Visual Arts

As Philly debates its next budget, the city’s art sector demands to be heard.

A recent YouGov survey rated the 2020s as the worst decade in a century for music, movies, fashion, TV, sports. But are reports of the culture’s demise greatly exaggerated?

What started as a passion project against disappearing arts coverage turned into one of Philly’s most regular and reliable art news portals.

Arts organizations in Philadelphia and elsewhere scramble to cope with an abrupt cancellation of promised federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Founded in 1984, Mural Arts Philadelphia has created more than 4,000 murals. The nonprofit organization also helps kids hone their artistic and social skills after school.

An 1859 fantasy of Black material culture is manifested as a “funhouse” of art and cultural criticism at Winterthur.

Glencairn Museum is celebrating the rushnyk, a sacred Ukrainian tradition cherished by many Ukrainian Americans in the Greater Philadelphia region.

Stained-glass artist Judith Schaechter built a cathedral for a congregation of one inside the Michener Art Museum.

April 17- 20: “Stompin’ at the Savoy” in Del., opening day at Philly’s Franklin Square and Melissa Etheridge in South Jersey are among the highlights.

The five “ZOOtopiaries” drive home the connections between plants and animals.

Victoria Ciliberti is a third-generation “palm lady” sharing her craft in the Italian Market ahead of Palm Sunday.

“BOOM” examines a lesser-acknowledged decade for creative innovation.

“In the Soft Light” at the Crane Arts building celebrates male bodies through the artwork of four gay artists spanning generations.

A series of a dozen town hall-style planning sessions by Creative Philadelphia will inform the city’s first comprehensive cultural report.

Talented artists race against the clock in a high-energy, 20-minute live painting competition.