Visual Arts

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts has shifted funding guidelines toward economic development. Local culture leaders are upset.

Anticipating a comprehensive cultural plan being drafted by the city, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance outlines key areas of concern.

The heavyweight champion, an inspiration for Sylvester Stallone’s fictional boxer, will move to a spot near the foot of the museum's steps — after Rocky moves to the top.

The PMA faces more leadership turnover months after the CEO’s firing and as the museum moves past a disputed rebrand.

The film festival is feeling the pinch after cuts in federal funding, particularly in areas focused on diversity.

Devan Shimoyama questions the desire for perfection in his new exhibit, “SHIFT,” drawing from a reimagining of the Major Arcana of the Tarot deck.

Nearly 1 million New Jersey students take arts classes by law. Advocates say sustaining those gains amid budget pressures is the next fight.

The original rebranding in October was the start of a tumultuous period for the museum.

The original art is meant to bring balance to an austere space while empowering students to be change agents in their communities.

Among the artifacts are copies of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, as well as a cannonball.

“A World in the Making: The Shakers” examines the historic religious sect that has all but disappeared.

Davis painted large-scale scenes of Black life in an abstract style. His quick rise in the art world only lasted six years before he died at 32.

A co-founder of the William Way Center, Olshan coordinated its first art exhibition 50 years ago. She now portrays people she has lost.

The fiberglass Liberty Bell replicas are designed to show the city’s diversity as part of the Bells Across PA project.

Blum’s legacy includes the “Off the Wall” exhibition, a 2019 show about clothes as wearable art in the 1960s and 1970s.