Visual Arts
Barnes Foundation challenges Philly students to explore connections between math and art
Winning schools were announced Sunday after students were challenged to turn famous works of art into 3D installations.
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Listen 1:18The Philadelphia Flower Show returns indoors for a show that’s out of this world
After two years in FDR Park, the exhibition is back at the Convention Center with a new spark.
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2 South African artists converse across the apartheid timeline at the Barnes
The Barnes Foundation hosts work by two artists: one making work since apartheid, the other growing up in post-apartheid South Africa.
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Museum for Art in Wood introduces Philly to the Islamic mashrabiya screen
The traditional wood screens made in ornately geometric patterns for Islamic palaces and mosques are given the modern art treatment.
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Mayoral candidates discuss Philly arts sector at Kimmel Center forum
A mayoral forum at the Kimmel Center asked nine candidates about how to fund and leverage the arts to address city problems.
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In 2019, the gym at Alexander Hamilton was enlivened with a painting done by students alongside a local muralist.
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‘Abbott Elementary’ will give Mural Arts Philadelphia a moment in the spotlight
This week’s episode of the sitcom set in Philly is based on Quinta Brunson’s childhood memory of creating a mural at school.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art creates a new department for Black and African art
A gift of 300 pieces of African art will seed the new Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art.
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Feb. 23 - Feb. 26: The Brit Pack in Del., Bierfest in Philly, and “Unfinished Women” in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 6:30Painted Bride saga: Key numbers in the protracted Old City preservation battle
The Old City art center with the Isaiah Zagar mural is now slated to be demolished, after neighbors blocked a unique apartment building.
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Philly Art Museum to send Eakins painting to Kansas City for Super Bowl wager
For the Eagles’ loss to the Chiefs, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will send Thomas Eakins’ “Sailing” (1875) to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City.
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Listen 1:27Forgotten painting by a 19th-century French rebel is discovered at Penn
Gustave Courbet’s “The Source of the Lison” was lost in a forgotten box for over a century. Now it’s the centerpiece of an exhibition at Arthur Ross.
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Listen 1:45Harry Philbrick, who in 2016 founded Philadelphia Contemporary using arts to connect communities, is stepping down.
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Disney takes over the Franklin Institute with 100 years of movies, music, and ‘magic’
Six things to look for at the world premiere of the entertainment company’s centennial exhibition.
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Feb. 16 - Feb. 19: Black dance tribute in Del., “Disney 100” exhibit in Philly, and “The Wild Party” in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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