The Mercury (Pottstown, PA)

Art appreciati­on

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Philadelph­ia Museum of Art: “American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent” continues through May 14. The special exhibition requires reserved tickets, with additional admission cost of $5 after general admission

of $20, $18 for seniors 65+, $14 for students and youths 13-18. Pay-what-you-wish admission does not apply. The museum is at 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelph­ia. Visit www. philamuseu­m.org. Barnes Foundation: “Person of the Crowd: The Contempora­ry

Art of Flânerie” features works by more than 50 internatio­nal artists who have taken to the street to play detective, make maps, scavenge and shop for new materials, launch guerrilla campaigns, and make spectacles of themselves to speak to issues such as commodity fetishism, gentrifica­tion, gender politics, globalizat­ion, racism and homelessne­ss. Check it out through May 22 in the Roberts Gallery, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelph­ia. Book tickets at (215) 278-7000 or www. barnesfoun­dation.org. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays

through Mondays.

Brandywine River Museum of Art: “From Homer to Hopper: Experiment and Ingenuity in American Art” is on display through May 21. The exhibition reflects the diversity of style and expression in American art created between 1870 and 1950. The museum is off Route 1, Chadds Ford. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $15, $10 for seniors 65+, $6 for students and children ages 6-18, free on the first Sunday of the month. Visit www. brandywine.org or call (610) 388-2700.

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