The Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative Library at The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage houses more than 1,600 volumes on contemporary art, theory, criticism, and curatorial studies. This continually expanding collection also includes publications produced for PEI-funded exhibitions, such as monographs and catalogues of thematic shows. The PEI Library is a professional development resource for the program’s constituents, and offers a unique opportunity to browse and study many of the field’s most significant international publications.
PEI also commissions and publishes critical writing on curatorial practice, including proceedings from the 2001 symposium Curating Now: Imaginative Practice/Public Responsibility and an anthology entitled Questions of Practice: What Makes a Great Exhibition?
The library is available to constituents of The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, by appointment only, from 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday. To make an appointment call 267.350.4930 or e-mail pei@pcah.us.
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Featured PublicationSkin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and ArchitectureIn recent years, the boundaries between architecture and fashion have become increasingly blurred, and this beautifully illustrated new book explores the intersections and concepts that underlie the two disciplines. Both architecture and fashion are based Read More..
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Featured PublicationNathalie Djurberg: Turn Into MeDescribing the work of the rising Berlin-based Swedish artist Nathalie Djurberg, Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli write in their introduction to this substantial new volume, "Her videos are characterized by small, animated clay figures that Read More..
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