Topic: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Can We Talk About the PMA’s Plastic Bidet?
What the Art Museum’s exhibit of Japanese “super normal” artist Naoto Fukasawa says about our political and artistic moment
By Nora Grace-Flood
A Grand and Gorgeous Abstraction
Odili Donald Odita draws on a unique combination of traditional African art, minimalism, and pop culture influences in his abstract paintings that respond to contemporary social issues. The latest in a series with Forman Arts Initiative
By RJ Rushmore
Reinventing Arts and Culture
The pandemic decimated in-person attendance for traditional cultural institutions nationwide. Can Philly’s arts establishment slow its downfall?
By Diana Lind
Michael Eric Dyson’s Black History Month All Stars
All-Star #18: Dox Thrash
By Michael Eric Dyson
Attention High School Students — Get Your Free Art Here
The executive director of Art-Reach touts STAMP, the under-used citywide program that gives all 62,000 Philadelphia high school students free admission to 20 of the city’s top museums and attractions
By John Orr
Where Are Our Radical Ideas?
The PMA’s newest exhibit is a reminder of the power of humans to transform the world around us. Can we harness that in our civic life, as well?
By Ajay Raju
Is the Best Human For the Best?
The winner of this year’s Raju Foundation essay contest, based on the Art Museum's new futurist exhibit, ponders the ethics of genetic engineering
By Mary Cipperman
Look Who’s Gone Radical
A groundbreaking Museum of Art exhibit takes art to the streets, combining it with advocacy. This isn’t your grandfather’s PMA
By Karen Chernick
Dear Friend
With the installation of a Gandhi-inspired work at the Art Museum, we are urged to make peace with our foes—politically and otherwise
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
24HRS2 Massive Change with Bruce Mau
The legendary designer brings design thinking to solving civic problems
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy