The Philadelphia Museum of Art will be the only U.S. venue for the first exhibition to explore the inventiveness and importance of the landscape painting of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) during the first 30 years of the artist’s career.

In the last half-century Philadelphia has produced a number of exceptional talents in the field of fashion design. James Galanos, Gustave (Gus) Tassell, and Ralph Rucci are three Philadelphia natives who have achieved international stature. The Philadelphia Museum of Art will celebrate their outstanding work in A Passion for Perfection, opening on September 15, 2007 in the brand-new 2,000-square-foot Spain Gallery for Costume Textiles at the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building.

Complementing works of art donated to the Philadelphia Museum of Art over the years, generous patrons have also given thousands of books and manuscripts to the Library and Archives. To celebrate the opening of the galleries and study centers in the Perelman Building, the Library and Archives will showcase these treasures in the first-ever Library exhibition.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art continues its commitment to presenting provocative contemporary art with Kiefer, Polke, Richter, an exhibition including works by several of the most significant painters to come of age in Germany during the culturally charged aftermath of World War II.

To celebrate its expansion to the spectacular Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building, the Museum will revisit the founders of its photography collection with an exhibition devoted to the renowned figure Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946).

This spring the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present Live Cinema/Marine Hugonnier: Trilogy, a series of super 16mm films transferred to DVD that explores the ways in which images of the landscape influence the observer's experience of it, and conversely, how history or ideology can shape the perception of a landscape.

The career of William H. Johnson (1901-1970) was one of the most brilliant yet tragic of any early 20th-century American artist. Best known for his lively paintings of the African American experience in the rural South and urban North, Johnson was also an accomplished printmaker and watercolorist whose style shifted from dramatic expressionism to what he termed a more "primitive" approach using bright and contrasting colors and flattened, two-dimensional forms.

The Fleisher Art Memorial is pleased to showcase the artwork of its teaching staff with the Annual Fleisher Faculty Exhibition, May 19th through July 13th, 2007. Each artist in the exhibition will show works selected from his or her current studio investigations - including painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, photography and installation.

Friday nights at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are a mainstay for fans of live jazz and international music, and this spring's Art After 5 line-up continues to deliver the kinds of eclectic and exciting live performances that audiences have come to expect.