Phildelphis Museum, In Focus Van Gogh's SunFlowers onview Oct. 1, 2026. Details below.

 

August 13, 2026 Newsletter

On view through October 11   Two sunflower paintings: one completed in August 1888, on loan from the National Gallery, London, and one completed in January 1889, from our collection, are shown together to reveal Van Gogh’s artistic practice at the time. Buy Tickets On view through October 11 This exhibition celebrates the creative innovations that emerged from a network of Philadelphia artists, architects, and manufacturers in response to the problems of urban industrialization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Buy Tickets Rodin Garden Bar   Three Fridays left: Aug 14, 21 & 28 4:00–8:30 p.m.   Relax in a garden oasis with cocktails and small plates, and enjoy a stroll through the Rodin Museum. Friday Nights   Every Friday through Sept 4 5:00–8:45 p.m.   Enjoy live jazz with the James Fernando Trio, drinks, and extended gallery hours with Pay What You Wish admission.   35 Years. Countless Journeys. Join the Philadelphia Film Festival for eleven days of the best in cinema! Learn More Membership is the best way to experience the museum while helping sustain the arts in Philadelphia. Enjoy free admission all year, member-only discounts, and programs created just for you. Your support helps make exhibitions, conservation efforts, and educational programs possible - and more accessible to all. Join Today A Nation of Artists Tour Every day, 1:00–2:00 p.m. American Art: From the Start Tour Every day, 2:00–3:00 p.m. Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: A Symphony in Blue and Yellow is made possible by the Gloria and Jack Drosdick Fund for Special Exhibitions and the Harriet and Ronald Lassin Fund for Special Exhibitions, and an anonymous donor. Workshop of the World: Arts and Crafts in Philadelphia is made possible through the generous support of the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Center for American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Women’s Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Katie Adams and Tony Schaeffer, Art and Debra Castelbaum, and Martha Hamilton and I. Wistar Morris III. Funding for the catalog is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Fund for Scholarly Publications at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Women’s Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Decorative Arts Trust, and Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.   Support for Pay What You Wish admission has been generously provided by Ellen T. and Ronald L. Caplan and A Nation of Artists is organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.   This exhibition is made possible by The Middleton Family.    Major support is provided by the Connelly Foundation, The Victory Foundation, and an anonymous donor. Significant support is provided by The City of Philadelphia and Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, the Philadelphia Funder Collaborative for the Semiquincentennial, the Henry Luce Foundation, Schoelkopf Fine Art Advisors, and Grace and Andrew Schoelkopf.   Additional support is provided by the 25th Century Foundation, Lawrence H. and Julie C. Berger, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Nyheim, Marsha and Richard Rothman Family Foundation, an anonymous donor, and other generous supporters.   Exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are underwritten by the Annual Exhibition Fund supported by Andrea Baldeck, M.D., Julia and David Fleischner, Robert Hayes, and Mark W. Strong and Dana Strong.   This exhibition is sponsored by   Funding for the publication is generously provided by All exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are underwritten by the Annual Exhibition Fund. Generous support is provided by Andrea Baldeck, M.D.; Julia and David Fleischner; Robert Hayes; and Mark W. Strong and Dana Strong. Sunflowers (details), 1889 and 1888, by Vincent van Gogh ([Left] Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Mr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Tyson, Jr., Collection, 1963-116-19; [Right] The National Gallery, London: Bought, Courtauld Fund, 1924, NG3863). The Weavers of New Hope (detail), 1920, by Violet Oakley (Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art, Scranton, Pennsylvania: Gift of Northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania, 84.2). Rodin Garden Bar image by Elizabeth Leitzell. Friday Night image by Gregory Wright. Members image by Gregory Wright. Red Hills and Bones, 1941, Georgia O'Keeffe (The Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949-18-109). From Nature in the Garden, 1856, by Rubens Peale (Gift of the McNeil Americana Collection, 2010-70-3).

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