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Pool Room 11th & Walnut, an oil on canvas painting by Wilmington's Edward Loper Jr., is in the exhibit. (Del. Art Museum)
Arts & Entertainment

50 years after shunning Black artists, Delaware Art Museum looks to atone for its ‘institutional racism’

Artist and educator Percy Ricks was rejected by Delaware Art Museum in a 1971 effort to showcase Black artists. The museum is making amends 50 years later.

4 years ago

Listen 2:31
Workers box up the statue of Christopher Columbus in Marconi Plaza. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

These Italian Americans want Philly’s Chris Columbus statues taken down

Italian Americans have a crucial role in speaking out against the myth that we all support Columbus, or that his symbols and monuments honor us.

4 years ago

Workers box up the statue of Christopher Columbus
Courts & Law
6abc

Court orders box removed from Columbus statue in South Philadelphia; city appealing decision

"We cannot, and have no intention to, remove the box at this time," a spokesperson for the mayor said.

4 years ago

A sculpture at 13th and Cuthbert streets
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

Soaring above an alley, ContraFuerte surprises and delights

Struggling to keep both themselves and a bridge upright, Miguel Horn’s ContraFuerte is open for your interpretation.

4 years ago

Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon performs during KAABOO 2019 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Naked Bike Ride, Kings of Leon, tango at the forefront and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Aug. 26 - Aug. 29: Things to do in Philadelphia, Del., and N.J.

4 years ago

Listen 4:29
Workers remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Community

Charlottesville removes Robert E. Lee statue that sparked a deadly rally

The city of Charlottesville, Va., removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Saturday, toppling a symbol that was at the center of the deadly Unite the Right rally

4 years ago

A tall pole is topped with a bronze bird as part of an art installation by the Ben Franklin Bridge
Arts & Entertainment

Brass birds flock to Delaware River to launch a series of waterfront sculptures

‘A Moment Without You,’ a subtle and grief-stricken work, is the first of five sculptures to be installed along the Delaware River waterfront.

4 years ago

'Maja' by Gerhard Marcks at Maja Park (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Community

Once considered ‘degenerate,’ Maja returns to the Parkway

A new park along the Ben Franklin Parkway is named after the sculpture by Gerhard Marcks, once considered “degenerate” by the Nazis.

4 years ago

Listen 1:30
15-foot-tall robot sculpture installed at North Camden's Cramer Hill Neighborhood
Arts & Entertainment

‘A New View’ in Camden: Citywide project to tackle illegal dumping through public art

Artists have transformed six places along Camden’s public transit corridors for the next six months. The larger goal is to boost civic pride and economic development.

4 years ago

Listen 5:29
Severino Alfonso (left) and Loukia Tsafoulio are the creators of Synesthesia, a work of art exploring the interface between humans and machines, on exhibit at HOT*BED gallery in Old City. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

What’s in the chirping, translucent orb? It’s you.

“Synesthesia” is an experiment in designing spaces that respond to you. After Philadelphia, it heads to the Venice Biennale of Architecture.

5 years ago

Julie Siglin looks at the sculptures displayed in Wharton Esherick's home studio
Arts & Entertainment

Tiny, hidden Wharton Esherick Museum gets $10M windfall

The tiny, hidden American Craft museum in a forest outside Malvern, Pa., has received a $10 million endowment gift from Windgate Foundation.

5 years ago

The scarecrow is pictured here. The golden glow from the windows references the yellow brick road.
Arts & Entertainment

‘And your little dog, too!’: Moore College’s dark vision of Oz, America

Artist Jonathan Santoro uses the Wizard of Oz as a jumping-off point to explore the sinister side of suburbia in the street windows of the Galleries at Moore.

5 years ago

Brick House, a sixteen-foot statue of a Black woman's head atop a domed pedestal.
Arts & Entertainment

A new ‘gateway’ sculpture: UPenn installs Black woman monument

“Brick House” by Simone Leigh draws attention to the importance of Black women in art and culture.

5 years ago

John Schlesinger holds a still life painting, broken and repaired, up to the light at the Cherry Street Pier. The work produces the desired effect when lit from behind. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Things should be a little messed up’: Cherry Street Pier taken over by installation of neon, demolition art

For his show “After the Fall,” installation artist John Schlesinger wrapped neon tubing around concrete debris and reclaimed chicken wire windows.

5 years ago

Caleb Cattell takes a seat beside a wax figure of Frederick Douglass at the Franklin Institute. The 13-year-old from Riverton, N.J., and his family were among the first wave of visitors when the Institute reopened on Wednesday. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Wax presidents, Black historical figures greet visitors at first Philly museum to reopen

The first Philadelphia museum to reopen premieres a touring show of Madame Tussauds wax figures.

5 years ago

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