Installations

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Installation view on a sunny day outdoors, focused on a life-sized photo of the view from a City Hall window.

Mural Arts presents Emilio Martínez Poppe’s Civic Views

A government of individuals
Civic Views, a new public art installation from Mural Arts on view in the City Hall Courtyard, offers engaging perspectives from city employees at a time when public-sector workers face increasing threats. Isabel Soisson reviews.
Isabel Soisson

Isabel Soisson

Reviews 3 minute read
Vintage sleeveless pink dress with the artwork title written on it in large black block lettering.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents Soft/Cover

Celebrating 50 years of FWM Artists-in-Residence
The Fabric Workshop and Museum marks 50 years of its Artists-in-Residence program with this survey of intriguing multi-media works from the 1970s to the present. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read
View straight down into a few stories of the narrow exhibit, crammed with wooden structures and assembled found objects.

Arcadia University’s Spruance Gallery presents Perpetual Inventory: A Ruminative Installation by Scott Kip

Unmoored and uncanny
Visitors to Scott Kip’s Perpetual Inventory can decide if they want to look at an inventory or gallery notes before entering—but it might be worthwhile to wait for an impressionistic, mysterious encounter. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 4 minute read
A stylish, simple bronze chair with front and back legs like an Afro pick, with the handle forming the chair’s back.

The Wexler Gallery presents Jomo Tariku’s Juxtaposed

A fresh take on old and new art
Ethiopian American artist and design star Jomo Tariku, whose work spans from the PMA and the Smithsonian to Marvel’s onscreen Wakanda, gets his first-ever solo show at Fishtown’s Wexler Gallery. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Reviews 4 minute read
Portrait of Hsu, a Taiwanese woman. Her arms crossed in a sweater, she stands along tall, large rocks by large body of water

Rachel Hsu presents The Weight of Our Living

A contemplative art installation on reflexology on the Parkway
Philadelphia artist Rachel Hsu’s first installation draws inspiration from traditional Chinese medicine and her childhood as the daughter of a Taiwanese immigrant. Kimberly Haas previews.

Kimberly Haas

Previews 5 minute read
A tea party in an ornately draped tent of lace, with one guest who has a giant pink rose instead of a face.

The BSR Podcast, season 8, episode 9: talking with John Jarboe about her new Rose Garden

A stage show about gender becomes an installation at the Fabric Workshop and Museum
BSR Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with cabaret star John Jarboe, whose latest show has become an alluring installation at the Fabric Workshop and Museum.
Darnelle Radford

Darnelle Radford

Podcast 1 minute read
A large dressing room installation with white walls washed in blue light and huge projections of Jarboe’s face.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents John Jarboe: The Rose Garden

Exploring what drag does best
The latest phase of John Jarboe’s Rose project, an immersive multidisciplinary installation at the Fabric Workshop and Museum, interrogates rigid notions of gender with serious playfulness. Jake Foster reviews.
Jake Foster

Jake Foster

Reviews 3 minute read
Woodsy view from the ground, looking far up the trunk into the multicolored autumn foliage against a blue sky.

The Museum for Art in Wood presents To Understand a Tree

Our arboreal family
A new exhibition by woodworker and interdisciplinary artist Gina Siepel at the Museum for Art in Wood asks what happens when we regard trees as “you” rather than “it.” Anndee Hochman reviews.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Reviews 5 minute read
In the crowded gallery, Wong, holding papers, looks down smiling at Steinborn, who sits on the floor and looks up.

Meet FRIEDA, where an intergenerational community (re)connects over food, arts, and culture

An antidote to the loneliness epidemic
With its versatile Walnut Street storefront in Old City, FRIEDA has become a magnet for transplants and Philly natives alike. Wendy Univer talks to the founders about this burgeoning cultural hub’s found family and latest exhibition, POMBAA.
Wendy Univer

Wendy Univer

Features 5 minute read
Black and white photo of a large tent in a snowy, wooded area, cords holding it up

The Museum of the American Revolution explores the travels of Washington’s war tent

A travelin’ soldier
Casting light on an installation that sits at the centerpiece at the Museum of the American Revolution, and building a narrative around more than just a tent. Lowry Yankwich explores.
Lowry Yankwich

Lowry Yankwich

Previews 3 minute read