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Cornbread, the first graffiti artist, shows new work at Philadelphia gallery

Cornbread first started writing his name on walls while in juvenile detention. A half-century later, his iconic name is in simultaneous exhibitions, Philly and NYC.

6 years ago

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Billy Penn

30-year mural to ‘stop the violence’ gets resurrected in South Philly

The developer who destroyed the art helped pay to get it painted anew.

6 years ago

Leroy Johnson is the artist-in-residence at The Barnes. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Activist artist’ Leroy Johnson working inside the Barnes fishbowl

Leroy Johnson is making a mess at the Barnes Foundation. You can watch him work.

6 years ago

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Beneath the sheer fabric of Asmaa Diab's
Arts & Entertainment

Displaced Iraqis and Syrians in Philly try to shift the ‘refugee narrative’ through art

The refugees of the “Friends, Peace, & Sanctuary” exhibitions want people to look past their scars of war and see them as creative members of American society.

6 years ago

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USWNT's Julie Ertz and Carli Lloyd are featured in new muralsINSTAGRAM: @SPRINGARTSPHL AND @NILELIVINGSTON
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Billy Penn

2 Philly murals celebrate U.S. Women’s World Cup win

Julie Ertz and Carli Lloyd are now part of the city’s streetscape.

6 years ago


Ladder 2 Fire Station unveiled the design for a new mural that will be painted by Eric Okdeh. (Anannya Kundu for WHYY)
Community

New mural celebrates Philadelphia Fire Department’s history

Ladder 2 Fire Station unveiled the design for a new mural that will be painted by Eric Okdeh.

6 years ago

Ascension, 2000, is a video/sound installation by Bill Viola, part of an exhibit at the Barnes Foundation. (Photo: Kira Perov)
Arts & Entertainment

Bill Viola’s video art washes into Philadelphia

The pioneering video artist uses water and technology to explore consciousness and afterlife.

6 years ago

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A visitor to the Brandywine River Museum takes a closer look at
Arts & Entertainment

Escaping pirates: Wyeth artistic patriarch gets a retrospective

The father of Andrew Wyeth was the top illustrator of his day, but N.C. yearned to be a “pure artist.” The biggest retrospective of his work in half a century is now open.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia artist Charles Barbin covers a cinderblock wall with a seascape mural at the home of Rose Ann Cahill in Ventnor. The bayside home was raised 8 feet after it was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Lifting spirits by painting murals on raised Jersey Shore houses

Since Superstorm Sandy, hundreds of homes have been elevated to avoid future flooding. Shore towns do not want future streetscapes to be concrete footings.

6 years ago

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Najee Spencer-Young poses in front of her mural portrait by artist Amy Sherald. Spencer-Young is a participant in the Mural Arts’ Achieving Independence Center classes. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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PlanPhilly

North Philly teen inspires six-story mural by artist who painted Michelle Obama’s portrait

Najee Spencer-Young cried when she heard that Amy Sherald had painted her portrait on the side of Center City building.

6 years ago

Empire from the series Starman Visits / Imperio de la serie Visitas Starman, 2009. Ewan Atkinson (born 1975).
Photograph mounted on light box, 13 × 17 × 3 inches (Courtesy of the artist. © Ewan Atkinson)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Relational Undercurrents’ showcases Caribbean works at Delaware Art Museum

The interactive and multimedia exhibition “Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago” opens Saturday at the Delaware Art Museum.

6 years ago

In this Wednesday, June 12, 2019 photo, workmen hang a Federal Era flag as part of the new exhibit 'A New Constellation: A Collection of Historic 13-Star Flags,' at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Arts & Entertainment

Rare 13-star flags going on display at Revolution museum

Dozens of rare 13-star American flags never before exhibited will be on display at the Museum of the American Revolution.

6 years ago

Lauren Otis (left), executive director of Artworks, and Joseph Kuzemka, director of Art All Night in Trenton, are preparing for the arts festival. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Trenton pulls together as Art All Night returns with tighter security

Trenton’s Art All Night festival returns this weekend one year after a mass shooting, but it will no longer be open for 24 hours straight.

6 years ago

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The sculpture “One Way” by Chakaia Booker is the first work by an African American artist to be installed at the Delaware Art Museum’s outdoor Copeland Sculpture Garden. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Delaware Art Museum works to diversify its collection

Two-thirds of the Delaware Art Museum’s purchases in 2018 were created by women or artists of color. It’s part of an museum initiative to better reflect the community.

6 years ago

The Chinese Lantern Festival at Franklin Square. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Arts & Entertainment

Behind the scenes of Philadelphia’s Chinese Lantern Festival

At the beginning of April, 30 artists from Tianyu Arts and Culture traveled from China to Philadelphia to create the attractions for this year’s Chinese Lantern Festival.

6 years ago

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