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Interview with Curator of Iraq's Ancient Past at Penn Museum--Controversial Italian Conductor Daniele Gatti--20th Century American Artist Arshile Gorky Retrospective at PMA
Interview with Curator of Iraq's Ancient Past at Penn Museum--Controversial Italian Conductor Daniele Gatti--20th Century American Artist Arshile Gorky Retrospective at PMA
Interview with Curator of <i>Iraq's Ancient Past</i> at Penn Museum--Controversial Italian Conductor Daniele Gatti--20th Century American Artist Arshile Gorky Retrospective at PMA Lyre with Bearded Bull's Head and Inlaid Panel, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, Early Dynastic III, 2550-2450 BCE, Wood, lapis lazuli, gold, silver, shell, bitumen, H. 35.6 cm. Penn Museum Object B17694.

Jim Cotter speaks with Richard Zettler, the co-curator of Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery, a new exhibition opening on October 25th at the Penn Museum.

David Patrick Sterns profiles the controversial Italian conductor Daniele Gatti. He leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in a series of concerts this week.

Susan Lewis explores the Philadelphia Museum of Art's new retrospective on 20th-century American artist Arshile Gorky, whose work was a bridge between surrealism and abstract expressionism. More Information:

Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery at Penn Museum

Daniele Gatti conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra - ticket information

Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, October 21, 2009 to January 10, 2010
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