In this new 2009-10 art season, the Muppets square off against modernism and Renoir goes up against Hollywood. The mix of exhibitions planned by the region's art museums has rarely been so eclectic.
Add to that another new wing to be opened at Doylestown's Michener Art Museum and a Philadelphia-wide festival of graphic art in early 2010 and you'll be hard-pressed to find an excuse not to sample something from this enticing menu.
- Edward J. Sozanski,
Inquirer contributing art critic
Art Museum curator Michael Taylor talks about his five-year exploration of "quintessential bohemian" Arshile Gorky at http://go.philly.com/fallarts09.