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Public art can transform — a wall, a block, an abandoned lot. And this summer, the Academy of Natural Sciences is hoping that public art […]
The city overflows with monuments to America’s soldiers. Most days, we pass them by. Today, we pause to salute these, our 10 favorite war memorials. […]
We love it when out-of-towners ask us to point them to the LOVE statue, the Magic Gardens … Rocky. But what about when visitors aren’t […]
The fight over the Christopher Columbus statue in South Philly’s Marconi Plaza sounds simple enough: Either the statue should stay or it should go. It […]
Cathy Harris, 59, of Wynnefield, is director of community murals at Mural Arts Philadelphia. I first joined Mural Arts Philadelphia 18 years ago. I remember my […]
Did you celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday? Fishtown certainly did, beneath the steady gaze of its new light-pole toppers: the wild turkey and white […]
Late last week, we noticed something strange going on in Northern Liberties: Construction workers were assembling a bizarre metal structure in a vacant lot along […]
When I was a kid, growing up in Glenside, we drove into the city regularly — to visit relatives, go to museums, see the Wanamaker’s […]
A 12-foot bronze statue of Octavius V. Catto — 19th century educator, baseball player, abolitionist, and civil rights activist — was unveiled today on the […]
For the George Young Company, it was a labor of love. Today, the company — working with Materials Conservation — moved the Love sculpture from […]
The City has published a nifty, highly portable reference guide to public art around Center City, Fairmount Park and University City. The idea behind A […]
When the redesign of LOVE Park is complete, the already-futuristic-looking Welcome Center will look even more like a hovering spacecraft thanks to a $230,000 art installation that […]
Going with the idea of our city being on a world stage while Pope Francis and the World Meeting of Families are in town this week, […]
Philly artist Stephen Layne’s 12-foot-tall, 1,800-pound Joe Frazier statue has been bronzed and is finally ready to be erected in its permanent home at […]
I don’t have great taste in art. Or, maybe even worse, I don’t have any taste in art. I have a couple of nice pieces […]