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Painting of a youth with shoulder-length brown hair and a dark coat over a white blouse

From “Unknown” to Edlinger

A mystery painting finally gets an attribution—and a major makeover for its frame

CONSERVATION
Photo of an intersection with a red brick building flanked by trolley tracks and wires above

The Ghosts of Route 23

A photographic journey to unearth the relics of a defunct streetcar that once ran the length of the city

IN THE WORLD
Photo of a colorful room with ornately decorated walls and ceiling. The carpet design mirrors the ceiling.

Party at Lansdowne House

The glitzy, star-studded past of one of the museum’s most glamorous period rooms

COLLECTION
Sculpture of Emmett Till's face in plaster

Clarence Lawson’s Prayer for Emmett Till

How the sculptor created an indelible memorial to a young man and a symbol of the fight for Civil Rights

COLLECTION
Man standing next to wampum belt encased in glass and two portraits of Indigenous men

The Hands of My Grandmothers

What is it like to encounter a work of great ceremonial value and personal meaning in a museum?

IN THE WORLD
Colorful stained-glass window of a figure surrounded by embellishments

When the Purpose of Art Is to Transform

The director of Glencairn Museum on the enduring power and appeal of religious art

EXHIBITIONS
A green space with a vertical screen featuring an image of an African American woman, mounted on vertical metal bars

Being a Black Girl in a Digital World

Martine Syms’s installation Neural Swamp is an intriguing display of variations within millennial Black womanhood

EXHIBITIONS
Black and white print of freewheeling sailors and women dressed in tight, suggestive clothes.

Paul Cadmus’s Queer Vision of America

How a controversy around censorship launched the artist’s career—and fed a craze for limited-edition prints

COLLECTION
Photograph of a young African American woman standing against a brick wall

Philly’s Destiny

Photographer James Izlar spotlights Boujee Mustard, a local artist with a keen eye and a deep love for her city

IN THE WORLD

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