In Independence Hall, Charlene Mires rediscovers and chronicles the lost history of Independence Hall. According to Mires, the significance of Independence Hall cannot be fully appreciated without assessing the full range of political, cultural, and social history that has swirled about it for nearly three centuries.
Contributions by Patrick Spero, Michelle Craig McDonald, John Van Horne, David R. Brigham, Caroline O’Connell and Bayard Miller
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781606181225
Pub Date: June 2025
Format: Paperback
110 Pages
This book, based on an APS exhibition, focuses on the diverse lived experiences of Philadelphians before, during, and after the fight for independence. It includes a fully-illustrated checklist, three essays and two short project history statements, each offering a unique perspective on Philadelphia’s role in the American Revolution.
Philadelphia, from the Revolution until at least the 1840s, was at once the most cosmopolitan and most racially embattled city in America. Thomas Sully’s superb portraits, which form the core of this story, include many of the men and women who made the city’s history in those decades.
The House of Barnes chronicles the life and times of extraordinary art collector Albert C. Barnes and the continued endurance of the Barnes Foundation long after the death of its founder, including the controversial events surrounding the Foundation’s move to Philadelphia. Includes full-color reproductions of masterpieces from the collection.
This exhibition catalog documents the arc of Anthonisen’s artistic career as a figurative sculptor. Richly illustrated with more than 150 color and black-and-white plates, the book is a tribute to an artist known for his thoughtful, sometimes haunting, content and for championing the elegance and strength of the human form.
Never Broken features contemporary works by Lenape artists in dialogue with historic Lenape ceramics, beadwork, and other cultural objects. This richly illustrated volume explores the ways in which art can create, challenge, and rewrite history.
Ethel Wallace: Modern Rebel is the first comprehensive study of the artist’s career, published in conjunction with the first exhibition of her work in decades. It investigates how Wallace’s work traces the development of American modernism in New Hope and New York and the progression and reception of feminism in the early twentieth century.
Exhibited for the first time: 300 silkscreen prints of Marilyn Monroe produced in 1968, based on Andy Warhol’s 1962 iconic portrait of the movie star. But are they Warhol?
