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Brick House, a sixteen-foot statue of a Black woman's head atop a domed pedestal.
Arts & Entertainment

A new ‘gateway’ sculpture: UPenn installs Black woman monument

“Brick House” by Simone Leigh draws attention to the importance of Black women in art and culture.

3 years ago

John Schlesinger holds a still life painting, broken and repaired, up to the light at the Cherry Street Pier. The work produces the desired effect when lit from behind. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Things should be a little messed up’: Cherry Street Pier taken over by installation of neon, demolition art

For his show “After the Fall,” installation artist John Schlesinger wrapped neon tubing around concrete debris and reclaimed chicken wire windows.

3 years ago

Caleb Cattell takes a seat beside a wax figure of Frederick Douglass at the Franklin Institute. The 13-year-old from Riverton, N.J., and his family were among the first wave of visitors when the Institute reopened on Wednesday. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Wax presidents, Black historical figures greet visitors at first Philly museum to reopen

The first Philadelphia museum to reopen premieres a touring show of Madame Tussauds wax figures.

3 years ago

The mobile 'Ghost' by Alexander Calder hangs in the Great Stair Hall of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

New showcase for the work of sculptor Alexander Calder is making its way to the Parkway

A future “sanctuary” on Philadelphia’s Parkway will be devoted to the famed mobile artist and his artistic family.

3 years ago

Blue Room (1970-73) by Catherine Jansen, at PAFA (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Hidden in plain sight: Philadelphia as the center of the American avant-garde

A new exhibition by the University of the Arts positions Philadelphia as the heart of the mid-century American avant-garde.

3 years ago

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Bowie inspired art by school children is and will hang above a creative corner where visitors can create their own Bowie artworks. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Loves Bowie opens with exhibition of fan and fine art

An international roster of 47 artists submitted work to the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia to honor the late David Bowie.

3 years ago

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Community

Noodles thrown on Rizzo statue, which won’t be moved until 2022

A day after the controversial bronze likeness was defaced with a scrawl reading “FASCIST,” it was defaced again.

3 years ago

'That’s good news,' says 1210WPHT radio host Dom Giordano on Wednesday upon learning of the Kenney administration’s new schedule for removing the Frank Rizzo statue in Center City. Giordano spoke an event commemorating the 99th birthday of the former mayor, where supporters placed Italian bread loaves in the shape of the number 99 at the based of the statue. (Michael D'Onofrio/The Philadelphia Tribune)
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The Philadelphia Tribune

Timeline for Rizzo statue removal pushed back — again

The Kenney administration has readjusted the timeline for relocating the larger-than-life statue of Frank Rizzo yet again.

4 years ago

Stephen Talasnik's Endurance sits illuminated in the Delaware River boat basin ready for the opening of the FLOW exhibition. FLOW is a sculpture exhibit on the Delaware River in partnership with Philadelphia Sculptors and the Independence Seaport Museum. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Philly native Stephen Talasnik brings his work home for Seaport’s floating art exhibit

An art exhibit floating on the Delaware opens at the Seaport Museum. Philly-born artist Stephen Talasnik returns after 34 years to contribute.

4 years ago

Smith Playground summer camp participants, and Boys and Girls Club members take the first photos in from of the “MVP” Ora Washington statue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘It looks like me:’ New South Philly statue meant to inspire young women and girls

Philly commissioned ‘MVP’ as part of a public art program, and it’s the city’s first statue of an individual African-American girl.

4 years ago

Lucy The Elephant in 1895 stands at Atlantic Avenue and  Decatur Street, Margate City, N.J. (Library of Congress)
The Why
Community

Lucy The Elephant at 138: Standing the test of time

Lucy The Elephant, the 65-foot-tall Margate landmark, turns 138 Saturday. The country's oldest roadside attraction has withstood natural disasters and threats of demolition.

Air Date: July 17, 2019

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A museum patron pauses at the west entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to look at
Arts & Entertainment

Two Philadelphia Art Museum sculptures are moving across town

Monumental sculptures at one of the entrances of the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be removed to make room for building renovations by Frank Gehry.

4 years ago

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The Association for Public Art (aPA) presents 'Sculpture Zoo in Logan Circle' on Saturday, June 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with free, fun-filled activities (The Philadelphia Tribune)
Arts & Entertainment
The Philadelphia Tribune

‘Sculpture Zoo in Logan Circle’ brings public art to life

This weekend, the Swann Fountain will serve as inspiration as Philadelphia-based artists put on animal sculpture demonstrations for young artists.

4 years ago

Workman hoist the White Water sculpture off of its base to a flat bed truck.  White Water, a sculpture by Philadelphia artist Robinson Fredenthal is moved from the garden behind the Wells Fargo building in Old City to its new home at the Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

How a massive Robinson Fredenthal sculpture moved to Chestnut Hill in the dead of night

The “White Water” sculpture had been in downtown Philadelphia for 40 years. It now lives on the front lawn of the Woodmere Museum.

4 years ago

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A visitor to the Philadelphia Museum of Art inspects the sculpture series,
Arts & Entertainment

Antony Gormley’s iron sculptures loom over Rocky steps at Art Museum

People running up the Rocky steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art now face something new at the top – a wall of 10 cast-iron figures planted on the top step.

4 years ago

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