Of God and Country: American Art From the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection will run from May 19 to Jan. 1, 2024, in the Jane and Leonard Korman, Jaimie and David Field, and Marie and Joseph Field Galleries (152155) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This exhibition is devoted to works by artists who are typically labeled as outsider artists, often marginalized or excluded from traditional narratives of art history. Exploring their work within wider themes of religion and what it means to be American, the exhibition looks at the nations landscape, beliefs, and fraught history with race and racism. At times critiquing and celebrating aspects of American life, the works reflect a deep engagement but profound ambivalence toward the present, as well as faith and optimism for the future, in this life or the next. Featured are works by James Castle (18991977), Josephus Farmer (18941989), Rev. Howard Finster (19162001), William L. Hawkins (18951990), S.L. Jones (190197), Elijah Pierce (18821984), Purvis Young (19432010), Sister Gertrude Morgan (190080), and others, reflecting a broad range of media, size, and style. One section devoted to American landscape encompasses landscapes, scenes of rural life, and domestic animals, while another section, dealing with U.S. history, examines the legacy of slavery and the Civil Rights movement. Two additional sections, devoted to spirituality and mortality, include works evoking religion, death, and the afterlife, and suggest open-ended interpretations and conclusions. The works are drawn from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection, including gifts, promised gifts, and loans to the museum. The exhibition is made possible by Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz. The museum is located at 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.