Arts & Culture

Pierre Robert Mural

A Pierre Robert mural is coming to Center City, but its exact site is undetermined

Two museums are looking back on the entire history of American art through political teapots and a 'death cart'

No Stamp Act teapot

Germantown poets wrote through their grief from gun violence. Now their work will cover bus shelters and sidewalks

Healing Verse Germantown

Artist hopes painting over image of César Chávez in a Fairhill mural helps reframe his movement

Michelle Angela Ortiz

This massive wooden sculpture replicates the texture of sand. Its creator built an '80s machine to make it.

Museum for Art in Wood

One of these six original quotes will be etch into the soon-to-be-installed Harriet Tubman statue

harriet tubman quote finalists

'No Arena' exhibit links Chinatown's fight against 76 Place to America's founding

No Arena exhibit

Rocky statue moves inside art museum for new exhibit exploring how it became a 'pilgrimage for underdogs'

Rocky statue exhibit

Philly's newest museum is a 'bank with no money,' but it has plenty of weird art

Ministry of Awe eyeball

Bench in Rittenhouse Square to honor late WMMR DJ Pierre Robert

Pierre Robert bench

Here are 5 can't-miss exhibits to see at the 2026 Philadelphia Flower Show

Flower Show entrance garden

Here's how to spot Easter eggs that Isaiah Zagar hid in many of his mosaics

Isaiah Zagar mosaic meaning

AMOR statue near Logan Square temporarily removed for cleaning

amor statue removal

New film casts spotlight on preschool teachers, who often earn low wages despite their role in child development

Coatesville Preschool Documentary

Joe Frazier statue to be moved to Philadelphia Museum of Art grounds this spring

Joe Frazier statue

Boyz II Men is getting a mural in South Philly just blocks away from where its members met

Boyz II Men mural

Philadelphia Museum of Art reverts to old name, but will keep griffin logo from rebrand

philly art museum name

City accepting submissions for original quote to etch into Harriet Tubman statue

harriet tubman statue quote.jpg

Low Cut Connie revise ICE protest song 'Livin In the USA' for new album

Low Cut Connie album

Wilder's book dinners bring customers face to face with local authors

Wilder book dinner

Community printmaking shop is raising money for larger space in West Philly

Printmaking studio crowdfunding

James Ijames' latest play, 'Good Bones,' turns Sixers arena saga into allegory on gentrification

Good Bones James

South Street seeks artists to design new lamppost banners for beautification project

South Street Banners

City unveils 22 Liberty Bell replicas that local artists designed to pay tribute to Philly neighborhoods

bells unveiling 2

The Rocky statue is permanently moving to the top of art museum steps

Rocky Statue

Philly's youth poet laureate now is a finalist for U.S. title

National youth poet laureate

FringeArts brings back programming from January to May after boost in festival attendance

FringeArts

Replica Liberty Bells to tell the stories of 20 Philly neighborhoods in 2026

Glen Foerd bell

Philly is looking for a semiquincentennial poster. Here's how to submit a design.

Semiquincentennial poster

Alex Cooper's 'Call Her Daddy' podcast nominated for new Golden Globe Award

Just more than a decade ago, architect Frank Gehry proposed a dramatic change to the Rocky Steps

Frank gehry rocky steps

Philadelphia Art Museum to explore the appeal and impact of monuments in new exhibit on the Rocky statue

Rocky statue exhibit

East Kensington

Haunted Christmas brings spooky and festive fun to Philadelphia Brewing Co. on Dec. 13

East Kensington Arts Committee Haunted Christmas

Former Met CEO named new leader of Philadelphia Art Museum

Art museum new ceo

Step into an 'alternate reality' when the Ministry of Awe opens at Manufacturer's National Bank on March 14

meg saligman

New 30-foot mural in Italian Market is a tribute to area's immigrant communities

italian market mural

Philly muralist's biggest project yet is an ode to Netflix at the King of Prussia Mall

Netflix House Main

Philadelphia Art Museum exhibit on surrealism features monsters from Greek mythology and a lobster telephone

Surrealism Dali telephone

Philadelphia Art Museum CEO Sasha Suda fired 1 month into rebranding effort

Sasha Suda Art Museum

Germantown school honors Frances Ellen Watkins Harper by unveiling mural on abolitionist's 200th birthday

frances ellen mural

There's another 'yarn bombing' at the Singing Fountain, just in time for Halloween

Halloween yarn bombing

Conshohocken framing store curates Bruce Springsteen exhibit to celebrate release of biopic

bruce springsteen exhibit

Mural Arts seeks artist to depict Philly's queer activists on Gayborhood nightclub

gayborhood mural

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