The Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative Library at the Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia 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 PublicationWhitney Biennial 2008Presenting the latest work by emerging and established artists, Whitney Biennial 2008 accompanies the seventy-fourth in a series of Annual and Biennial exhibitions, inaugurated in 1932 at the Whitney Museum of American Art. This edition Read More..
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Featured PublicationThe Puppet ShowThis group exhibition examined the imagery of puppets in contemporary art. International in scope, “The Puppet Show” brought together 29 artists and several generations, as reflected by works that range from a 1974 installation by Read More..
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