The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has received nearly 200 works of art as part of the estate of Barbara R. Palmer, longtime benefactor, beloved friend, and champion of the museum, who passed away in January 2019. The bequest of her world-class collection will elevate the already significant national reputation of Penn State’s art museum.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State will open its major special exhibition of the fall season, "Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman," on Aug. 24. Featuring nearly 80 objects, including sculptures, paintings, works on paper, and archival materials, this exhibition is the first to reassess Harlem Renaissance artist Augusta Savage’s contributions to art and cultural history in light of her role as an artist-activist.
On Aug. 20, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State will open its first special exhibition of the fall season with "The Web of Life: John Biggers and the Power of Pedagogy." The exhibit spotlights the work of artist John Biggers in relation to two important mentors, artist Charles White and famed art educator Viktor Lowenfeld.
The Palmer Museum of Art is winding down two summer photography exhibitions that highlighted the rich, visual beauty of post-revolution Mexico.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced a third special exhibition for the summer, "George Miller and American Lithography," which opens June 18. The exhibition is selected entirely from the museum’s permanent collection and features 38 prints by an impressive roster of artists who worked with master printer George Miller to create some of their most memorable and recognizable works.
As the days heat up and summer starts, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced a full slate of programs for June, July and August that will include exhibition openings, Friday gallery talks, and Sunday afternoon docent tours, as well as several exciting family and youth programs, including Family Day, a teen photo workshop, and new drop-in workshop sessions for art lovers of all ages.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced the openings of two remarkable summer exhibitions that bring the rich visual culture of 20th-century Mexico to life. "Under the Mexican Sky: A Revolution in Modern Photography," will be on view June 1 through July 28, and "Myth Meets Modernism: The Manuel Álvarez Bravo Portfolio," will run June 11 through Aug. 4.
The Palmer Museum of Art’s acclaimed exhibition, "From the Rooftops: John Sloan and the Art of a New Urban Space," will be closing at the Palmer on May 12 and traveling to The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York, where it opens on June 15.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced a transformational gift of 140 American works on paper, recently donated by Penn State alumnus John P. Driscoll. The expansive gift, one of the most important in the 47-year history of the University’s art museum, establishes a significant American drawings collection at the Palmer Museum of Art.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State opened its second exhibition for the season, "Amazing Stories: Recent Acquisitions," on Jan. 12. The show features a diverse range of contemporary works recently acquired by the museum.
On Jan. 5, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State opened its first exhibition of the 2019 season, "Subjective Spaces: Drawings and Collages by Robert Reed." The intimate retrospective features 16 selections from Reed’s drawings and collages that are rich in the geometric nonobjectivity, born almost exclusively within the imagination, that marked his entire career.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced an exciting and diverse schedule of exhibitions for 2019. Highlights include an ambitious loan exhibition featuring works by Pennsylvania-native John Sloan, exhibitions of prints and works on paper by an international roster of artists, a major show highlighting modernist photographers enthralled with Mexico, and two exhibitions examining the powerful work of noted African-American artists of the 20th century.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is organizing a major loan exhibition on American artist John Sloan. "From the Rooftops: John Sloan and the Art of a New Urban Space" will be on view at the Palmer from Feb. 3 to May 12.
"Object Lessons: American Still-Life Painting in the Nineteenth Century" and "Instinctive Gestures: Recent Gifts from the Fishman-MacElderry Collection" will both close Dec. 16 at the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State.
The major loan exhibition "A Small Radius of Light: G. Daniel Massad, A Retrospective," which features 72 works spanning five decades of work by Pennsylvania artist G. Daniel Massad, will be closing at the Palmer Museum on Dec. 9.
