Visual Arts
Krampus brings dark winter magic to Northern Liberties
New traditions blend with old in Northern Liberties' Parade of Spirits.
7 years ago
Last hurrah: Space 1026 pulls out the stops for final Arch St. art auction
A landmark artists collective in Philadelphia — Space 1026 — is gearing up to move out of its building of 21 years. This weekend's art auction pulls out the stops.
7 years ago
Listen 2:06A royal hue: ‘Living Coral’ crowned color of the year for 2019
You can also call it by its official Pantone code, 16-1546.
8 years ago
UPenn opens crowd-curated art exhibition
The Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania opened the campus art collection to the internet; these are the ones upvoted to the top.
8 years ago
Listen 1:50‘Freedom is very intoxicating’ says artist behind ‘The Complicit Eye’
Kukuli Velarde — a Peruvian-born, Philadelphia-based artist — has a first major show in her adopted home town.
8 years ago
6 years after museum heist, missing Picasso possibly found in Romania
A painting by Pablo Picasso that was stolen from a Dutch museum six years ago may have resurfaced in Romania, prosecutors say.
8 years ago
Artist attempts to sum up the world in Philly exhibit
Rina Banerjee's first major retrospective at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is called "Make Me a Summary of the World."
8 years ago
New Hunting Park mural remembers Philly graffiti legend Karaz
Eliu Nazario aka Karaz, who died of brain cancer at the age of 51, is revered among fellow writers as the “king of the Wickeds,”
8 years ago
Philadelphia craft events giving rise to art as activism
CraftNOW, a series of events built around the Philadelphia Craft Show, presents artists as activists.
8 years ago
Asian Arts Initiative leader shaping cultural, civic identity in Philly
Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Anne Ishii about her new role as executive director of Asian Arts Initiative.
8 years ago
Listen 5:45Museum of the Bible says 5 of the Dead Sea Scrolls fragments are fake
The museum will replace the five fragments in the display with three other fragments that will receive further study.
8 years ago
A.I. produced ‘portrait’ will go up for auction at Christie’s
A new portrait that is vaguely reminiscent of something painted by an old master is headed to Christie's New York auction block later this week
8 years ago
Philly artists join others in archiving their creative process
Artists contribute to New York library's public archive of 'process work,' the throw-away sketches made in pursuit of the final work.
8 years ago
Nearly forgotten French impressionist regains her moment in Philadelphia exhibit
Berthe Morisot - a founding artist of French impressionism who was nearly forgotten - is coming back at the Barnes Foundation.
8 years ago
Forever ‘frenemies’: Barnes and Stokowksi
The Philadelphia Orchestra is bringing together strange bedfellows.
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