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Moderne Landmark Deserves a “New Deal” With Historic Protections
Preservation

Moderne Landmark Deserves a “New Deal” With Historic Protections

Mary Manfredi spotlights Nix Federal Courthouse on 9th Street and the Depression-era bas reliefs of Donald De Lue

Fading Philadelphia Finds Sanctuary In Sacred Lands
Art & Design

Fading Philadelphia Finds Sanctuary In Sacred Lands

Artist Drew Leshko traces the history of Fishtown through architectural miniatures in his new exhibition

Replicas Of William Rush Originals Return To Fairmount Water Works
Art & Design

Replicas Of William Rush Originals Return To Fairmount Water Works

Missing for decades, two signature sculptures come home to Fairmount Water Works. A. Leonard Pundt has the details on how conservation efforts and carefully-crafted reproductions brought the iconic public artwork back to life

Of Monsters And Men: Philadelphia’s Rockwells
Art & Design

Of Monsters And Men: Philadelphia’s Rockwells

Philadelphia’s Curtis Publishing Company made Norman Rockwell a household name, as the quintessential Americana painter contributed 323 covers to the Saturday Evening Post. But it’s his son Peter, who studied at Haverford and PAFA, who’s given Philly three of its odder sculptures

Philadelphia, Secretly Home To The World’s Largest Mobile
Art & Design

Philadelphia, Secretly Home To The World’s Largest Mobile

Sandy Calder, the youngest of three generations of Philadelphia artists bearing the name Alexander Calder, transformed modern sculpture with his mobiles. Believe it or not, his largest one—the largest interior mobile in the world, in fact—is here in Philadelphia. Brad Maule passed the security check at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia to profile White Cascade

Diana Of The Tower
History

Diana Of The Tower

Though not as mysterious as the long lost Indian Pole, the figure of Diana has been watching the entranceway of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from her perch above the Great Stair Hall for the past eighty years. Harry K tells the story of the statue that got away from New York

A Saga In Sculpture: The Barnes Brings Ellsworth Kelly Milestone Home To Philadelphia For The Summer
Art & Design

A Saga In Sculpture: The Barnes Brings Ellsworth Kelly Milestone Home To Philadelphia For The Summer

With ‘Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture on the Wall’, the Barnes Foundation’s first contemporary exhibition in 90 years, and the first at the Parkway location, Kelly’s Lobby Sculpture comes home to Philadelphia (albeit temporarily). Ben Leech traces its Penn Center roots and finds paralleling stories in overlapping eras

City Life

My Favorite Place: Grandpop’s Sculpture Garden

The fourth installment of My Favorite Place takes us to a former vacant lot on Frankford Avenue in Fishtown that’s been transformed into a sculpture garden


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