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Almanac - January 29, 2013 Volume 59 No. 19


PENN MUSEUM
Maya 2012: lords of time (Through January 13, 2013)

More than 300 square feet and nearly 2,000 years old, this ancient Roman floor mosaic is one of the world’s largest and best preserved. Discovered in 1996 in Lod, Israel (near Tel Aviv), the "Lod Mosaic" is often characterized as an archaeological gem.

 

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART

This month, the Institute of Contemporary Art will host four new exhibits, including White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart, which features over a dozen contemporary international artists; Brian Weil, a solo show of photography; Glitter and Folds, a showcase including four contemporary artists; and Open Video Call 2012: Selected Works, featuring the winners of ICA's annual open video call.

(Left) From Glitter and Folds: Carter Mull's Pascal's Wager (Dream of a Perfect Life), 2004, chromogenic print. Courtesy of the artist.

(Center) From White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart: Wardell Milan's Naomi and Landscape #1, 2009, chromogenic prints from collage. Courtesy of the artist.

(Right) From Brian Weil: Untitled, gelatin silver print, 31 x 31 1/2 inches. Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Brian Weil Archive.

 

ANNENBERG CENTER

A Latin jazz trailblazer with the gusto to “create music that is full of life, history, richness, and realness” (All Music Guide), Miguel Zenón is widely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists of his generation.

 

 

ANNENBERG CENTER

This stirring and “compelling solo show” (New York Times), created by Suli Holum and Deborah Stein, is a high-tech, emotionally arresting play inspired by a real-life story. Delving into the depths of modern science with theatrical wit and beguiling characterization, Chimera is an exploration of chimerism, the phenomenon of containing two different sets of DNA within one body.

 

ANNENBERG CENTER

For more than two decades, David Parsons has created works filled to the artistic brim with bouncy, breathtaking and magical choreographic charm. Welcome this celebrated company back to Philadelphia as it debuts its newest repertoire— sure to leave audiences, as always, absolutely smitten.

 

ANNENBERG CENTER

Dubbed “a fascinating experience... an assault on the senses, amazing” (Manchester Evening News), Motionhouse meshes live performance with film, intertwining the elements so tightly that the experience transports you to places unimagined.

 

 

 

 

arthur ross gallery
CREATING: QUILTS OF THE LAKOTA

Unidentified Lakota Artist, Untitled, The Hertitage Center at Red Cloud Indian School, Pine Ridge, S.D.

 

 

 

 

carol ware lobby, fagin hall
the history of nursing as seen through the lens of art

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The HUP Nursing Alumni Association commissioned artist Kathleen Shaver HUP’76, to create an art installation to honor the history and legacy of 125 years of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. More information here.


 

 

 

Human evolution: THE FIRST 200 Million Years

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Various fossils on display at the Penn Museum's ongoing exhibit Human Evolution: The First 200 Million Years. Visitors have an opportunity to engage with a variety of multi-media programs, as well as view and touch more than 100 casts of fossil bones from primate and human evolutionary records.

 

 

 

VAN PELT RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY

Van Pelt at 50 includes photographs from throughout the library's history. Through February 24.

Lesley Haas, detail of "Across the Pond" (1999), handmade, courtesy of the artist. This and other paper works by Haas will be included in the Paper: A Deckled Edge exhibit. Through February 15 at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library.