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The white Peugeot 405, the vehicle of choice for the Syrian secret police, is parked outside a home in Damascus. In the diorama's upper left corner hangs a camera, suggesting surveillance.
(Rodney Nelson)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Artist creates tiny houses from the memories of refugees

Artist and architect Mohamad Hafez and writer, speaker and student Ahmed Badr created the project to humanize the lives and stories of refugees.

8 years ago

John Rhoden sculpture displayed outside the African American Museum in Philadelphia.
Arts & Entertainment

PAFA to look after life’s work of late sculptor

The estate of John Rhoden, an important but little-known African-American modernist, delivered 278 sculptures to PAFA for a major retrospective.

8 years ago

Community members and students from Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts stood and walked on the B Street Bridge during a dedication ceremony for the recently-completed mural on the bridge. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Mural symbolizes new start, new life for former Kensington heroin camp

City Hall and neighbors hope the new mural on B Street Bridge will spur pride and revitalization in one of Philadelphia's most troubled places.

8 years ago

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Nicholas Kripal's collection of terracotta sculptures,
Arts & Entertainment

Pa. Convention Center art collection far from conventional

Seven years after completion, the Pennsylvania Convention Center expansion has installed a worthy art collection.

8 years ago

Students and staff at DCAD organized arts donations
Community

Delaware students, teachers, share art with kids in need

The Wilmington art community came together Wednesday in an effort to share the healing power of art with children in need. Student ...

8 years ago

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Photo Courtesy/Delaware Theatre Company)
Lifestyle

A comedic take on Shakespeare’s complete works at Delaware Theatre Company

Need to brush up your Shakespeare?

9 years ago

John Sloan, self portrait (Brian Drouin/WHYY News)
First
Arts & Entertainment

Delaware Art Museum goes deep into archives for first major John Sloan exhibit since the 80s

The Delaware Art Museum houses the largest collection of John Sloan’s work and materials and more than 100 works make up the first retrospective of his career since the 1980s.

9 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

‘Winter Fountains’ celebrates a Ben Franklin discovery through art

A new art installation on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway aims to get travelers and visitors to reflect on one of Franklin's important discoveries.

9 years ago

A Rodin sculpture of a nude man is juxtaposed with an abstract work by Anselm Kiefer
Arts & Entertainment

Barnes Foundation hosts reboot of August Rodin

Painter Anselm Keifer has made a series of works in response to his kindred spirit, Auguste Rodin. They're on display at the Barnes, the only U.S. venue for the exhibition.

9 years ago

Close-up of Washington's Tent in Verplancks Point watercolor  (Museum of the American Revolution)
Arts & Entertainment

Newly discovered painting shows Washington’s wartime tent

Philip Mead was online looking for possible artifacts from the American Revolution when a painting up for auction caught his eye and got his heart racing.

9 years ago

A palm-sized oval pendant holds a painting on ivory of a woman grieving beside a gravestone. The image is framed by braided human hair.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

A time to mourn, a time to sell: Freeman’s offers vast collection of mourning art

Freeman’s auction house in Philadelphia now has on display what might be the largest collection of jewelry designed for grieving the dead.

9 years ago

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First
Arts & Entertainment

Going to the cleaners, Delaware Art Museum’s new exhibit gets some TLC

The Delaware Art Museum is hosting the first major retrospective of John Sloan’s work, but before these paintings went on display, they needed a little cleaning.

9 years ago

Portraits of the victims of gun violence hang on the walls at the chestnut hill presbyterian church
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Church in Chestnut Hill debuts art and music about gun violence

A weekend arts festival at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill will feature choral music, a new play reading, and painted portraits of shooting victims.

9 years ago

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Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Friday Arts November 2017: Amy Ragsdale, Savoie Farm and Chef Shola: A Collaboration Dinner, Heyne Bogut

Amy Ragsdale: Inspired by the Elkins Estate Producer: Karen Smyles Amy Ragsdale is a jewelry designer who l ...

Air Date: November 3, 2017

A Scream mask to the left, a pumpkin carved to read WHYY
Community

We called for your jack-o’-lanterns — and you delivered!

From a contemplative cat face to Shiva to a fanged freak, these creative pumpkin transformations have gone every “witch” way.

9 years ago

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