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A French portrait from an unknown photographer from 1860. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Birth of photography’ on display at the Barnes Foundation

In 1840, photography was both the runt of the fine art world and its greatest threat.

6 years ago

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The Why
Arts & Entertainment

Staying power: What a photographer’s retrospective says about the AIDS crisis

At 70, photographer David Lebe is having his first retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He didn't think he'd live to see it.

Air Date: February 18, 2019

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The Walnut-Locust subway station has become a gallery for 30 local artists who participated in
Arts & Entertainment

An anti-advertising campaign of artwork takes over Philadelphia subway station

Thirty Philadelphia artists submitted work that has replaced all advertising in the Walnut-Locust Station.

6 years ago

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David Lebe's
Arts & Entertainment

Life, then death. Then life again. 50 years of pictures by David Lebe

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has the first major retrospective of David Lebe’s experimental photography, tracing his life as a gay man for a half-century.

6 years ago

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In the middle of the Institute of Contemporary Art exhibit,
Arts & Entertainment

Jumping on the bland wagon at Institute of Contemporary Art

“Mundane Futures” assembles African-American art and artifacts as it imagines a radically banal tomorrow. The exhibit continues through March 31 at Penn.

6 years ago

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Philly Parenting
Lifestyle

Sensory-friendly museum days in Philly

The US Constitution Center joins a group of Philadelphia museums that offer programs for people with sensory sensitivities

6 years ago

A collage shows figures in different historical scenes.
Arts & Entertainment

Philly native writes first biography of collagist Romare Bearden, 30 years after his death

The life of artist Romare Bearden, best known for his collage work, is chronicled by Philadelphia native Mary Schmidt Campbell.

6 years ago

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Before he died in 2005, Philadelphia city planner Edmund Bacon donated hundreds of photos to the Fisher Fine Arts Library. The photos arrived without identification, so now the library is making the collection available to the public via Flickr hoping that crowdsourcing will provide the answers. (Fisher Fine Arts Library)
Arts & Entertainment

Hive mind: What’s in these Ed Bacon photos?

Five thousand pictures of Philly in the 1960s and '70s were donated to Penn, without descriptions. The university is asking the internet for help.

6 years ago

A lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas 1942
Arts & Entertainment

Haverford exhibits the color of America, circa 1940

The first photo project to show the colors of America, circa 1940, was commissioned by the U.S. government but never exhibited until now.

6 years ago

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Artist Diane Burko poses in front of an unfinished work at her Center City studio.
Arts & Entertainment

Environmental artist rediscovers Jewish roots of activism

Artwork depicting melting glaciers and dying coral reefs is on exhibit in a Philadelphia synagogue. It centers on the concept of tikkun olam, Hebrew for “repair the world.”

7 years ago

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Kensington High School biology teacher Victoria Erickson (right) and her friend Megan Nardi, work on a mural on Kensington High School's ground floor.
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Community

Volunteers paint 100 murals at Kensington High School for MLK Day

The goal was to brighten the atmosphere of the 102-year old school with 100 murals throughout the building.

7 years ago

Anisa Shafiq uses a slide projector to mark out a mural of Malala Yousafzai in a hallway of Kensington High School.
Community

1,000 volunteers will paint inspirational murals at Kensington High on MLK Day

At Kensington High, volunteers intend to paint 100 murals reflecting the ideals of Martin Luther King Jr. and other inspiring figures.

7 years ago

Photos printed on muslin create overlapping visual narratives in Carrie Mae Weems's work,
Arts & Entertainment

Carrie Mae Weems exhibition opens in Allentown amid more contemporary push

In its ongoing push to be more contemporary, the Allentown Art Museum presents work by one of America’s most important art photographers.

7 years ago

Modern-day scientists who examined the 1,000 year-old remains of a middle-aged woman in Germany discovered the semi-precious stone in the tartar on her teeth. From that, they concluded the woman was an artist involved in creating illuminated manuscripts, a task usually associated with monks. The find is considered the most direct evidence yet of a woman taking part in the making of high-quality illuminated manuscripts, the lavishly illustrated religious and secular texts of the Middle Ages. (Christina Warinner/Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History/AP)
Science

Medieval woman’s hidden art career revealed by blue teeth

Scientists discover more evidence that suggest female artisans 1,000 years ago were not as rare as previously thought.

7 years ago

Artist Stephanie Shih remembers making pork-filled dumplings with her family and started her art project by sculpting six of them out of porcelain. She's now made 600. (Robert Bredvad/NPR)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Shih, Chau, and Shen pair food art, Asian-American heritage

Three American women of Taiwanese descent are cooking up the dishes of their youth. Except they're not using food. They're using plaster, paint and porcelain.

7 years ago

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