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The west wall of Room 13 at the Barnes Foundation is covered with Renoir paintings.
NewsWorks Tonight
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I love you, I hate you: Renoir edition

Audiences love to hate art by Renoir. The Barnes Foundation offers a rebuttal.

8 years ago

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Maria Dumlao's print
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Arts & Entertainment

3 must-see new art exhibits this month: Our picks from ‘First Friday’ – Through May, 2018

First Friday doesn't necessarily mean "last chance." Here's our guide to new exhibitions you can catch all month long.

8 years ago

Retired football player Bill Bergey leads fans in an E-A-G-L-E-S chant at the dedication of a David McShane mural at Spike's Trophies in Northeast Philadelphia commemorating the team's Super Bowl win.
NewsWorks Tonight
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A Super Bowl mural grows in Philly’s Northeast

The first public mural depicting the Eagles' Super Bowl win has been unveiled near the Northeast Philadelphia Airport.

8 years ago

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Jenaveve Mitzel, 17, a cystic fibrosis patient at CHOP, worked with students from Drexel University to direct and animate a film. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Making movies animates long-term Children’s Hospital patients

Drexel University students are teaming up with young patients at CHOP to create animated films.

8 years ago

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Ursula von Rydingsvard with
Arts & Entertainment

Violent, monumental work from N.Y. sculptor looms at two Philly museums

One of Ursula von Rydingsvard's works, “Bronze Bowl with Lace,” is a 20-foot bronze, cast in a cedar mold, that resembles a tornado.

8 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Delaware artist invites you to his ‘Vibe Realm’

By day, Michael Kalmbach is the founder and director of the Creative Vision Factory, in Wilmington. When he isn't working to help others through art, Kalmbach makes his own.

9 years ago

The top of the entryway arch is lifted by crane Friday afternoon. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Arts & Entertainment

Behind the scenes of the Chinese Lantern Festival

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

9 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
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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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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
Money

Christie commissions $85K portrait

The cost detail was obtained through an open records request.

9 years ago

Goat head made of copper alloy, shell and stone, 2475-2300 BCE. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

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.

9 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

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.

9 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

9 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.

9 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)
Arts & Entertainment

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.

9 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.

9 years ago

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