Philadelphia Museum of Art
“Man Made” and Mass Produced: How Stephen Burks Squares the Circle
According to Stephen Burks, design as we know it is a fundamentally Western concept. But that doesn’t mean that there’s no design outside the West. […]
Road Closures for Obama Visit Cause Major Traffic Delays
https://twitter.com/WazeTrafficPhi/status/775677531160776705 President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art today is already causing major traffic snarls. Road closures in place for the president’s visit […]
Worker Who Fell Through Glass Floor at Rodin Museum Gets $7.25M Settlement
This story has been updated with a statement from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Phani Guthula had been inspecting light fixtures at the Rodin Museum […]
18 Things to Do This Weekend
Midnight Madness: Akira @ Ritz at the Bourse | Friday, April 29 The next installment in the Ritz at the Bourse’s midnight series is the […]
Philly’s Rock Star of Art
Outside a leaky old candy factory in Juniata, the season’s first snowstorm is caking the sidewalk in slush. A fire-engine-red door opens with the push […]
Art Museum Painting Removed from Facebook for “Suggestive Content”
The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s International Pop exhibition starts on February 24th. To promote it, an Art Museum staffer posted the image above — Belgian artist Evelyne […]
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show kicked off its 39th year with a glitzy gala on Wednesday night. Ellen Caplan, chair of this year’s […]
The 15 Essential Paintings in PMA’s New American Still Life Exhibition
If you’re an impatient type of person or easily bewildered in art museums, we’ve made things easy for you — with the help of Kathy […]
Robert Indiana’s AMOR Sculpture Unveiled on Art Museum Steps
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, […]
84-Year-Old Philly-Born Photographer, Dave Heath, Finally Gets His Due
Photographer Dave Heath’s start in life wasn’t easy, but maybe it provides a clue to understanding his soulful, empathetic and moving body of work, on […]
Stephen Starr Sells Catering Arm
Stephen Starr has sold his Starr Events catering division – a $40 million business – to TrustHouse Services. The deal gives TrustHouse, a top-six contract food […]
Philadelphia Museum of Art Brings Back Interactive Family Program
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is helping to raise a region of highbrows thanks to the reinstallation of Art Splash. For its third year in […]
This May Be the Best Response to the Art Museum’s Fake Rainbow Flag Picture
This past Saturday, I wrote about the doctored Philadelphia Museum of Art photo that showed rainbow banners displayed on the iconic building, and the insane […]
Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Doctored Rainbow Picture Causes Big Confusion
Let’s get this out of the way: It’s fake. The picture of rainbow banners draped from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to celebrate the Supreme Court’s […]
Philadelphia Museum of Art’s “Discovering the Impressionists” Opening Gala
The Women’s Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art hosted a party celebrating the museum’s new exhibit: “Discovering the Impressionists: Paul Durand-Ruel and the New […]