Order and Illusion: The Geometry of Art

Order and Illusion: The Geometry of Art

September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025 About Geometric abstraction emerged from a natural progression of the work of the Cubists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in the early 20th century. While the Cubists were concerned with breaking down elements of real life...
American Impressionism: Inside/Out

American Impressionism: Inside/Out

September 14, 2024 – January 5, 2025 About American Impressionism: Inside/Out explores the movement of American Impressionism with an emphasis on both interior and exterior settings. The show examines plein air landscapes (or plein air-inspired works) that capture the...
M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations

M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations

September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025 About This mesmerizing exhibition brings the work of world-renowned artist, M.C. Escher, to Reading this fall. M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations spans the Dutch artist’s entire career with more than 150 works from a private...
Cartography in the Age of Enlightenment

Cartography in the Age of Enlightenment

September 23 – December 31, 2023 About The Age of Enlightenment (1685 – 1815) was a time of tremendous human achievement as prominent thinkers made advancements in science, politics, and philosophy. A reaction to the tyranny and religious oppression of the medieval...
Ayana Ross: Whence You Came

Ayana Ross: Whence You Came

February 17 – June 2, 2024 About The Reading Public Museum is pleased to present an engaging body of recent work by Atlanta-area contemporary figurative painter Ayana Ross (born 1977). Ross’s subjects are everyday figures, which are inspired by the events in her...