Sculpture
Delaware River takes a bite out of a waterfront art exhibit
A show of contemporary sculpture on Cherry Street Pier hit by flooding on opening night.
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Artist and educator Percy Ricks was rejected by Delaware Art Museum in a 1971 effort to showcase Black artists. The museum is making amends 50 years later.
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Listen 2:31These Italian Americans want Philly’s Chris Columbus statues taken down
Italian Americans have a crucial role in speaking out against the myth that we all support Columbus, or that his symbols and monuments honor us.
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Court orders box removed from Columbus statue in South Philadelphia; city appealing decision
"We cannot, and have no intention to, remove the box at this time," a spokesperson for the mayor said.
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Soaring above an alley, ContraFuerte surprises and delights
Struggling to keep both themselves and a bridge upright, Miguel Horn’s ContraFuerte is open for your interpretation.
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Philly Naked Bike Ride, Kings of Leon, tango at the forefront and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’
Aug. 26 - Aug. 29: Things to do in Philadelphia, Del., and N.J.
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Listen 4:29Charlottesville removes Robert E. Lee statue that sparked a deadly rally
The city of Charlottesville, Va., removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Saturday, toppling a symbol that was at the center of the deadly Unite the Right rally
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Brass birds flock to Delaware River to launch a series of waterfront sculptures
‘A Moment Without You,’ a subtle and grief-stricken work, is the first of five sculptures to be installed along the Delaware River waterfront.
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Once considered ‘degenerate,’ Maja returns to the Parkway
A new park along the Ben Franklin Parkway is named after the sculpture by Gerhard Marcks, once considered “degenerate” by the Nazis.
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Listen 1:30‘A New View’ in Camden: Citywide project to tackle illegal dumping through public art
Artists have transformed six places along Camden’s public transit corridors for the next six months. The larger goal is to boost civic pride and economic development.
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Listen 5:29What’s in the chirping, translucent orb? It’s you.
“Synesthesia” is an experiment in designing spaces that respond to you. After Philadelphia, it heads to the Venice Biennale of Architecture.
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Tiny, hidden Wharton Esherick Museum gets $10M windfall
The tiny, hidden American Craft museum in a forest outside Malvern, Pa., has received a $10 million endowment gift from Windgate Foundation.
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‘And your little dog, too!’: Moore College’s dark vision of Oz, America
Artist Jonathan Santoro uses the Wizard of Oz as a jumping-off point to explore the sinister side of suburbia in the street windows of the Galleries at Moore.
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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.
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For his show “After the Fall,” installation artist John Schlesinger wrapped neon tubing around concrete debris and reclaimed chicken wire windows.
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