Visual Arts
The July program at Grounds for Sculpture will bring together music, visual art and conversation to explore creative freedom with three acclaimed artists.
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A Philadelphia arts festival asks: ‘What Now’? as the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday
“What Now: 2026” features 34 original premieres in visual and performing arts to “interrogate” America ahead of its semiquincentennial.
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Listen 1:50Historic Delaware museum marks America’s 250th with contemporary art that challenges America’s past
The Rockwood Museum pairs works by five regional artists with its historic collection to explore race, identity and who is included in “We the People.”
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Listen 2:05Gretjen Clausing, founder of PhillyCAM, has died
Clausing founded PhillyCAM in 2009 to put media production into the hands of all Philadelphians.
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Listen 1:08Nilé Livingston’s mural design was first seen in digital form when Philly was vying to be a host city. Now it’s becoming a true Philly mural.
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Philly asked, and you decided: Here’s the quote that will be on the Harriet Tubman statue
The civil rights icon will be featured on a statue at City Hall later this year – and one Philly artist’s quote will be inscribed on its base.
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The exhibit features multimedia installations created by 10 local artists that bring to life the once-obscure underground corridors of the water system.
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Listen 1:22Why Dilworth Park has a statue of a golfer wearing a real pair of shorts this week
It’s tied to this week’s PGA Championship in Delco and it’s a pretty deep cut — even for golf fans.
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At Philly’s Fabric Workshop, Jesse Krimes turns incarcerated people’s memories into quilts
“Quilt Elegies” includes a prototype of Krimes’ fabric-based mural designed with people recently released from prison.
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Listen 1:10In Philadelphia, a new exhibit shows American independence was not inevitable
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania traces colonists' fractured, decadeslong shift from loyalty to rebellion.
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Listen 1:27Artist Santiago Galeas talks honoring LGBTQ+ trailblazers through community outreach.
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Philly’s Liberty Museum shows what the World Cup and the First Amendment have in common
“In the Arena” demonstrates how sports exemplify the U.S. Constitution’s Freedom of Assembly.
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Listen 1:41It took 10 years for the children's museum to raise the money to replace its 19th-century marble floors.
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Listen 1:49Philadelphia budget 2026: Isaiah Thomas, Rue Landau want $6 million allocated for arts
With funding turbulence at the federal and state levels, elected officials are calling for the city to pick up some of the slack.
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Listen 1:26Rocky is headlining the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s new exhibition on monuments, after two decades of drawing millions of tourists to the outside of the building.
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