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Honoring the Legacy of Anne d'Harnoncourt by renaming "Art Museum Drive" as "Anne d'Harnoncourt Drive" to honor a remarkable legacy of achievement.
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WHEREAS, Anne d'Harnoncourt, who passed away in June 2008, was a noted civic leader, cultural advocate, and Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Philadelphia Museum of Art ("Art Museum") who was known for her steadfast devotion to the advancement, enjoyment, and educational impact of art and culture throughout the City of Philadelphia, the region, the United States, and the world; and
WHEREAS, Ms. d'Harnoncourt became the Art Museum's Director in 1982, and through the strength of her leadership and belief in the power of art to provide meaningful experiences and enhance the lives of our citizens and visitors from near and far, she vastly expanded the Art Museum's service to the public through a revitalization of numerous galleries that are dedicated to displaying the City's greatest art treasures; and
WHEREAS, Anne d'Harnoncourt was responsible for the numerous memorable exhibitions that showcased the work of world-renowned artists, including Marcel Duchamp, Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Thomas Eakins, Salvador Dali, Auguste Renoir, and Frida Kahlo, but also assured that the Art Museum expanded its horizons of imagination with exhibitions dedicated to artists who might have been less well known, like Antonio Mancini or Beauford Delaney, and also brought us exhibitions that expanded our understanding and love of world cultures, like African Art/African Voices, Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran, and Tesoros: The Arts in Latin America; and
WHEREAS, In 1996, Ms. d'Harnoncourt popularized and created great awareness of the Museum's Cézanne exhibition, which brought unprecedented numbers of visitors to the Art Museum, both from within the region and around the globe, so that today, the Art Museum generates substanti...
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