Visual Arts

How do we cope with the countless distractions that await us every day? By learning how to do nothing.

Prison walls are designed for separation. A new installation at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philly flips that defining characteristic on its head.

The Wyeth mural has been on display at the Delaware Air National Guard for a half-century. The artist calls the notion of covering up the bare cheeks ‘absurd.’

Chester has been written off by people more times than anyone would care to count. Except for the people who call Chester home. For us, we see promise where others see peril.

Demand for the work program run by Mural Arts is greater than the slots available. Now, Philly is doubling down on the model with $300k and another pilot.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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