Arts
Arts
Art Battle: Inside Philadelphia’s High–Stakes Live Painting Competition
Does creativity really thrive under pressure?
by LUIZA LOUBACK
Arts
The Ubiquity of Yoshitomo Nara
You might not know his name, but you know his art.
by KATRINA ITONA
Arts
A New Curatorial Vision for Philly
An interview with Megan Galardi, owner and curatorial director of Blah Blah Gallery, a sharply minded gallery in the Italian Market focused on women and non–binary artists.
by LOGAN YUHAS
Arts
Code Over Canvas, Bytes Over Brushstrokes
Is news of the world’s first AI museum heralding the death of traditional art?
by RICHARD PAGET
Arts
Who's to Blame for the Commercialization of Cultural Trauma in Literature?
Are we, the readers, complicit?
by SAMANTHA HSIUNG
Arts
Weike Wang’s ‘Rental House’ Reminds Us of the Opportunity Cost of Belonging
How do we know where to call home?
by SAMANTHA HSIUNG
Arts
Purring Machines: ‘Nature Never Loses’ at the ICA
The major Carl Cheng retrospective is on display until April 6
by KATRINA ITONA
Arts
How Do We Exhibit the Fear and Fragility of Our Moment?
The Arthur Ross Gallery’s first exhibition of 2025 brings modernism’s past into our present.
by RICHARD PAGET
Arts
Orientalism and the Limits of Reimagining
Matthew Ozawa’s satirical reimagining of the classic "Madama Butterfly" subverts orientalism but at the cost of artistic merit.
by KYUNGHWAN LIM
Arts
Millionaires Go Bananas!
The infamous banana duct–taped to a wall was sold for $6.2 million.
by PRIYANKA AGARWAL
Arts
Printmaking in a Garage
Grab a sketch, a screen, some sun, and a makeshift squeegee, and you’re set to screen print.
by KAYLA KARMANOS
Arts
A Sonic Journey through the American Soul
Joshua Redman and his ensemble brought the heart of American music to life at Penn Live Arts.
by GRIFFIN PITT
Arts
The Signal is Shaking Up Penn’s Culture
I spent $11 on art at the Signal Art Fair, and what I got was priceless
by RICHARD PAGET
Arts
Cryptonomicon and the Future of Money
Neal Stephenson’s novel shows that art cannot (perfectly) predict the future
by CALEB CRAIN
Arts
‘The Eleven’ and the Ephemeral World of FKA Twigs
Twigs's exhibition at Sotheby’s once again proves her to be a genre-defying visionary.
by LYNN YI
Arts
From Philadelphia to the Caribbean: Packing Barrels with Care
Penn Museum’s latest exhibition, Love Sent Across Seas, attempts to capture the immigrant experience.
by LOGAN YUHAS
Arts
If These Walls Could Talk
Chinatown's walls reveal the deeply human spirit in Philadelphia’s ever–evolving story.
by SAMEERA SINGH
Arts
Japonisme Makes Its Way to the East Coast
The impressionist take on Japanese art just finished up its tour on the East Coast—it’s time to reflect.
by SADIE DANIEL
Arts
‘Begin Again’ poses the question: Are we creatures of repetition?
The exhibition ‘Begin Again: Repetition in Contemporary Art’ is on display at the PMA until Dec. 30, bringing light to the place of repetition in art and in life.
by KAS BERNAYS
PennConnects
Newsletters
Get 34th Street's newsletter, The Toast, delivered to your inbox every Friday morning.
NewslettersMost Read
Latest Issue
