Splendid Digs
Middle East Galleries trace humanity’s “journey to the city.”
Rags to Riches to Ruin
Fantastic, flawed, forgotten Mr. Fox. The Man Who Made the Movies.
Briefly Noted
July|August 2018
Arts Calendar
July|August 2018
The Power and the Glory
An architect explores Mexico’s early churches.
Mock Me, Ludwig
On a humorous note, Beethoven.
Innovation in Action
Sachs Program’s public launch.
Our Love Affair with Movies
A movie producer and Class of ’68 alumnus recalls the cinematic passions of his senior year—and offers some advice on rekindling the romance for today’s audiences.
The Philosophical Composer
In the year of his centenary, a look back at the music and thought of American composer and Penn faculty member George Rochberg G’49, who first embraced 12-tone music and serialism and later rejected avant-garde styles as a form of “self-extinction.”
No Longer ‘Adrift’ in Hollywood
David Branson Smith C’06 on finding his footing in Hollywood—and rewriting the script for 'Adrift,' which came out June 1.
The Unpainted Word
Beyond description.
Songs of Love and Kvetch
Robert Freedman L’54 and his wife, Molly, have a gift for music.
Arts Calendar
May|June 2018
Twisting Identities
Text-based artist Cary Leibowitz’s “Museum Show” at ICA.
Worldviews at the Fairs
At ARG, students collect—and question—objects from world’s fairs.
Plumbing the Depths with Art
New worlds on ravaged ground. Surviving Genocide.
Briefly Noted
May|June 2018
Why Chaucer and Why Now?
David Wallace on Chaucer, his world, and ours.
Grand Finale
On Friday, William Parberry Gr'80 takes his final bow as conductor of three Penn choral groups. He spoke with the Gazette about his 45-year career at the University.
Can the Arts Save a City?
Santo D. Marabella GrS’91 is making a TV pilot right now—but that’s just one of the ways he’s using the arts to revitalize Reading, Pennsylvania.
Exploring the Wilderness of Color
The colorful revelations of Natvar Bhavsar GFA’65.
Sounds of Settlement
Settlement Music School CEO Helen Eaton C’93.
Un-limiting Understanding
How to know? Understanding Understanding.
Victorian Modernist
George Thomas Gr’75 on Frank Furness’s 19th-century modernism.