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RACSO Art Gallery is honored to host the American debut of famed Dutch-Colombian photographer Gertjan Bartelsman this month. “Beyond Photojournalism” is the most comprehensive exhibition of Bartelsman’s work and the first solo gallery exhibit for the American market. On view will be select works from four capsule collections: “Paisajes,” “Retratos,” “Urbes,” “Abstractors,” and pieces from “Reflejos de una Metropoli.” Presented in color and black and white, the exhibition spans five decades, thousands of miles, many subjects, and diverse composition styles.

Blending the sensibilities of the Eastern Traditional Paintings with the artistic approaches of the Western Abstract Contemporaries, the result is a unique blend of Modern Contemporary art with exceptional result explored by none.

A burial signals a closure, a proper rite that marks an end to life. The unburied among us, lacking such closure, remain ungrieved, or ungrievable. Among the Unburied honors those who are unattended to, even in death.

Dr. Megan Kassabaum, Weingarten Assistant Curator, American Section and Dr. Simon Martin, Associate Curator / Keeper, American Section

Wednesday nights ring out this summer in University City as the Penn Museum presents its third annual P.M. @ Penn Museum Summer Nights music series. This year's summer lineup features musical styles ranging from Middle Eastern folk/rock to Brazilian Bossa Nova and lively Creole Zydeco to funk fusion. Drinks and light fare will be provided by the Pepper Mill Café’s garden bar, and guests can purchase combination tickets to explore Penn Museum’s many galleries. On August 8, P.M. @ Penn presents Minas. Playing originals from their CD collection, as well as Brazilian classics, this duo displays multiple talents as vocalists, instrumentalists, and composers with an impressive grasp of awide range of Brazilian musical idioms.