Fall 2025 Exhibitions

Fall 2025 exhibitions open on September 2 and close on December 4, 2025

Grit: Labor and Resilience in 1930s America

An array of documentary images from the Phillips Museum's collection enables us to see through the photographer's lens and witness the resilience and determination of those who lived through the Great Depression and its aftermath. The photographs of Arthur Rothstein, Andreas Feininger, and Nathan Lerner are featured in this exhibition.

Stephen Althouse, Photographer: Material Representations

Can an inanimate object represent human experiences and evoke emotions? This is the question posed by artist Stephen Althouse through his large-scale, black and white photography, which centers on worn objects. A former professor, Althouse spent his early years doing physically demanding jobs in quarries, on railroads, and in road construction. Althouse continues to explore how labor, spirituality, and human emotion can be expressed through material culture.

Waste Not, Want Not: Collage by Mark Wagner

Artist Mark Wagner creates intricate currency collages that reflect how deeply money is woven into the fabric of everyday life. His work brims with whimsy and wit, addressing themes that range from consumer culture to historical narratives. Wagner is the cofounder of The Booklyn Artist Alliance, an artist-run organization that prioritizes engagement with communities, social justice, and redefining the world of book arts. Wagner's one-of-a-kind book creations are also part of this exhibition.

Ingrained: Celebrating Pennsylvania’s Cultural Heritage

Rooted in the deep traditional art of Pennsylvania, the regional collection of the Phillips Museum highlights the distinctive and colorful ways that immigrant populations celebrated their native countries’ stylistic heritage. Their unique points of view are expressed through a variety of materials and forms, including ceramics, glass, metalwork, furniture, painting, and textiles.