Visual Arts

From a giant, glowing octopus to a colorful peacock with changing feathers, this year’s celebration features an all-new display of illuminated sculptures.

The artwork, composed of tiles painted by members of 16 different local organizations, will be on display at the Mercer Museum this Saturday.

The Portrait Society of America awarded the painting of Nutter first place in its 2025 international portrait competition.

Students at Kuumba Academy use puppets to explore storytelling and self-expression in an effort to boost learning through arts integration.

Philadelphia's University of the Arts closed almost one year ago. Former students and faculty and local performers will commemorate the closure with events and performances.

The school district in Delaware County said it is in need of Pennsylvania cyber charter reform and additional adequacy funding to balance the budget.

Seward Johnson established his atelier in 1974 to give artists greater involvement in the technical production of their work.

Zenos Frudakis renders Muhammad Ali’s 1965 win over Sonny Liston for the town where it happened.

The photo exhibit aims to humanize public sector work, which is often seen as a faceless bureaucratic wall.

Students from all over Philly worked together to create their own artistic home full of fantastical joy.

Clifford Ward has quietly crafted two dozen African fantasy warriors. They are the centerpiece of his first exhibition in a decade.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art will display a Manet painting it received from KC’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art until August.

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.