Visual Arts
Philadelphia Cultural Fund to distribute $13 million to arts organizations next year
Anyone interested in expanding access to the arts in the city can apply to sit on a panel that will help choose grantees.
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In 2026, Philadelphia neighborhoods will show off with bells on
The statewide Bells Across PA project will highlight towns and neighborhoods to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.
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Listen 1:05Rocky statues are on the move next year. Here’s what we know so far
The city plans to return one of the statues outside the museum to Sylvester Stallone next year. A late twist changed which one it will be.
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Philly’s Pew Center names new director and announces $8.6M in arts funding
Christina Vassallo, previously of the Fabric Workshop and Museum, will run the major arts funder for the Philadelphia region.
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Listen 1:09A year of Philadelphia ‘firsts’: Artists will celebrate the city’s ingenuity throughout 2026
Fifty-two Philadelphia innovations will be spotlighted in 2026, one each week, by the city’s artists and visitors bureau.
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Listen 1:15The project will see a monument in each of the state’s three regions tell stories of migrants' roles in the Garden State labor force.
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Listen 1:00Art festival launching in Philadelphia in 2026
ArtPhilly will showcase Philly culture, past and present.
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Listen 1:07Penn Museum’s new Native North America exhibition collaborates with Indigenous curators
Eight curators from eight Indigenous nations redesigned Penn Museum’s Native North America display.
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Listen 1:20Historic 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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