May 18 • 10:30 PM • Tin Angel at Serrano • 20 S. 2nd St., Philadelphia, PA
Growing Minds: Mini-Morris Players
Thursday, June 14 • 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM • Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania • 100 E. Northwestern Ave., Philadelphia, PA
Becca Stevens Band
Sunday, June 24 • 7:30 PM • Tin Angel at Serrano • 20 S. 2nd St., Philadelphia, PA
Avi Avital
Thursday, June 14 • 8:00 PM • Tin Angel at Serrano • 20 S. 2nd St., Philadelphia, PA
From our partners
Art Safari Episode 9 – We visit Peep, a painting exhibit at Little Berlin
Dances with citizens – next week on our podcast interview with Headlong Dance Theater
Emma Wilcox’s dialog with the city of Newark at The Print Center
News post – MFA shows, Possible Projects packs up, craft on the radio, horror at PhilaMOCA, and more!
Letter From Paris: La Lumière Parle at La Maison Rouge
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