Art
LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.
News
Alumni, students, and members of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts community, including Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Didier William, have signed letters of concern condemning the college’s non-affiliation policies.
Art
LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.
Art
As the Black liberation holiday is being embraced by the mainstream, it feels important to note that actions (and dollars) speak louder than words. Here are a few Black-led organizations to support on June 19 and beyond.
Film
Recent protests have finally ousted longstanding local monuments to Rizzo. The 1978 documentary Amateur Night at City Hall draws out a history of resistance to his brand of white authoritarianism.
News
As statewide cultural grants are rescinded, Mayor Jim Kenny introduces a 2021 budget proposal that totally eliminates the city’s $4.4 million allowance for the arts.
Art
Using materials both random and familiar, Olivier’s Everything That’s Alive Moves questions our physical, psychic, and material relationship to history.
News
Employees tell the Philadelphia Inquirer that James A. Cincotta would hit, slap, punch, pinch, and shove his colleagues to the point of bruising and tears, as well as denigrate them verbally, often in public.
Announcement
A solo exhibition of large-scale sculptures by Karyn Olivier explores the emotional weight of monuments at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania.
Announcement
Student work will be on view at Tyler on Temple University's Main Campus in Philadelphia from February 5 through April 11. The series of exhibitions will "push the boundaries of both technical and conceptual practice."
In Brief
At a town hall meeting with staffers, the museum's CEO Timothy Rub promised to follow his words with improved actions, but some workers find his statements terse and insufficient.
Announcement
InLiquid's Benefit and Silent Auction will be held at the Crane Arts Icebox Project Space in Philadelphia on Jan 31–Feb 1. Tickets available now or bid online.