Philadelphia’s Historical Commission heard hours of testimony Friday on the fate of the Painted Bride, an iconic art space in Old City that is covered in a distinctive mural celebrating its storied ...

The fate of the Painted Bride’s distinctive Vine Street building went before a three-judge Commonwealth Court panel Thursday, with an attorney for the arts organization arguing that a lower court ...

The former Painted Bride Art Center building, once home to world-renowned artist Isaiah Zagar’s 7,000-square-foot mirror-and-tile mosaic, has started to come down. The demolition equipment and growing ...

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After years of legal fights and shifting redevelopment plans, the mosaic-clad former site of the Painted Bride Art Center in Old City is scheduled to be demolished to make way for apartments and ...

At a Commonwealth Court hearing Thursday, the Painted Bride Art Center sought to overturn a lower court ruling stopping a sale of its building. Judge Matthew D. Carrafiello ruled that sale of the ...