Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses

Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses

January 18 - April 6, 2025, the first in-depth survey of Carl Cheng’s prescient, genre-defying work from the 1960s to the present, featuring artworks that operate at the intersection of identity, technology, and ecology in a variety of media; Institute of Contemporary Art. 

A Selection of Mexican Ex-Votos

A Selection of Mexican Ex-Votos - Exhibition

April 12, 2024 - February 2025  Gain insight into Mexican religious folk practices through these selections from the Dr. William H. Helfand collection of ex-votos and devotional paintings on medical subjects. The display is located on the main level of the Holman Biotech Commons, outside the Holman Reading Room. 

Dr. Ezekiel Dixon-Roman Book Discussion

Penn Bookstore, 36th and Walnut Streets, Events Room | to

Penn Associate Professor Dr. Ezekiel Dixon-Roman discusses and signs Inheriting Possibility; This event is hosted by the Penn School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2).

Discussion, Citizen: An American Lyric

Institute of Contemporary Art | to

History Doesn't Have to Repeat Itself

LGBT Center, 3907 Spruce St | to

Join filmmaker Stéphane Gérard and Penn Africana Studies PhD Student Sydney Baloue for a screening of Gérard's award-winning documentary on Stonewall activism, History Doesn't Have to Repeat Itself, followed by Q&A.  Admission is free and refreshments will be served.

Film Screening: Acorn and The Firestorm

International House |

PARTNER SCREENING: Scribe Video Center’s Producers’ Forum
Dirs. Reuben Atlas & Sam Pollard, USA, 2017, 86 min.

With filmmaker Sam Pollard in person.

Willie Cole: On-Site

Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 South 34th Street | to

Willie Cole: On Site features 13 artworks, a video, and includes a site specific installation of a massive chandelier made of recycled water bottles that the artist will create on-site at the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland in the fall of 2016. The traveling exhibition is curated by Dorit Yaron at the David Driskell Center.

The Ways of the Lenape

Penn Museum |

Introduction to Lenape cultures and customs by Rob Aptaker.