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Look inside Calder Gardens, the city's new art space that challenges what museums can be

A 60-foot-tall sculpture in Northern Liberties now glows on the Delaware River waterfront

Northern Liberties Sculpture

After five years of planning and building, Calder Gardens will open to visitors starting Sept. 21

Calder Gardens opening

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours returns with a peek into artists' workspaces

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours

Scrapple sculpting contest produced some unique creations – and they're on display at Reading Terminal Market

Scrapple sculptures RTM

A 35-foot-tall inflatable cloud child to sit in Navy Yard through September

seated little cloud navy yard

Sculptures made from the seals on plastic bottles coming to Philadelphia Museum of Art

Salvaged art

Lego artist finds purpose in recreating famous paintings and building giant animal sculptures

Lego art whales

Philadelphia Zoo to display huge troll sculptures made from salvaged wood

Thomas Dambo trolls

Philly's newest art museum Calder Gardens could open by late 2024

What are the new sculptures along Kelly Drive? They're a contemporary art display here through the fall

Kelly Drive sculptures Hassinger 1

Shining, 60-foot-tall sculpture proposed along Delaware River at soon-to-be-built Northern Liberties apartments

Northern Liberties Sculpture

Enormous troll sculpture promoting conservation to appear in New Jersey this month

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City will remove decades-old, board-game art installation from Thomas Paine Plaza

Thomas Paine Plaza Sculptures

Cheer on racers and shop small businesses at the Kensington Derby and Arts Festival

Kensington Derby and Arts Festival

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Chestnut Hill on Ice returns, celebrating everything cold but offering cozy options, too

Chestnut Hill on Ice 2023

Plans for Alexander Calder museum on Benjamin Franklin Parkway back on track

Calder Gardens parkway exterior

Claes Oldenberg, famed pop artist who made Philly's 'Clothespin' sculpture, dies at 93

Clothespin Sculpture Philly

Popular 'OY/YO' sculpture to be displayed near Independence Mall for one year

Yo Scuplture Philly

Permanent Harriet Tubman sculpture to be installed outside City Hall

Harriet Tubman statue Philadelphia

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'Philly Freeze-Out' event bringing ice sculptures, beer and chowder specials to Manayunk

Manayunk Founders Freeze Out

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Enjoy the cold weather at Chestnut Hill on Ice with axe throwing, iceless skating, and ice carving shows

Chestnut Hill on Ice 2022

Philly artist's absurd sculptures made from everyday objects to be displayed at The Galleries at Moore

Tristan Lowe art Moore

Gigantic flamingo sculpture arrives on Main Street in Manayunk

Flamingo Sculpture Manayunk

Monumental Tour features sculptures examining themes from Black history

Monumental Tour

Sculpture series heads to Delaware River waterfront next month

Philly auction house to sell rare Benjamin Franklin medallions made in 18th century

ben franklin medallion auction

Four Seasons Total Landscaping diorama will sell for $15,000 in Berlin

Wire artist installs Danny DeVito sculpture in South Philly

Sculptor seeks backing to create Kobe Bryant memorial statue in Lower Merion

Museum for Alexander Calder coming to Benjamin Franklin Parkway

You can walk through a huge, interactive cocoon made of tape at the Navy Yard

Navy Yard tape cocoon

Everything you wanted to know about the 'steel furnace letter' but were afraid to ask

27th and Girard Furnace Party

Artist Antony Gormley discusses sculpture installation at Rocky Steps

Carroll - Stand installation Philadelphia Museum of Art

South Philly playground welcomes city's first statue of an African-American girl

smith playground sculpture

FBI Art Crime Team, Cherry Hill police seek help recovering stolen 80-year-old sculpture

Cherry Hill Nathan Choate Sculpture

WATCH: Behold the creation of the first-ever 'Cheese Gritty'

Carroll - Gritty Cheese Sculpture

Surrealist inflatable sea monster at the Navy Yard breaks through 'proverbial' and 'physical' walls

Sea Monsters

Faux Statue of Liberty stamp will cost U.S. Postal Service $3.5 million

Don't miss Ursula von Rydingsvard's large-scale handiwork, now on display

Carroll - Sculpture by Ursula von Rydingsvard at the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden

Robert Indiana, artist behind Philly's iconic LOVE sculpture, dies at 89

Stock_Carroll - LOVE Sculpture

What are the origins of the 'LOVE' design?

Stock_Carroll - LOVE Sculpture

New-look LOVE sculpture will miss reopening of park

Carroll - LOVE Park

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