Visual Arts
A tiny tile rowhome appears in South Philly’s ‘electric’ art alley
The dollhouse-sized artwork, by an anonymous creator, is just down the block from several vibrant, large-scale murals.
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Joe Frazier becomes a beacon for a neighborhood
New mural dedicated to Smokin’ Joe rises in Philadelphia Lower Tioga neighborhood.
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Listen 1:31For the first time in almost 200 years, the sun will shine on the Philly Flower Show
The largest and oldest indoor flower show in the world moves outside to FDR Park this summer, for the pandemic.
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What’s in the chirping, translucent orb? It’s you.
“Synesthesia” is an experiment in designing spaces that respond to you. After Philadelphia, it heads to the Venice Biennale of Architecture.
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Teenagers who desegregated Girard College to be honored with a mural
Teenagers were “the muscle” behind Cecil B. Moore’s historic protest outside Girard College in 1965. The school will soon have a mural depicting them.
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In three new ‘First 100 Days’ posters, Philly artists lay out policies for Biden and Harris
The Mural Arts project was a bigger success than its creators imagined.
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The Met considers selling its art to stave off financial shortfall
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is considering selling its artwork to cover operational costs as it falls short of $150 million in revenue.
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The ‘Anti Flower Show Movement’ and the black-and-white photo sticker all over Philly streets
Who’s behind the viral image, and are they trolling for a reason?
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Black Quantum Futurism receives the Knight Foundation’s new art and technology fellowship
The Knight Foundation has launched a $50,000 art and technology fellowship. Its first class includes a Philly duo making science fiction a reality.
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A very Philly engagement story: Couple plans identical proposals with murals
They both wanted to pop the question. This South Philly couple decided to say it with street art — unbeknownst to each other.
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Skate park installation and printmaking exhibition bring queer and trans artists together
The Asian Arts Initiative now has a ‘skate room,’ wheat-pasted with original posters by Philadelphia artists of color who identify as queer and/or trans.
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‘Love In Isolation’ portrait series celebrates the beauty of Black Philadelphia creators
Grounded by the pandemic, the world-famous fashion designer behind Ikiré Jones went searching for inspiration at home.
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Gilbert Lewis remembered as artist, mentor to Philly’s gay ’80s
“Only Tony” features 25 portraits that Gilbert Lewis painted of a single model during the height of the AIDS epidemic.
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PAFA invites women to take up space in new feminist exhibition
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has reopened in a big way, with big art on big walls that take your breath away with their sheer size.
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Native American artists offer hope and craft in online workshops
We Are The Seeds, based in Philadelphia, is asking Native American artists from around the country to teach digital workshops open to the public.
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