Visual Arts
Historic Old City bank building to become artistic fantasia in March
“The Ministry of Awe” will be an immersive art experience in Old City, opening in a former bank building March 14.
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Listen 1:15Weitzman museum plans an America250 exhibition from an island in the Caribbean
“The First Salute,” opening in April, will tell the story of a tiny, largely Jewish island that played a key role in the Revolutionary War.
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Listen 1:12What does Sasha Suda claim in her lawsuit vs. Philly’s Art Museum?
The director and CEO of the Art Museum was abruptly fired last week. Here's a summary of her 30-page lawsuit against the museum.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber visits the Delaware Art Museum’s Pre-Raphaelite collection
The musical theater composer stopped in Wilmington during the “Phantom of the Opera” revival tour to talk about Victorian-era paintings.
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Philadelphia veterans find community at Operation Mud
A class at Philadelphia’s Clay Studio connects veterans through creating art.
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Recently fired CEO of Philadelphia Art Museum sues over her ousting
Days after being terminated “for cause,” Sasha Suda described the museum board as “corrupt” and “dysfunctional.”
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A look inside the ‘Dreamworld’ of surrealism at the Philadelphia Art Museum
The art movement originated in France in 1924 and quickly began influencing all forms of media across the globe.
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Philadelphia Art Museum’s 49th Contemporary Craft Show is this weekend
The show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center continues its tradition of connecting attendees directly to artists across mediums.
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Philadelphia Art Museum fires CEO Sasha Suda
Sasha Suda was hired just three years ago from Ontario. A reason for her termination was not given.
2 weeks ago
An ‘exuberantly eclectic’ new building is set to open at Chestnut Hill’s Woodmere Museum
The new Maguire Hall is a 173-year-old industrialist’s mansion converted into a showcase of Philadelphia artists.
3 weeks ago
Listen 1:23Princeton University to reopen its newly rebuilt art museum
Designed by architect David Adjaye, Princeton’s new museum corrects the problematic old one.
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Listen 1:20The outsider who came in: Henri Rousseau retrospective opens at Philly’s Barnes Foundation
The celebrated French post-impressionist was dismissed during his lifetime as “naive,” but held many secrets.
4 weeks ago
Listen 1:19Moki Cherry, matriarch of a musical family, gets the spotlight at Philadelphia’s Fabric Museum
Neneh Cherry visited the posthumous solo exhibition of her mother, Moki, at the Fabric Workshop and Museum.
1 month ago
Listen 1:46Will AI kill human creativity?
The examples of AI art are pretty astounding, but if computers can make art, will we still value art made by people? And what are the limits to the algorithmic imagination?
Air Date: October 16, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 45:41The Philadelphia Museum of Art has changed its name and its brand
The PMA will now be the more colloquial Philadelphia Art Museum, reflecting an institute embracing its host city.
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