Sculpture
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Listen 1:46Philly 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.
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Listen 1:34Noodles 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.
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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.
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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.
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