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The top of the entryway arch is lifted by crane Friday afternoon. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Behind the scenes of the Chinese Lantern Festival

The steel-framed lanterns are created by 20 artisans from Tianyu Arts & Culture.

7 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight, April 19, 2018

WHYY’s Joe Hernandez gives an update on the protests surrounding the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks. A Philad ...

Air Date: April 19, 2018

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Christie commissions $85K portrait

The cost detail was obtained through an open records request.

8 years ago

Goat head made of copper alloy, shell and stone, 2475-2300 BCE. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Penn Museum opens new Middle East gallery

The Penn Museum has greatly expanded its Middle East gallery, the first part of a building-wide renovation.

8 years ago

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Exploring the artistic legacy of George A. ‘Frolic’ Weymouth

Perhaps best known for his legacy of philanthropic work, Weymouth was also an accomplished painter. A new exhibit at the Brandywine River Museum of Art looks at this legacy.

8 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

The ‘beautiful chaos’ of Modern Times at Philly Art Museum

Philadelphia Museum of Art dives deep into its Modernist collection for its 'Modern Times' summer exhibition

8 years ago

Sculpture work by artist Sophie Kahn in Phantom Limb at the Esther Klein Gallery. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

Philly exhibit explores idea of technology as 21st-century phantom limb

The idea is that technology has distorted how we view ourselves and society — and yet, it is an inescapable part of us.

8 years ago

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(From left) Artist Meg Saligman, Antonio Valdes, executive director of the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center, Jane Gold, Mural Arts executive director, Councilman Mark Squilla, and David T. Jones, DBHIDS commissioner, cut the ribbon on the “Rippling Moon” mural. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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New Philadelphia mural brings childhood trauma into view

At Tuesday's dedication, Mayor Jim Kenney commended the work for shining a light on the importance of trauma-informed care.

8 years ago

Women cover the closed doors to the Chuck Close gallery at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with protest posters featuring a drawing of a skunk and reading
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PAFA’s Chuck Close exhibit ends with workshop on the art of protest

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

8 years ago

A sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. by Zenos Frudakis is destined for a sculpture garden where it will join likenesses of Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. (Scott Grote/WHYY)
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The subject of a lifetime: Glenside artist Zenos Frudakis has been sculpting MLK since ’80s

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

8 years ago

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Delaware carver brings out the personality in fruits and vegetables

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

8 years ago

Health

Drawing from another perspective, City Hall exhibit features work by artists with autism

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.

8 years ago

Jean Shin uses discarded objects to create monumental artworks. She stands between
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At Philly museum, the art of old clothes embraces individual connections

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

8 years ago

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Taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary: The art of Nick Serratore

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

8 years ago

About 20 people turned out for a protest in front of La Salle University's Connelly Library. They object to the decision by the university's board of trustees to sell 46 works of art to pay for educational programs.
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La Salle students turn up heat in protesting university art sale

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

8 years ago

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