Visual Arts

Dec. 1 - 4: Maxwell, Holiday Parade in Philly, bowl with the Eagles in N.J., and Newark Winterfest in Delaware are among this week’s highlights.

The project, with a budget of $500,000, will be the first statue of an African American historic female figure in the city’s public art collection.

“Philly Based” features works by 13 contemporary transplants to Philadelphia, set against neon signs from the city’s past.

The new Eastern Mediterranean gallery at Penn Museum updates the ancient “crucible” that gave rise to the pillars of our modern world.

Nov. 17-20: National Dog Show in the Philly suburbs,Tower of Power in N.J., and a James Weldon Johnson tribute in Delaware are among this weekend’s highlights.

A $70 million “sanctuary” dedicated to Alexander Calder and his suspended mobile sculptures is expected to open in 2024.

A painting of a gymnast doing a handstand has popped up on the wall of a wrecked building outside of Kyiv and appears to be the work of graffiti artist known as Banksy.

Heather Barry on the thrill of her first Red October experience.

The Jefferson University Center for Immersive Arts for Health is using a gallery exhibition to experiment with ways art can improve medical appointments.

Gralin Hughes’ “Supine Horizons” is an immersive art installation promoting the political urgency of taking a break.

WHYY’S Priyanka Tewari spoke to the museum curator and the art collector whose collection is part of the Gift/Deeds exhibit at PAFA.

Once used as fighting words during the recent PMA strike, “Matisse in the 1930s” opens, tracing a transformative decade in the life of Henri Matisse.

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

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.

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