
Visual Arts
Don’t believe your eyes: New Museum of Illusions opens in Philadelphia
The global franchise of immersive optical and spatial trickery has opened in more than 35 cities, now including Philadelphia.
2 months ago
Weekend highlights in and around Philadelphia include Keith Haring, Lloyd Price, the Auto Show and a new museum in Old City.
2 months ago
Listen 4:40Philly’s Magic Gardens helps employees donate organs
The executive director of Magic Gardens found “joy” in donating a kidney. She changed the company's health benefits so workers can do the same.
3 months ago
Listen 1:53Documentary promises inside look at 2018 heist at Philly’s Insectarium
Back in 2018, thieves took around 7,000 spiders, roaches, and other animals. It seemed clear who did it, but the story is not so clear-cut.
3 months ago
Listen 2:10Philly’s Lightbox Film Center starts restoration work to give films a ‘second life’
After 43 years of presenting foreign and avant-garde film, the Lightbox Film Center launches a film restoration program to repair and revive old films.
3 months ago
North Philly teens offer snapshots of life and art through the Shutterbugs photography program. Now, their photos are published in Motivos Magazine.
3 months ago
Listen 1:58Kreate Hub turned an empty school into a thriving center for artists, entrepreneurs
The incubator is one of several arts initiatives helping beautify and strengthen the neighborhood.
3 months ago
Barnes Foundation spotlights its Native American collection for the first time
90 years ago Albert Barnes collected 239 pieces of Pueblo and Diné (Navajo) artwork. They have never taken center stage until now.
3 months ago
“I tapped into my grandmother’s energy and never looked back,” said designer Matin Fahim.
3 months ago
20th century grief on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
“Elegy” traces grief across different cultures through the 20th century at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
3 months ago
‘Everyone is special to someone’: Philly artist enlists others to draw portraits of COVID victims
The 150 drawings now on display at InLiquid Gallery in Kensington form a formidable wall of grief and memory, even if most viewers can’t name the people they see.
3 months ago
Philadelphia Flower Show offers sneak peak of summer
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has released artist renderings of the plans for what is coming to FDR Park in June.
3 months ago
Swedish museum offers a glimpse into the origins of modern tattooing
The Swedish American History Museum features a glimpse into the origins of Philadelphia’s tattoo heroes.
4 months ago
‘Artists need to be seen’: A private collection of works by young Black artists goes public
The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection is on a mission to amplify the stories and works of young Black artists.
4 months ago
New round of federal stimulus money to help 14 Philly arts organizations
A 3rd round of American Rescue Plan funds will help Philly arts organizations transition into a post-pandemic future.
4 months ago