Art and Culture

The Philadelphia Museum of Art wants students to visit its new exhibit, so it’s now offering free guided tours and funding for school bus transportation.

A scene of water lilies by French impressionist painter Claude Monet sold for $65.5 million earlier this week.

A banana duct-taped to a wall, a conceptual piece of art titled “Comedian” by Maurizio Cattelan, fetched $6.24 million at auction at Sotheby’s Wednesday.

After debuting to much fanfare in 2019, a piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York City.

Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby’s in New York.

Five Norman Rockwell works of art go up for auction Friday with the proceeds going to compensate thousands of survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Kris Christensen tells NBC10’s Matt DeLucia what art lovers can expect at the annual PMA Contemporary Craft Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Maybe you could go home with a unique piece of art.

Philly Live’s Astrid Martinez finds out how Mickalene Thomas: All About Love came to the Barnes in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Museum of Art’s newest exhibit, “The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure,” features 28 Black and African diasporic contemporary artists who use figurative painting, drawing and sculpture to “illuminate and celebrate the nuance and richness of Black contemporary life.”

The “Portal” to another part of the world that connects the City of Brotherly Love with several other cities around the world is already on the move after less than three weeks in LOVE Park.

NBC10’s Matt DeLucia heads to the South Philadelphia hone of Eric Brunner to see the digital portraits of other also battling the deadly disease of ALS. “I want them to feel the weight of the disease,” Brunner said.

NBC10’s Katy Zachry speaks to Cesar Viveros about his art installation in South Philadelphia’s FDR Park that honors departed family members on Día de Muertos. The park has events of music and food planned for the significant day for Mexicans.

NBC10’s Siobhan McGirl reports Tuesday from Philadelphia’s LOVE Park after the “Portal” livestreaming device went live. Folks gathered to wave to other cities around the world.

NBC10’s Siobhan McGirl reports from Philadelphia’s LOVE Park Tuesday morning just hours before the “Portal” begins livestreaming with another place on Earth.

That light-up “Portal” to another part of the world is now live in the center of Philadelphia, connecting the City of Brotherly Love with several other cities around the world.

“Above all, you are the masters of your craft that have made us a better America with all of you have done,” Biden said at the White House ceremony.

An art installation known as “The Portal” is set to open next week in Center City.

Galleries don’t always display prices, making the art world mysterious, or possibly even “shady,” according to some insiders.

Rocky, a pretzel and more. Check out what artists made out of scrapple in just 90 minutes during a competition at Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market.

Some new additions include touch grass, nepo baby, burrata and MAGA.