Visual Arts

The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ended its Chuck Close exhibit Sunday with a workshop on the art of protest.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with a local artist about creating sculptures of Martin Luther King Jr. since the 1980s.

For more than three decades, Craig Trostle has made the food taste better with his unique carvings.

The work is part of the 2018 Philadelphia Autism Project Art Show, which called on the autistic community to submit works conveying their experiences of the city.

The Philadelphia Art Museum is exhibiting the work of Jean Shin, who makes work out of old clothes.

From his Milton, Delaware, studio, Nick Serratore takes the landscapes around him and makes them his own.

La Salle University in Philadelphia is getting pushback on several fronts over its decision to cull its art collection.

One of Philadelphia’s true first families will receive a long-overdue recognition this week. The Montiers are descendants of Philadelphia’s first mayor, Humphrey Morrey.

Contemporary artist Yinka Shonibare makes new work for Allentown Art Museum — but it won't be on permanent display for a few more years.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art made a bet with the Museum of Fine Arts Boston over the Super Bowl. On Friday, the victor reaped its spoils.

The annual Philadelphia Flower Show gets its feet wet in environmental issues surrounding water.

During the day Susan Benarcik is an urban gardener, she loves nature and the outdoors, during the winter months she brings both indoors through her artwork.

Passers-by have peered in to see what the artists are doing. This Sunday, the artists will invite the public inside for an open house.

One of Philadelphia’s lesser known visionaries just became a little more visible.

Ellen Priest uses music as other artists would use a mountain landscape or a person sitting for a portrait — as the subject of the art itself.