Visual Arts
William Way Center exhibits LGBTQ memorial portraits by Arleen Olshan
A co-founder of the William Way Center, Olshan coordinated its first art exhibition 50 years ago. She now portrays people she has lost.
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Listen 1:29The fiberglass Liberty Bell replicas are designed to show the city’s diversity as part of the Bells Across PA project.
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Listen 1:14Dilys Blum, curator of fashion at the Philadelphia Art Museum for 38 years, dies at 77
Blum’s legacy includes the “Off the Wall” exhibition, a 2019 show about clothes as wearable art in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Barnes Foundation removes a prized Renoir for overdue conservation
“The Henriot Family” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is the “apogee of impressionism” but is often overlooked.
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Listen 1:15Haddonfield’s Artwalk celebrates ‘The Art of Architecture’
The exhibit, on display through spring 2026, examines the blend of modern buildings and historic spaces.
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Listen 0:58The Brandywine Museum offers a tiny peek into a Wyeth family Christmas
The Chadds Ford museum has been collecting dollhouses for years. The holiday exhibition features its latest acquisition.
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Listen 1:16Philly’s Roberta Fallon, TheArtBlog co-founder and WHYY community news partner, has died
Fallon was a tireless champion of Philly arts and artists. She succumbed to injuries after being struck by a driver.
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Listen 1:16Fans wrap around the block for the last days of Philly’s Wanamaker Light Show
More than 73,000 visited Wanamakers in the first three weeks of the revived Christmas light show, for what could be its final season.
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Listen 1:22Philadelphia Cultural Fund to distribute more than $5 million to arts organizations next year
Anyone interested in expanding access to the arts in the city can apply to sit on a panel that will help choose grantees.
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Listen 0:57In 2026, Philadelphia neighborhoods will show off with bells on
The statewide Bells Across PA project will highlight towns and neighborhoods to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.
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Listen 1:05Rocky statues are on the move next year. Here’s what we know so far
The city plans to return one of the statues outside the museum to Sylvester Stallone next year. A late twist changed which one it will be.
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Philly’s Pew Center names new director and announces $8.6M in arts funding
Christina Vassallo, previously of the Fabric Workshop and Museum, will run the major arts funder for the Philadelphia region.
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Listen 1:09A year of Philadelphia ‘firsts’: Artists will celebrate the city’s ingenuity throughout 2026
Fifty-two Philadelphia innovations will be spotlighted in 2026, one each week, by the city’s artists and visitors bureau.
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Listen 1:15The project will see a monument in each of the state’s three regions tell stories of migrants' roles in the Garden State labor force.
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Listen 1:00Art festival launching in Philadelphia in 2026
ArtPhilly will showcase Philly culture, past and present.
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