
Visual Arts
Artist and educator Percy Ricks was rejected by Delaware Art Museum in a 1971 effort to showcase Black artists. The museum is making amends 50 years later.
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Listen 2:31‘Well, What Were You Wearing’ exhibit illustrates stories of sexual assault survivors
The exhibit at Jefferson works to counter the misconception that a person's wardrobe choices imply consent.
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Mural Arts paid homeless artists to paint 200 columns underneath Broad Street
Two hundred concrete columns in the subway concourse were painted by homeless artists, as part of Mural Arts Philadelphia’s social service program.
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Listen 1:41Philly is getting ‘mega’ swings and climbable bird houses overlooking a lagoon at FDR Park
A lush three-acre play space with a waterfront view along with an expansive cafe are coming to South Philadelphia’s Frank Delano Roosevelt Park in 2023.
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Philadelphia’s first trans mural kicks of Mural Arts Month
Mural Arts Philadelphia’s dedication of the mural highlighting trans and gender non-conforming people kicks off Mural Arts Month.
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100 years after her heyday, Suzanne Valadon gets her first major U.S. exhibition
Valadon was a model for the impressionists of Paris, then became one. 100 years later, the Barnes premieres the first major U.S. exhibit of her work
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Look again: Phila Art Museum and Whitney double up on Jasper Johns
The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum in New York collaborate on the largest exhibition of the iconic American artist.
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Traveling ‘Monumental Tour’ brings art to four iconic Philly spots
The pieces that make up the “Monumental Tour” have rotated through New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, and other cities.
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The Library Company looks back at its Imperfect History
“Imperfect Histories” revisits visual, racial, and gender bigotry going back hundreds of years, both intended and unintentional.
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Trenton art project hopes to share the potential and the full story of residents lost to violence
The Potential Project will use public art and a mobile app to honor people lost to homicide in New Jersey’s capital city through the eyes of the people closest to them.
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Montco launches its first county-wide Arts Week
Arts venues have a $100M impact on Montco’s economy. Arts Week highlights the large and small spots reopening from the pandemic.
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Listen 1:30Black woman photographer captures 9/11 from ‘Blocks Away’
Photographer Velvet McNeil describes being at ground zero to document the day the twin towers fell.
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Listen 5:54Ubuntu is more than a name for Steven CW Taylor’s spot — it’s an ethos.
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