Visual Arts

Philadelphia stands to lose more than murals if the city, employers, and cultural institutions don’t do more to support the artists that create them.

Big Wash explores the laundromat as a site of queer domestic life where the private meets the public, and the idea of cleaning as both ritual and meditation.

“We Did That” is up near the Pennsylvania Convention Center, at the spot that felt like the center of the universe during ballot counting.

Queer artist Tiff Urquhart eased her pain by installing a wheatpaste of the LGBTQ icon.

If the owner of a wall wants to get rid of the mural on it, there isn’t much the artist or community can do. Jane Golden wants to change that.

Museums were forced to temporarily shut down in November amid the city’s rising coronavirus cases.

A nonprofit has identified 2,000 works by women artists that were stashed in Italy's museums and damp churches. It's also helped restore works from the 16th to 20th centuries.

In a year that cried out for it, artists created hope, spread awareness, honored victims, and added beauty to the city.

The pioneering artist was the first woman in her field to win a Pulitzer.

A rare solo exhibition by the Philly artist brings his organically whimsical creatures into a “jungle of ornament.”

In Philly’s Gayborhood, the face of Latina LGBTQ activist Gloria Casarez has been painted over with white.

Hanging on the wall behind the glass cases are 48 pieces of art by Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Edgar Degas, Salvador Dalí, and more.

The Print Center has been using its bay window as an impromptu exhibition space. Currently, it offers a glimpse at the country’s only rainforest, El Yunque.

Artist Tracey Snelling, who has never been to Philadelphia, specializes in multimedia sculpture.

The tiny, hidden American Craft museum in a forest outside Malvern, Pa., has received a $10 million endowment gift from Windgate Foundation.