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The entire Museum will be closed Saturday July 4th
Saturday, July 4, 2009

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Timothy Rub Elected Director and Chief Executive

The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced today the election of Timothy Rub as the George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer. The unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees at its June meeting concludes an international year-long search. Currently Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. Rub will become the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s 13th Director, succeeding the late Anne d’Harnoncourt.

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Also On View
Woman's Dress: Bodice and Skirt
Now Through October 25, 2009
The glamorous and cutting-edge fashions created in Paris have always inspired American dress. This exhibition explores the American experience abroad between 1850 and 1925. Such luxurious designs as the House of Worth and the classic elegance of Lanvin are being paired with American fashions based on these Parisian prototypes.
Cape, Bodysuit, Chaps, and Clogs
May 24, 2008 - July 2009
Kansai Yamamoto is one of the founding fathers of Japanese contemporary fashion. Best known for his work during the 1970s and 1980s, his avant-garde designs are inspired by the colorful Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600) and traditional Kabuki theatre. The exuberant Pop-like quality of his work contrasts with what is today associated with Japanese fashion, Zen-like simplicity and deconstructed silhouettes.
Moriyama
Now Through August 23, 2009
Daidō Moriyama is one of the most important and exciting Japanese photographers of our time, having made prolific, often experimental pictures of modern urban life since the 1960s. This exhibition showcases a group of approximately 45 photographs made in and around Tokyo in the 1980s, when Moriyama focused his mature aesthetic on the city with renewed intensity.

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Today's Highlight
From the Collection

http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/74280.html
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Designed by Jean-Jacques Feuchère

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