Just in time for Halloween comes “Skulls 2024,” a free exhibit at Aston Mills Arts, where visitors can find artwork devoted to skulls, bones and skeletons.

The exhibit, a collection of sculptures, paintings, drawings, and “assemblage,” runs now through Nov. 3, writes Jason Nark for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The displays are a throwback to a time when ancient monks kept skulls on their desks to remind of their mortality.

“I’m right there with them, a lover of horror and collector of skull tattoos who dressed as the “skeleton at the banquet” at Burning Man and generally bummed out everyone I met there,” Nark writes.

He discovered that Pennsylvania tattoo artist Michael J. Kelly’s skull/skeleton reaper paintings and drawings would be part of the Aston exhibit so he had to check it out.

Aston Mills Arts is located in a reclaimed historic mill, adding to the ambiance.

“Halloween’s obviously a good time to do this,” said Veronica Batter, an artist and president of Aston Mills Arts.

People can approach the exhibit seriously, or tongue-in-cheek, she said.

“It’s about confronting your own mortality, but you don’t have to do it in a negative way,” she said.

Read more about this unique art show in The Philadelphia Inquirer.