Visual Arts
What Día de los Muertos sugar skulls mean to one Mexican artist in Philly
Ivonne Pinto-García embraces Día de los Muertos and its traditions as a way to honor her ancestors and share that pride with her Philadelphia community.
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Listen 1:54Benjamin L. Bynum Sr., Philly jazz and blues scene legend, dies at 98
Benjamin L. Bynum Sr. was a longtime Philadelphia entrepreneur and patriarch of a family associated with popular restaurants and jazz and blues venues in the city.
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Despite the positive strides made in the battle against COVID, uncertainty and varying mandates ...
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Listen 4:33A ‘Magical Fantasy’ appears in the Navy Yard
The public art installation by British artist Morag Myerscough is meant to draw attention to the Navy Yard as a future place to live.
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Philly artists are opening their studios to the public for the first time since COVID
When the Philadelphia Open Studios Tour kicks off this weekend, one of its largest and most popular stops will reopen to visitors for the first time in six years.
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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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