Sculpture

The pop artist died on Monday at 93. His giant sculptures of common objects evoke the silly and the serious of Philly.

What’s it like to be monumental? You can stand on a pedestal at the sculptural installation “Monument in Waiting” and feel posterity.

COVID-19 pushed the Philadelphia Flower Show outside the last two years. In 2023 it will return to its traditional indoor setting and start just before spring.

“Freshwater” by Jean Shin spotlights the importance of mussels as “ecosystem engineers” keeping our rivers clean.

Visitors said the event, now in its second time outdoors, was head and shoulders above last year’s edition.

A life-size sculpture of a Parasaurolophus decorated with Lenni Lenape beadwork is the first permanent sculpture introduced by the Navy Yard’s developer.

Amtrak built a wall on wheels to accommodate Virginia Maksymowicz’s “Tools of the Trade,” honoring hand labor in the national rail system.

It creates an instantly iconic selfie spot on Independence Mall.

The design for the sculpture commissioned for the new Philly police headquarters was altered following the 2020 protest over the killing of George Floyd.

The Masters has gone gnome-mad. Yes. Gnomes.

The newly commissioned permanent statue will be larger than the temporary Tubman statue currently at City Hall.

The ceramics center will vacate its Old City home of 41 years for a $14.5 million custom-designed building for artists and community members.

The nine-foot-tall sculpture will reside on the apron of City Hall until the end of March when the city will celebrate the anniversary of her birth in March of 1822.

Wesley Wofford’s “Journey to Freedom” will be temporarily installed outside City Hall during the city’s 10-week celebration of Tubman’s bicentennial.

Eric Pryor, current president of Harlem School of the Arts, will lead PAFA through the school’s transition from the COVID-19 pandemic.