Exhibitions in Philadelphia

May 2027

May at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 1 closing, and 5 more on view across the city.

Detail of Rochelle Feinstein's mixed-media work Tagged

Detail of Edward Hopper's The Lee Shore, 1941

Open Video Call 2026 at ICA Philadelphia

Window graphics by Saif Azzuz for Entryways at ICA Philadelphia

Seeking Profit and Power: Philadelphia, China Trade, and the Making of America

Closing in May

Rochelle Feinstein: The Today Show9 May
Barnes Foundation
More than 30 mixed-media works by Rochelle Feinstein on abstraction, culture and public life, including 11 large-scale pieces commissioned by the Barnes for the Annenberg Court.

Also on through May

A Nation of Artiststo 5 Jul
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The museum's America-250 centrepiece: over 1,000 works tracing three centuries of American art making, drawn from its own collection and the Middleton Family Collection.
A Nation of Artiststo 5 Sept
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Reopening the Historic Landmark Building for PAFA's 220th anniversary: over 1,000 works from the late 18th century to today, including 100+ pieces from the Middleton Family Collection.
Open Video Call 2026to 12 Sept
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia · Free
ICA's relaunched biannual platform for moving-image work by Delaware Valley artists, screened on the mezzanine across a fall and a spring season.
Entryways: Saif Azzuzto 12 Sept
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia · Free
Yurok artist Saif Azzuz fills ICA's Sansom Street windows with abstract graphics drawn from research into Philadelphia's natural history.
Seeking Profit and Power: Philadelphia, China Trade, and the Making of Americato 3 Jan
Independence Seaport Museum
Around 150 rarely seen objects trace how the young United States, cut off from British trade after the Revolution, turned east to China and built itself into a global economic power.

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