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  • Now through June 15, 2025 – Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend

    Often called the unicorns of the sea, narwhals have fascinated people across cultures for centuries. These highly recognizable creatures spend their lives in the Arctic waters of Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia. Dive deeper into the world of these unique ocean dwellers and learn about their changing arctic ecosystem through firsthand accounts of scientists and Inuit community members. Hear soundscapes of the Arctic and narwhal vocalizations and touch an 8-foot-long cast of a real narwhal tusk. This family-friendly exhibition in The Dotty Brown Art & Nature Center is part of Peabody Essex Museum’s Climate + Environment Initiative.

    Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. This exhibition at PEM is made possible by Carolyn and Peter S. Lynch and The Lynch Foundation. We thank Jennifer and Andrew Borggaard, James B. and Mary Lou Hawkes, Chip and Susan Robie, and Timothy T. Hilton as supporters of the Exhibition Innovation Fund. We also recognize the generosity of the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum and the support and guidance of the Art & Nature Center Visiting Committee.

    For more information visit https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/narwhal-revealing-an-arctic-legend

  • Through August 31 – Toshio Shibata, Constructed Landscapes

    The Peabody Essex Museum, located at East India Square in Salem, is showing the photographic work of Toshio Shibata now through August 31 in its Hilborn Gallery. One of Japan’s preeminent landscape photographers, Toshio Shibata is known for exploring the delicate balance between human-made structures and nature. Photographing erosion control barriers, water catchments, roads, dams and bridges, he examines the unique appearance of such structures in his native land. Through his lens, riverbeds can look like origami, and waterfalls resemble kimono.

    This exhibition of 28 large-format works will be the artist’s first solo show in an American museum since 1995 and the first time his color pictures will be shown in America.

    Shibata was recently featured in a two-person show at the National Arts Center, Tokyo, and in a solo retrospective at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum.

    All works are by Toshio Shibata, and appear courtesy of the artist; Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica; and Laurence Miller Gallery, New York. Black and white works are gelatin silver prints, color works are color coupler prints. Support provided by the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum. For hours and directions, visit www.pem.org.

  • Friday, February 21, 7:45 pm – 9:00 pm – Collaborating With Birds

    Renowned comparative psychologist Irene Pepperberg, Ph.D., shares her groundbreaking studies on intelligence and communication in African Grey parrots on Friday, February 21, beginning at 7:45 pm in the Morse Auditorium of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. Her talk is followed by a panel discussion with Mary Jo McConnell, a featured artist in the Beyond Human: Artist-Animal Collaborations. Co-sponsored by the Essex County Ornithological Club. Made possible by The Margaret Nowell Graham Memorial Lecture Fund.

    Beyond Human: Artist–Animal Collaborations features nearly 40 paintings, installations, photographs and audio and video recordings by artists who co-create or investigate art with live animals. From William Wegman’s iconic photography of his Weimaraners to Mary Jo McConnell’s paintings of elaborate bowerbird displays and Julia Oldham’s interpretative insect dances, Beyond Human reveals the varied ways in which contemporary artists interface with animals to create original and surprising works of art. Come and explore the nature of creativity, interact with live critters and be a part of the creative process.

    Beyond Human features works by the following artists: Julie Andreyev, Hilary Berseth, Catherine Chalmers, Emil Fiore, Mark Fischer, Ryan Hackett, Steven R. Kutcher, Mary Jo McConnell, Alex Melamid and Vitaly Komar, Jim Nollman, Julia Oldham, Christine Peter, Daniel Ranalli, Ken Rinaldo, Corinna Schnitt, William Wegman, Yukinori Yanagi, and Amy Youngs.

    Support provided by the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.

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