Michael Bixler has this behind-the scenes look at Cai Guo-Qiang’s interactive dreamscape, “Fireflies.” The Chinese artist will debut his mobile art project on September 14 in celebration of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway’s centennial

Mural Arts announces a roster of 22 artists and 10 locations for Monument Lab 2017.

Eastern State Penitentiary takes an innovative approach to contemporary prison issues and public education with their new exhibit, “Prisons Today: Questions in the Age of Mass Incarceration”

An eye-catching installation of t-shirts on Lincoln Drive aims to give a name to each of the victims of the city’s gun violence. Brad Maule visits the historic Unitarian Society of Germantown and soaks in a heavy and cathartic experience

In Manayunk, Venice Island’s new facilities are something to behold. The performing arts building, green-roofed pump house, and outdoor amphitheater are just a few of the rec center’s recent upgrades, though not everyone in the neighborhood knows about it. To help raise awareness, artist Eurhi Jones has collaborated with Mural Arts and the Philadelphia Water Department on a 10 block outdoor installation that literally guides you to the center’s front door

Today is Earth Day and Bradley Maule has a bone to pick with Philadelphia. He just spent 52 weeks picking up our litter in the Wissahickon Valley and his collection isn’t pretty. His evocative environmental art installation, One Man’s Trash, opens today, April 22nd, at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center. HC co-editors Michael Bixler and Maule caught up to get into some trash talk.

Temporary art installation Ci-Lines opens this Saturday inside the ornate, vacant St. Andrew’s Chapel on Spruce Street in West Philly. We spoke with the project’s artist Aaron Asis about community engagement, vacant and abandoned site activation, and urban preservation

This weekend, the popular Schuylkill Banks trail will become an outdoor art gallery. Sarah Barr previews Art in the Open Philadelphia 2014