It’s billed as the Blues Brothers, but it has nothing to do with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd who coined the name in musical skits on the TV show “Saturday Night Live.” The new exhibit at the Chadds Ford Gallery is about the art of brothers Glenn and Bruce Blue. Bruce Blue, the younger of the two, is new to the Chadds Ford art scene.…
Museum to Present Exhibition Devoted to Major Collection of Works By Self-Taught Artists “Great and Mighty Things” Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection March 3–June 9, 2013 Dorrance Galleries This spring, more than two hundred objects from one of the United States’ finest private collections of works by American self-taught artists will be on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. “Great…
Delaware Art Museum Presents GERTRUDE KÄSEBIER'S Photographs of the Eight: Portraits for Promotion On February 3, 1908, a revolutionary exhibition of paintings opened to great fanfare at Macbeth Galleries in New York. A group of artists known as "the Eight" organized the exhibition to rebel against conservative art critics and the juries at the National Academy of Design. Gertrude Käsebier's Photographs of the Eight: Portraits…
"THE BLUES BROTHERS EXHIBIT" Paintings by artists and brothers, Glenn and Bruce Blue CHADDS FORD! PA, January 15, 2013: Chadds Ford Gallery presents brothers, Glenn and Bruce Blue, in their first exhibit together, with an opening on Friday, February 8th, 5:00pm to 8:00pm. "The Blues Brothers" Exhibit of regional, national and international scenes show their diverse works in art, styles and mediums. The gallery is…
Brief: Longwood Gardens’ Orchid Extravaganza opens January 19 with more than 5,000 orchids on display. Guests invited to Go Beyond the Garden Gates on special Saturdays. KENNETT SQUARE, PA – Longwood Gardens has acres of reasons to visit this winter. The horticultural showplace near Kennett Square, PA, transforms its majestic conservatory into an Orchid Extravaganza January 19-March 24. The heated 4-acre conservatory transports…
The Magic Pencil of the Amazing F.O.C. Darley January 19 - March 10, 2013 More than 60 works by F.O.C. Darley, whose talent in book and magazine illustrations made him the most popular illustrator of his day, will be on view at the Brandywine River Museum from January 19 through March 10, 2013. Darley received praise for his "magic pencil," immortalizing the fictional characters…
Gene Pisasale's new historical novel, "The Forgotten Star," on the war of 1812 and true-life mysteries surrounding an American icon- the star-spangled banner. A tour-de-force through America's past, with a riveting link to the country we know today...history and mystery lovers will enjoy this book- beautifully illustrated with 30 photographs of historic forts, monuments and sites around the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas. "The Forgotten…
Longwood Gardens today announced that is has commissioned the New York firm of Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners to lead the rehabilitation of the Main Fountain Garden. The restoration of this early 20th-century hydraulic masterpiece represents an integral part of a forty-year master planning initiative for what is considered one of the great gardens of the world. “We are enthusiastic in our selection of…
In conjunction with the Delaware Museum of Natural History's special exhibit Rainforest Adventure, Chadds Ford, PA-based artist Robert P. Horan has created a dramatic four-panel stained glass piece, on display through January 6. Horan's initial plans to design a piece in conjunction with the Museum's fall exhibit, Rainforest Adventure, were big — about 8 feet tall. Early renderings had four stained glass panels, each the…
“Double Portrait” opened at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Dec. 2. Two artists, each claim opposite ends of the exhibit hall with a floor-to-ceiling letter A. Graphic designer Paula Sher and illustrator Seymour Chwast came to Philadelphia to see the opening of their exhibit and to receive the Design Excellence Award from Collab, a collaboration of design professionals supporting the modern and contemporary design collections…
Longwood Gardens will put stars in your eyes this holiday season as the Gardens are transformed into a starry holiday wonderland through Jan. 6. From towering trees adorned with star ornaments to a Music Room designed to delight any stargazer to more than 500,000 twinkling lights dotting the night sky, the beauty and magic of the holiday season await. Floral Beauty at Every Turn Inside…