Visual Arts

With tall trees and holiday decor popping up across the city, Billy Penn rounded up several light shows and ceremonies for you to consider.

A set of portraits depicting real Philly heroes are surrounding the Rocky statue for RockyFest.

Artist Roxanne Slemmer has led more than 200 people in envisioning the borough’s past and present.

“The water damage destroys everything it touches. The next thing is putting it back,” said the contractor repairing the building.

Jane Golden walks Billy Penn through Philadelphia’s 40-year journey as a public art pioneer.

The exhibition hearkens back to the visual style of the early 20th century, with art from magazine covers and album art to cartoons.

“Like seeds embedded in the soil, Black families and communities have nurtured this neighborhood,” said one of the project's co-curators.

Unveiled this week, this vibrant art project helps to close off a former turning lane.

Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson, based in Berlin, will design a Holocaust mural for a prominent intersection on the Parkway.

Among the collection are Philly-themed pieces, like a life-sized Liberty Bell with a crack filled in with rainbow bricks and a statue of Benjamin Franklin.

The day-long event, hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, will explore the intersections of culture and politics in the city.

“The Time Is Always Now” features Black contemporary artists reimagining Black bodies.

Local groups remembered the hundreds of people killed as a result of gun violence in Philadelphia and in its surrounding counties.

“Bringing people together through arts and cultural practices is as old as humanity,” organizer Jennifer Turnbull said.

Bitmapped video projections in Ravenhill Chapel are experiments in the healing powers of light.