PHILADELPHIA, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When the Barnes Foundation opens to the public on Saturday, May 19, 2012 (after the collection's relocation from nearby Merion, Pennsylvania), the

PHILADELPHIA, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/-- With the height of tourist activity throughout the region in sight, the Independence Visitor Center Corporation (IVCC) is excited to announce

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter today announced the city's first-ever coordinated and sustained visual arts marketing campaign called With Art Philadelphia(TM). The $2 million, two-year campaign aims to: position Philadelphia, Pennsylvania among the world's great art destinations; draw more and new audiences; and generate overnight stays from visitors worldwide. With Art Philadelphia

Jordan Cammarata's pull chain-inspired lamp was honored at the Philadelphia Museum of Art-sponsored event PHILADELPHIA, Dec.

WASHINGTON - The National Gallery plans to buy one of the 19th century's best-known American paintings, "The Gross Clinic" by Thomas Eakins, for a record $68 million. The sale price sets a record for a pre-World War II work of art created in the United States, The New York Times reported.