PAFA Receives $1 Million Gift for Scholarships

The James J. & Frances M. Maguire Scholarship for Artistic Excellence is the largest scholarship gift from a single donor in PAFA's history

PHILADELPHIA (January 7, 2015) - A $1 million gift from The Maguire Foundation, longtime supporters of the…

PAFA Alumna Wins Smithsonian Prize  

Njideka Akunyili Crosby is 2014 winner of Smithsonian 
American Art Museum's James Dicke Contemporary Artist Prize

PHILADELPHIA (November 25, 2014) - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) alumna Njideka Akunyili Crosby on Tuesday was named the 2014 winner of…

PAFA Presents The Artist's Garden:
American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920

On view February 13 – May 24, 2015

PHILADELPHIA (November 24, 2014) — The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920. On…

PAFA's Annual Student Print Sale Turns 21! 

A popular tradition for creative holiday shoppers, offering hundreds
of works by emerging student artists, priced under $150

PHILADELPHIA (November 12, 2014) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) hosts the 21st Annual Student Print Sale on Friday…

PAFA presents A Fine Arrangement: The Art of Still Life

On view through April 12, 2015

PHILADELPHIA (November 7, 2014) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents A Fine Arrangement: The Art of Still Life, on view through April 12. The exhibition brings together nearly 90 works from…

PAFA Hosts The Review Panel Philadelphia on November 12 

"The highlight of formal art criticism in Philadelphia" - theartblog.org 

PHILADELPHIA (November 2, 2014) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) hosts the third season of The Review Panel Philadelphia, a yearly series of panel…

PAFA’s 16th Annual Bacchanal Wine Gala and Auction Brings 
Jean-Charles Boisset to Philadelphia

Gala and auction to raise over $550,000 to support student scholarships 

PHILADELPHIA (October 31, 2014) - For the sixteenth consecutive year, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) will host…

PAFA Hosts Third Season of The Review Panel Philadelphia  

"The highlight of formal art criticism in Philadelphia" - theartblog.org 

PHILADELPHIA (October 2, 2014) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) hosts the third season of The Review Panel Philadelphia, a yearly series of panel…

PAFA Presents Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis

First Retrospective of Iconic 20th Century American Master Since 1976

On view November 14, 2014 – April 5, 2015

Press Preview: November 12, 11 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA (September 30, 2014) — The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) presents Peter…

PAFA Hosts Free Family Arts Festival on Lenfest Plaza

Sunday, October 5, 12-5 p.m.
Presented by PNC Arts Alive

PHILADELPHIA (September 24, 2014) – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) celebrates the arts with a free Family Arts Festival on Lenfest Plaza on Sunday, October 5, from noon to 5…

PAFA Is Awarded Three-Year $150,000 Grant by Institute of Museum and Library Services

PHILADELPHIA (September 19, 2014) — The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is pleased to announce that it was awarded a three-year $150,000 grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to…

PAFA Presents Eiko: A Body in Places

Two-part collaboration with performance artist Eiko to take place at Philadelphia 30th Street Station and at PAFA, beginning October 3, 2014

PHILADELPHIA (September 18, 2014) — The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) announces a collaboration with…