# Philadelphia Contemporary

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{{Short description|Arts organization in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Philadelphia Contemporary''' is an arts organization that commissions and presents contemporary visual art, performance art, and spoken word.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://philadelphiacontemporary.org/get-to-know-us|title=About Us|date=|publisher=Philadelphia Contemporary. philadelphiacontemporary.org |access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref> It was founded in 2016 with the intention to build a new non-collecting museum in Philadelphia for contemporary art in all of its forms.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heller |first1=Karen |title=ASMR videos are edgy, unnerving and almost avant-garde. Is it time to consider them art? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/asmr-videos-are-edgy-unnerving-and-almost-avant-garde-is-it-time-to-consider-them-art/2018/11/06/4842bfb2-db97-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html |date=November 6, 2018 |work=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/harry-philbricks-philadelphia-contemporary-museum-brings-in-nato-thompson-as-project-gains-steam-20171116.html/ |title=Philadelphia Contemporary is re-imagining what a modern art museum can be … now with a high-profile import from NYC |access-date=2019-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107001536/http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/harry-philbricks-philadelphia-contemporary-museum-brings-in-nato-thompson-as-project-gains-steam-20171116.html |first=Stephan|last=Salisbury |date=November 16, 2017 |work=Philadelphia Inquirer |via=philly.com |archive-date=2019-01-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Philadelphia Contemporary organizes exhibitions and events through partnerships and space-borrowing with institutions such as the [Barnes Foundation](/source/Barnes_Foundation), Delaware River Waterfront Corporation, the [Brandywine River Museum of Art](/source/Brandywine_River_Museum_of_Art), and [Philadelphia Parks & Recreation](/source/Philadelphia_Parks_%26_Recreation).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/david_patrick_stearns/midnight-vigil-nuns-barnes-foundation-performance-art-time-tickets-price-20170707.html|url-access=subscription |title=The latest in performance art: An all-nighter with 'nuns' at the Barnes Foundation|first=David Patrick|last=Stearns|date=July 7, 2017 |work=Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/philadelphia-contemporary-jane-irish-lemon-hill-20180413.html |url-access=subscription |date=April 13, 2018 |title=Lemon Hill mansion becomes an image of resistance in daring art takeover|first=Stephan|last=Salisbury|work=Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/harry-philbricks-philadelphia-contemporary-museum-brings-in-nato-thompson-as-project-gains-steam-20171116.html|url-access=subscription |date=November 16, 2017 |title=Philadelphia Contemporary is re-imagining what a modern art museum can be … now with a high-profile import from NYC |first=Stephan |last=Salisbury |work=Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref>

In 2018, Philadelphia Contemporary announced that the architecture firm Johnston Marklee would design their new building.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Selvin |first1=Claire |date=October 29, 2018 |title=Philadelphia Contemporary Hires Architectural Firm Johnston Marklee to Design Its First-Ever Space |url=http://www.artnews.com/2018/10/29/philadelphia-contemporary-hires-architectural-firm-johnston-marklee-design-first-ever-space/ |work=ArtNews |access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/inga_saffron/philadelphia-contemporary-art-museum-johnston-marklee-painted-bride-20181108.html|url-access=subscription |title=Does Philadelphia need another building for contemporary art?|first=Inga|last=Saffron|authorlink1=Inga Saffron|date=November 8, 2018|work=Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.philadelphiacontemporary.org/}}

Category:Museums in Philadelphia
Category:Museums established in 2016
Category:2016 establishments in Pennsylvania

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