Arlene Love’s giant gilded nose and mouth with the rest of the face appearing to have broken away at the Monell Chemical Senses Center.
A large frog sits at rest in Rittenhouse Square, apparently in concentration.
The title translates roughly to “My Lord of the Fancy Vest,” but local people often refer to the work as “The Mummer.”
Giant-sized versions of checker pieces, chess pieces, dominoes, bingo chips, and board game pieces are scattered all over the plaza
Using a free mobile app developed by Lozano-Hemmer’s studio, participants’ voices and GPS positions will control 24 powerful robotic searchlights placed along a half-mile section of the Parkway – creating giant three-dimensional “light sculptures.
“Site Seeing” was a month-long celebration of public art that invited the public to rediscover the city’s outdoor sculptures through four free programs.
Artist Claes Oldenburg and his wife, Coosje van Burggen, collaborated on the Split Button, which has become a familiar part of the University of Pennsylvania campus environment.
Facing City Hall tower with its sculpture of William Penn, Clothespin has the jolting and humorous effect of a familiar object seen out of context.
The Philadelphia Daily News interviews Julia Guerrero, who oversees Philadelphia’s One Percent for Art program.