May 14, 2013
Puerto Rican-born Rafael Ferrer’s art has been seen at many of the premier museums across the globe, and tonight his monumental and influential sculpture created just for the Association for Public Art will be rededicated to Fairhill Square after being in storage for decades. El Gran Teatro de la Luna, or The Huge Theater of [...]
Read more»April 18, 2013
A number of museums, galleries and other Philadelphia art attractions have dedicated space to the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, allowing lovers of visual arts to check out PIFA offerings on their own schedules. Unlike performances and major events, PIFA exhibits run all day long at their respective locations. If you haven’t had the [...]
Read more»March 29, 2013
The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is slowly winding down. Before the exhibit ends, PAFA will host an artist talk with English-born Sue Coe on Thursday, April 4 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Much of Sue Coe’s artwork is on display at PAFA, and the [...]
Read more»March 19, 2013
To help cap off its yearlong bicentennial celebration, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University has teamed up with Art in City Hall to present Library of Life, a juried art exhibit that centers on humankind’s impact on the natural world. More than 40 artists were selected by Jennifer Sontchi, the Director of Exhibits [...]
Read more»March 4, 2013
An exiting new exhibit is now open at the Independence Seaport Museum. Dave Boone, a lifelong boat enthusiast, is presenting Tugboats: The Art of Dave Boone in the second floor community gallery. It showcases Dave Boone’s watercolor paintings of tugboats and other ships. Boone is a self-taught artist who has firsthand (and professional) boating experience. [...]
Read more»February 26, 2013
Due to a generous donation from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be presenting a collection featuring artwork created by 27 self-taught artists. Great and Mighty Things: Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection is an exhibition that will enhance the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s collection of [...]
Read more»December 4, 2012
Space 1026 is an important member of the Philadelphia art community that allows emerging artists and non-traditional exhibits to be brought to light. Space 1026 provides affordable studio space for members, as well as a unique communal silkscreen facility. They give lots of great artists the visibility that they deserve! Friday, December 14 marks the [...]
Read more»July 10, 2012
Head out to Chadds Ford on Thursday, July 12 and enjoy free admission to the Brandywine River Museum in celebration of the life and legacy of Andrew Wyeth, one of the most significant American painters of the 20th century. While there, you’ll be able to view the exhibition A Painter’s View: The Andrew Wyeth Studio, [...]
Read more»June 22, 2012
Night Market Washington Avenue hits South Philly on Thursday, June 28. The roving outdoor food bazaar boasts a few elements this time around that make it really stand out: Quest Loves Food, food venture from The Roots’ Questlove, will be headlining the VIP Night Market Experience; and the VIP tent will also house very cool [...]
Read more»May 8, 2012
Pretty awesome news: the newly renamed Association for Public Art (aPA) — formerly the the Fairmount Park Art Association — has commissioned internationally acclaimed new media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer for a pretty exciting new public art project titled “Open Air” set to hit the skies of Philadelphia this fall. “Open Air” will be the world [...]
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