![BBC World Service The latest news and information from the world's most respected news source. BBC World Service delivers up-to-the-minute news, expert analysis, commentary, features and interviews.](/wp-content/uploads/91FM/schedulelogos/bbc_worldservice.jpg)
Visual Arts
In 2019, the gym at Alexander Hamilton was enlivened with a painting done by students alongside a local muralist.
2 years ago
‘Abbott Elementary’ will give Mural Arts Philadelphia a moment in the spotlight
This week’s episode of the sitcom set in Philly is based on Quinta Brunson’s childhood memory of creating a mural at school.
2 years ago
Philadelphia Museum of Art creates a new department for Black and African art
A gift of 300 pieces of African art will seed the new Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art.
2 years ago
Feb. 23 - Feb. 26: The Brit Pack in Del., Bierfest in Philly, and “Unfinished Women” in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
2 years ago
Listen 6:30Painted Bride saga: Key numbers in the protracted Old City preservation battle
The Old City art center with the Isaiah Zagar mural is now slated to be demolished, after neighbors blocked a unique apartment building.
2 years ago
Philly Art Museum to send Eakins painting to Kansas City for Super Bowl wager
For the Eagles’ loss to the Chiefs, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will send Thomas Eakins’ “Sailing” (1875) to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City.
2 years ago
Listen 1:27Forgotten painting by a 19th-century French rebel is discovered at Penn
Gustave Courbet’s “The Source of the Lison” was lost in a forgotten box for over a century. Now it’s the centerpiece of an exhibition at Arthur Ross.
2 years ago
Listen 1:45Harry Philbrick, who in 2016 founded Philadelphia Contemporary using arts to connect communities, is stepping down.
2 years ago
Disney takes over the Franklin Institute with 100 years of movies, music, and ‘magic’
Six things to look for at the world premiere of the entertainment company’s centennial exhibition.
2 years ago
Feb. 16 - Feb. 19: Black dance tribute in Del., “Disney 100” exhibit in Philly, and “The Wild Party” in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
2 years ago
Listen 6:21Wyeth paintings never before exhibited are now on view at the Brandywine
The Brandywine Museum features paintings from the private family collection of 7,000 paintings by Andrew Wyeth. Many have never been seen.
2 years ago
New Eagles mural finished just in time for Super Bowl LVII
Philadelphia muralist Meg Saligman is taking up the paintbrush once again for the Eagles, after her 2018 Super Bowl mural went viral.
2 years ago
Valentine’s Day events, Super Bowl Sunday, and Boyz II Men in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
Carl Thomas and Case in Del., V-Day, and Super Bowl Sunday in Philly, plus "The Color Purple" in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
2 years ago
Listen 6:07Philly and Kansas City make an artful Super Bowl wager
The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art of Kansas City have each bet a work of art, on loan, on the outcome of the game.
2 years ago
Feb. 2 - Feb. 5: African culture celebrated in Del., Wanda Sykes in Philly, and TruTV’s “Impractical Jokers” in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
2 years ago
Listen 5:40