The Philadelphia Art Museum Takes a Close Look at its (Kind of) Biggest Attraction: The Rocky Statue at its Front Door
The Philadelphia Art Museum is organizing a 2026 exhibition centered on a famous artwork that is closely associated with it but is actually not part of its collection: the statue to Rocky Balboa, the fictional boxer created by Sylvester Stallone, that stands at the top of the imposing stone steps (now often called the Rocky Steps) leading to the institution. “Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments” will open in April.The show is curated by a man who lives and breathes public mo
Read more »
Arts news
Swedish Court Acquits Climate Activists Who Smeared Paint on Monet Painting
Napoleon Jones-Henderson, AfriCOBRA Artist Who Wove Images of Black Power, Dies at 82
Pantone Color Institute Executive Addresses ‘Cloud Dancer’ Controversy
Brazilian Police Arrest Suspect in Theft of Matisse Prints from São Paulo Library
New Designs for Notre-Dame Windows Displayed, Swedish Climate Activists Acquitted for Smearing Paint on Monet Artwork, and More: Morning Links for December 9, 2025
Brooklyn Museum Reveals 2025 Acquisitions, Including Poignant Calligraphy and Christian Marclay’s ‘Doors’
As Museums Raise Ticketing Prices, MoMA PS1 Will Offer Free Admission for All
The Year in Black Art: Six Group Exhibitions
The Best New York Art Exhibitions of 2025
Remembering Robert Grosvenor, Quietly Elegant Sculptor of the Ordinary and Peripheral
“What if the identity politics undergirding “left ‘cancel culture’” was always pretty much the same as the identity politics of offended Christians?”
The world’s first AI actress. With British sass and messy hair, “Tilly Norwood” is landing film deals in the $10-50 million range
John Updike produced upward of 25,000 letters in his lifetime, an almost exhaustive account of one man’s pleasures
A Guerrilla Artist’s Latest Project? Game the Billboard Charts With an Album Made by 100,000 People
