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Visual Arts

An up-close view of mealworms on Styrofoam
Arts & Entertainment

Plastic artwork will be decomposed by mealworms at Philly’s Asian Arts Initiative

Narendra Haynes’ Styrofoam sculptures will be decomposed by mealworms during an exhibition at the Asian Arts Initiative.

3 years ago

Union members picket outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Arts & Entertainment

After 17 days, the Art Museum director acknowledges striking workers

Sasha Suda started as PMA director the day the workers went on strike. Both sides hope to resolve a first contract when the new Matisse show opens.

3 years ago

A portrait of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith (left) in 1981 and 16 silk-screened images Andy Warhol later created using the photo as a reference. A Federal District Court judge found that Warhol's series is 'transformative' because it conveys a different message from the original, and thus is fair use. A Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel disagreed.
(Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)
NPR
Courts & Law

The Supreme Court meets Andy Warhol, Prince and a case that could threaten creativity

However the Supreme Court rules, its decision will have rippling practical consequences.

3 years ago

A woman stands next to a display exhibit.
Arts & Entertainment

Still popular after 125 years, Dracula proves to be undead in Philadelphia

The Mutter Museum and the Rosenbach Library and Museum collaborate on the anniversary of Bram Stoker’s undead creation.

3 years ago

An up-close image of pink vials in twisted shapes in a glass display, with a room and someone's silhouette visible in the background.
Arts & Entertainment

After 45 years of science-based art, Esther Klein Gallery winds down

Since 1976, the Esther Klein Gallery has run the art program of the University City Science Center. It will reinvent itself in a new space.

3 years ago

Many of the items in the Neon Museum are restored signs from Philadelphia businesses. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s Neon Museum to close less than 2 years after it opened

The museum housing a personal collection of 160 neon signs will close in December, less than two years after it opened.

3 years ago

Audiovisual artist  Ezra Masch plays the drum set that is part of his installation at the Icebox in Kensington. The 300 LED lights that fill the space respond to the playing of the drum. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Drummers play the lights inside Philly’s Icebox

There’s a moment when the percussionists “stop playing the drums and they start playing the lights” in Ezra Masch’s “Volumes” art installation.

3 years ago

An artist paints a mural that is almost done, showing two people smiling.
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

‘To The Polls’ returns to Love Park with six freestanding murals encouraging Philly to vote

Mural Arts and Conrad Benner collaborated to bring back the popular installation celebrating civic engagement through art.

3 years ago

People gather around a table with water bottles and snacks. A sculpture, trees, and street are visible in the background.
Community

Philadelphia Museum of Art workers strike, again

The union says management has stalled in negotiations for a first contract.

4 years ago

File: In this April 3, 2020, photo, Jessica Shiroff (right) directs exchange student Joao Martucci, of Brazil, as he poses for a photo with the Rocky Statue at the Philadelphia Art Museum in Philadelphia.
Radio Times

The Regional Roundup: September 26, 2022

The latest on your gut microbiome and how to keep it healthy. Plus, climate change efforts underway in New Jersey with the DEP commissioner, and ROCKY: The Musical is here!

Air Date: September 26, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:14
Sissel Tolaas stops to smell a wall imbedded with the recorded and replicated sweat of anxious men at her exhibit ''RE______'' at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Penn. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Dollars and scents: Follow your nose through this exhibition at ICA

Norwegian artist Sissel Tolaas has been exploring smells for 25 years. The ICA at Penn is hosting the largest U.S. retrospective of her installation work.

4 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment
6abc

Nearly 200 employees walk off job at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Members of the union said they plan on returning to work over the weekend with the goal to resume negotiations next week.

4 years ago

(Courtesy of Valley Creek Productions)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

XPoNential Music Festival, Coatesville Grand Prix, Diamond State Film Fest, Roxy Music, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Sept. 15 - Sept.18: Diamond State Film Festival in Delaware, Coatesville Grand Prix, and XPoNential Music Fest in Camden are among the weekend’s best events.

4 years ago

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Dancer Ashley Rivera, who is the protagonist in the film, strikes a pose mid-air. Inside the bus, from top to bottom are the production team: Alaitz Ruiz, Christina Castro-Tauser, Alba Martinez, Martin Alfaro and director, Pedro Escárcega. (Courtesy of Ritmo Lab)
Arts & Entertainment

‘La Guagua 47’ is a love letter to Philly’s Latino community

Alba Martínez’s film had help from more than 100 community members and artists throughout Philly. The short film is set to debut at the Kimmel Center.

4 years ago

Joseph Lazaro Rodriguez crouches beneath his digital projection, ''Chromatherapeutics: Veritas DS,'' on display at the National Liberty Museum. Rodriquez's works complement the museum's exhibit about truth. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

National Liberty Museum shines a light on truth

In its new civic dialogue exhibition, the museum asked video installation artists for work about the truth and its slippery surface.

4 years ago

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