Arts Calendar
Jan|Feb 2025
Still Life with Laurie Olin
Sitting Still traces Laurie Olin’s life and work.
And Yet, They Persisted
Ben Nathans on the “many lives” of the Soviet dissident movement.
Beyond the Bruckner Problem
How Benjamin Korstvedt Gr’95 solved “the Bruckner problem.”
Briefly Noted
Jan|Feb 2025
Arts Calendar
Nov|Dec 2024
Garden Variety
Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard at ICA.
Boulevard of Steel
Time traveling with David Alff Gr’12 along The Northeast Corridor.
Royals
Lorene Cary C’78 G’78’s queenly collaboration.
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2024
Arts Calendar
Sep|Oct 2024
The Toothpick
The rich history and surprising beauty of … toothpicks.
In Kahn’s Hand
A loving reproduction of Louis Kahn’s final notebook.
Briefly Noted
Sep|Oct 2024
Monoliths of Cloth
Woven works by Suchitra Mattai G’01 Gr’01 GFA’03.
Tyshawn Sorey Wins Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize for Tyshawn Sorey’s Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith).
Persistent Demons
Erik Larson C’76 on the Civil War’s start. The Demon of Unrest.
It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s Gary Prebula’s Prodigious Vault!
Gary Prebula C’72’s superheroic donation to Penn Libraries.
Briefly Noted
Jul|Aug 2024
Arts Calendar
Jul|Aug 2024
The Planters
Noam Osband Gr’17’s dissertation-turned-documentary.
Into the Dark
In Fighting the Night, Paul Hendrickson tells his father’s story.
Imaginary Heartland
Refuting rural myths in Steven Conn Gr’94’s Lies of the Land.
Peace Cries
Revolutionary Aesthetics at Penn Libraries.