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A Uterus, Some Glitter, and a Message about Beauty
Cancer of the uterus and ectopic pregnancy aren’t the typical subjects of works of art, but that didn’t stop Kenyan-born, Brooklyn-based Wangechi Mutu, Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine...
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What Does it Mean to be Black?
As symbolized by the second inauguration of President Barack Obama on Martin Luther King Jr. day, many consider America to have entered an era of racial reconciliation. But in this so-called...
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Contemporary Chinese Artwork on Display at Drexel as Part of Cultural Exchange
Paintings, prints, sculptures and video installations from 23 top graduates of China’s most prestigious and highly exclusive academy are now on display at Drexel. The exhibition, entitled “The Start...
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New Exhibit Shows Scars – Both Visible and Invisible – of War
We’ve all heard stories of battles that soldiers have fought on the front lines. But what about the battles they face when they return home? A new exhibit which goes on display at Drexel University on...
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Curiosity Created the Exhibit
“Cabinet of Curiosity: Drexel’s Rare and Unusual Collections” marks the first time in Drexel history that an art exhibit has featured the skull of conjoined calves, a 19th century medical amputation...
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Celebrating the Never-Shrinking Violet Oakley, a Drexel Original
Drexel University pays tribute to one of its first, and most successful, illustration students with “Violet Oakley, A Drexel Original: Drawings and Paintings by One of Drexel’s Earliest Art Students.”...
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Hidden Cézanne Sketches Found at the Barnes Foundation
Ensemble view, Room 20, south wall, Philadelphia, 2012. Photo © 2015 The Barnes Foundation It was a discovery that stunned the art world. Last week, the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia announced that...
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A Haunting Look at Human Beings
An image from Human Being by Andrea Modica. Courtesy of the Denver Art Museum. In 1993, prison inmates breaking ground for a new hospital wing at the Colorado Mental Health Institute made a gruesome...
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A Portal to an Unexpected World
Photo by Stuart Rome for “Eye and Sky.” Photographer Stuart Rome has always had a unique perspective on the world. From the early days of his career photographing ancient art treasures in Latin America...
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Turning Social Media Data Streams into Interactive Art
Designer Brendan Dawes shared his design expertise with students as a visiting Rankin Scholar in Residence in the Westphal College. Imagine this: you walk into your closet in the morning and a device...
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ICYMI: How Art Therapy is Helping Children Raised in Poverty
(Photo credit: idreamlikecrazy/flickr) Ninety-four percent of patients at Drexel’s Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health Services have been exposed to one or more childhood traumas,...
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