Visual Arts
Isaiah Zagar’s iconic Painted Bride mosaic in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood is coming down
The 7,000-square-foot tile mosaic wrapping the former performance venue had been in legal limbo for five years.
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Listen 1:27Philly high schoolers and college students team up for a ZIP code art project
The students worked together to create a collage based on how their location and background influenced their life.
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Listen 2:02Brandywine Museum displays the ‘rainbow of America’ in children’s books
Displaying the “rainbow of America,” the museum in Chadds Ford is exhibiting stories of nature and family through diverse cultural lenses.
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20 years of Palestinian life in the West Bank on view at InLiquid gallery
The Kensington art gallery features the photography project documenting 20 years of life against the Israeli barrier wall.
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Northern Pa. man is a finalist in national mullet championship to support veterans
This week is the final round in a nationwide contest for an iconic hairstyle. Shawn Halladay, one of the 25 finalists, is from Gifford in McKean County near Bradford.
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SEPTA reopens its underground oculus, for daydreaming
“Philly Daydreaming” is a systemwide art installation profiling SEPTA drivers and riders. The centerpiece is an underground “spaceship.”
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Sylvester Stallone reached out to the mayor and partnered with the Philadelphia Visitor Center to open a Sly Shop in front of the Art Museum.
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Oct. 5 - 8: OURfest in Philly, Collingswood Book Festival in N.J., and Malcolm Jenkins book-signing in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:30Amtrak’s 30th Street Station now glows like the cathedral it wants to be
A new public art initiative “Art at Amtrak” brings site-specific installations into rail stations along the Northeast Corridor.
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Listen 1:09The area just south of City Hall was transformed as a hub for people who sought cultural programs 30 years ago.
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Empowering voices: Philadelphia artist bridging communities and culture through art in Wilmington
Cesar Viveros is transforming Wilmington through murals and workshops that celebrate Latino culture and foster unity and appreciation.
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Listen 1:32Pioneering Black portraitist Barkley L. Hendricks is first artist of color to get solo show at Frick
Born in Philadelphia, Hendricks studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later attended Yale’s school of art.
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‘Transforming the art form of ceramics’: Philly artist Roberto Lugo wins $250,000 Heinz Award
The Heinz Award, with its quarter-million dollar purse, was given to the Philly artist who makes ceramics depicting urban life.
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Listen 1:11From Tejería to Philadelphia, how muralist César Viveros found a life of art
The native of Veracruz has created more than 40 works for Mural Arts, plus numerous fresco paintings, sculptures, mosaics, and altars.
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By using religious altar pieces and tarot imagery, Patrick McGrath Muñiz tackles themes of colonialism, identity, and climate.
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