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A CURATED SERIES OF 52 ARTWORKS AND ESSAYISTIC REFLECTIONS THAT EMBODY THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN MUSEUMS AND MEDICINE.

Rx/Museum Art & Reflection in Medicine
Rx 22 / Slant of Light
Dec 20

Dec 20 Rx 22 / Slant of Light

Rx/Museum
Grief, Loneliness, Medical gaze, Memory, Quotidian
Rx 21 / Last Sickness
Dec 13

Dec 13 Rx 21 / Last Sickness

Rx/Museum
Ageism, Quotidian, Medical gaze, Memory

A tender dynamic.

Rx 20 / Saint Francis
Dec 6

Dec 6 Rx 20 / Saint Francis

Rx/Museum
Fulfillment, Meditation, Devotion, Vanitas, Solitude

A site of reflection.

Rx 19 / Anabiosis
Nov 29

Nov 29 Rx 19 / Anabiosis

Rx/Museum
Quotidian, Loneliness, Hopelessness, Individualism, Renewal
Rx 18 / L'Ange anatomique
Nov 22

Nov 22 Rx 18 / L'Ange anatomique

Rx/Museum
Personhood, Empiricism, Medical gaze, Power, Technology

A visual interrogation.

Rx 17 / Young Woman Writing
Nov 15

Nov 15 Rx 17 / Young Woman Writing

Rx/Museum
Memory, Narrative, Quotidian, Meditation

The interior of a person.

Rx 16 / Evaporating Borders
Nov 8

Nov 8 Rx 16 / Evaporating Borders

Rx/Museum
Culturally-conscious care, Global health, Health determinants, Inequity, Memory

A stateless population.

Rx 15 / Rachel Weeping
Nov 1

Nov 1 Rx 15 / Rachel Weeping

Rx/Museum
Ars moriendi, Memory, Philadelphia, Grief, Iconography

A moment of mourning.

Rx 14 / Lazarus
Oct 25

Oct 25 Rx 14 / Lazarus

Rx/Museum
Global health, Iconography, Stigma, Agency, Constructs of Illness

A symbol of marginalization.

Rx 13 / Trapped
Oct 18

Oct 18 Rx 13 / Trapped

Rx/Museum
Autonomy, Health determinants, Inequity, Public health, Race, Stigma

A gesture of solidarity.

Rx 12 / Strange Fruit
Oct 11

Oct 11 Rx 12 / Strange Fruit

Rx/Museum
Inequity, Public health, Vanitas, Memory, Absurdity

A strange and bitter crop.

Rx 11 / The Exotic Forest
Oct 4

Oct 4 Rx 11 / The Exotic Forest

Rx/Museum
Power, Standardization, Individualism, Conformity

A colonial reverie.

Rx 10 / 13 Essential Rules
Sep 27

Sep 27 Rx 10 / 13 Essential Rules

Rx/Museum
Absurdity, Skepticism, Faith, Hopelessness

A sequence of encounters.

Rx 9 / The Gross Clinic
Sep 20

Sep 20 Rx 9 / The Gross Clinic

Rx/Museum
Philadelphia, Public health, Inequity, Aequanimitas

#ILookLikeASurgeon

Rx 8 / The Ascetic
Sep 13

Sep 13 Rx 8 / The Ascetic

Rx/Museum
Ageism, Agency, Loneliness

A state of semi-absence.

Rx 7 / Ambulance
Sep 6

Sep 6 Rx 7 / Ambulance

Rx/Museum
Essential workers, Global health, Public health, Second victim

A symbol of survival.

Rx 6 / Dust
Aug 30

Aug 30 Rx 6 / Dust

Rx/Museum
Autonomy, Constructs of Illness, Fulfillment, Ars moriendi

The progression of time.

Rx 5 / Madame Cézanne
Aug 23

Aug 23 Rx 5 / Madame Cézanne

Rx/Museum
Self-actualization, Iconography, Aequanimitas

A measure of insensibility.

Rx 4 / A Beautiful Ghetto
Aug 16

Aug 16 Rx 4 / A Beautiful Ghetto

Rx/Museum
Race, Health determinants, Inequity, Implicit bias, Trauma-informed care, State violence

The power of citizen activism.

Rx 3 / Body Disarticulated
Aug 9

Aug 9 Rx 3 / Body Disarticulated

Rx/Museum
Personhood, Vanitas, Autonomy, Empiricism, Philadelphia, Inequity

A pursuit of anatomical reality.

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