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Julie Heffernan, "Self-Portrait as Standing My Ground"

Palmer Museum of Art presents three shows in eclectic summer exhibition lineup

6/12/18

The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced its summer 2018 exhibition schedule. This summer, the museum will present recent large-scale paintings by contemporary artist Julie Heffernan, as well as exhibitions drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, including a display of documentary and modernist photographs of the city, and a selection of posters from the golden age of American poster art.

Palmer Museum to celebrate Community Day on October 14

Palmer Museum to celebrate Community Day on Oct. 14

10/10/17

The public is invited to join staff and volunteers of the Palmer Museum of Art from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, for the museum's annual Community Day event located on Curtin Road, University Park campus. Explore the reinstallation of the galleries and current exhibitions on view and meet Erin Coe, the museum's new director. Live music, gallery talks, hands-on activities and Berkey Creamery ice cream will be offered to all for free.

Honoré Daumier, "Devant le tableau de M. Manet (In Front of Manet’s Painting)," published in "Le Charivari" June 19, 1865, lithograph (detail). Gift of Walton J. Lord Estate, 86.731.

Palmer Museum of Art announces 'Paper Views' fall 2017 one-day exhibitions

9/5/17

The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is continuing its popular series of one-day exhibitions highlighting works on paper from the museum’s permanent collection. Open to the public, the works in the "Paper Views" series will be on display in the Drs. Albert and Lorraine Kligman Print and Drawing Study Room, located on the museum’s second floor. The public is also invited to participate in conversations about the individual exhibits scheduled for Sept. 8, Oct. 6, Nov. 3, and Dec. 1.

Asher B. Durand, "Boonton Falls, New Jersey," 1833, oil on canvas (detail). Purchased with funds from the Terra Art Enrichment Fund, 2015.143.

Hudson River School artist highlighted in exhibition at the Palmer Museum of Art

9/5/17

The Palmer Museum of Art will present a new exhibition titled "Asher B. Durand: To Begin Again" from Sept. 5 through Dec. 10. This exhibition focuses on the early career of this leading artist of the Hudson River School. The centerpiece of the exhibition is Durand’s first commissioned landscape painting, "Boonton Falls, New Jersey," which the museum recently acquired.

Minna Citron, "Plato’s Cave," 1959, etching and aquatint with collagraphic relief (detail). Gift of Christiane Citron, 2015.168.

'Minna Citron after Atelier 17' on view at the Palmer Museum of Art

9/4/17

The Palmer Museum of Art will present a new exhibition, "New Acquisitions: Minna Citron after Atelier 17," from Sept. 5 through Dec. 10, that features 16 intaglios demonstrating how Citron continued to probe the expressive possibilities of abstract line and form, an approach that was central to the Atelier 17 aesthetic, for the remainder of her career.

Robert Goodnough, "Adventure (Comic)," 1963–64, synthetic polymer paint, oil, and charcoal on canvas (detail), 76.61.

'BIG Deal: Sizeable Paintings' on view at the Palmer Museum of Art

9/4/17

The Palmer Museum of Art will present a new exhibition this semester that highlights monumental canvases from the permanent collection — many of which have not been on view in recent years — in an attempt to unpack preoccupations with size in post-1945 art. What compelled these artists to work at such a large scale? What does sheer size argue about the paintings in question? "BIG Deal: Sizeable Paintings from the Permanent Collection" will be on view Sept. 5 through Dec. 17.

Morris Blackburn, "Emergence," 1948, copper plate (detail). Courtesy of Dolan/Maxwell and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

'Prints and Paintings in Process' on view at the Palmer Museum through April 30

1/31/17

The Palmer Museum of Art will present a new exhibition titled "Morris Blackburn: Prints and Paintings in Process" from Jan. 17 through April 30. The majority of the drawings, prints, and paintings in the exhibition demonstrate the influence that printmaker Stanley William Hayter had on Blackburn’s creative process.

Eva Watson-Schütze, "William Butler Yeats," c. 1904, gold-toned platinum print (detail), 2014.7.

'Pictorialist Portraits' on view at the Palmer Museum of Art through April 30

1/30/17

The Palmer Museum of Art will present a new exhibition titled "Eva Watson-Schütze: Pictorialist Portraits" from Jan. 10 through April 30. Photographer Eva Watson-Schütze is best known for her affiliation with the Photo-Secession, the organization of elite Pictorial photographers founded by Alfred Stieglitz in 1902 and dedicated to the recognition of photography as a fine art.

David Kelso, "Blossom," 2009, etching, aquatint, engraving, and burnishing, 2014.44.

Palmer Museum of Art announces 'Paper Views' spring 2017 one-day exhibitions

1/24/17

The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is continuing its popular series of one-day exhibitions highlighting works on paper from the museum’s permanent collection. Open to the public, the works in the "Paper Views" series will be on display in the Drs. Albert and Lorraine Kligman Print and Drawing Study Room, located on the museum’s second floor. The public is also invited to participate in conversations about the individual exhibits scheduled for Jan. 27, Feb. 24, March 31 and April 28.

Mary Van Cline, "Torso with Gold Leaves," 2002, pâte de verre. Gift of Bette and Arnold Hoffman, 2016.115.

'A Kaleidoscope of Color' opens Jan. 31 at the Palmer Museum of Art

1/24/17

"A Kaleidoscope of Color: Studio Glass at the Palmer," a new exhibition on view Jan. 31 to April 30 at the Palmer Museum of Art, highlights newly acquired works from the remarkable studio glass collection of Bette (Class of 1958) and Arnold Hoffman (1957). Recent gifts will also be featured, as well as a selection of pieces from private collections.

Fall 2016 gallery talks at the Palmer Museum of Art will take place on Sept. 9, 16, and 30; Oct. 21 and 28; Nov. 4, 11, and 18; and Dec. 2 and 9.

Palmer Museum of Art announces fall 2016 Gallery Talks

9/6/16

The Palmer Museum of Art invites students, faculty, staff and the public to stop by this semester to explore the current exhibitions on view and participate in these engaging conversations led by museum curators and other Penn State faculty members.

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, "The Three Trees," 1643, etching, drypoint, and engraving. Bequest of Charles J. Rosenbloom, 74.7.164. Image courtesy of Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.

'Small Prints, Big Artists' on view at the Palmer Museum of Art through May 15

2/2/16

The Palmer Museum of Art will present a new exhibition, "Small Prints, Big Artists: Renaissance and Baroque Masterpieces from Carnegie Museum of Art," from Feb. 2 through May 15. "Small Prints, Big Artists" presents more than 100 masterworks from the Carnegie Museum of Art’s exceptional collection of more than 8,000 prints. The intimately scaled woodcuts, engravings and etchings trace the development of printmaking as a true art form in Europe during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

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