Happy Halloween! These sidewalk skulls were created by NYC artist Paul Richard. You can find his most recent work on Instagram.
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Oct 292026
Shepard Fairey created The Stamp of Incarceration: James Anderson in 2015 for Mural Arts Philadelphia.
From Mural Arts about the work:
Shepard Fairey came to Philadelphia to meet with inmates at Graterford SCI, members of the Guild (Mural Arts’ re-entry program for formerly incarcerated people), and others involved in Mural Arts’ Restorative Justice program. Based on this dialogue, he developed a series of images that kicked off a massive campaign designed to raise awareness about criminal justice. Going back to the origins of his Andre the Giant sticker, Shepard distributed stickers to the public for mass distribution, engaging in a participatory form of art. He has created several murals in Philadelphia.
This project was part of Open Source, a citywide exhibition that brought 14 extraordinary artists from around the world to Philadelphia. They worked with Mural Arts Philadelphia and guest curator Pedro Alonzo to create a new series of public artworks that explore and illuminate Philadelphia’s diverse urban identity.
This Saturday (10/31/26) is Mural Arts Fest, taking place from 12-5pm in Philadelphia’s LOVE Park. The free event includes live performances, mask decorating, pumpkin painting, an artist vendor market, and more.
Oct 152026
These murals were created in 2020 on the Union Transfer building in Philadelphia by NYC artists John “Crash” Matos, Chris “Daze” Ellis and Lady Pink and Philly-based artists and muralists Adam Crawford and Andréa Grasso.
More details on the project can be found on the Mural Arts website.
Oct 032026
Happy news for cat lovers and fans of the original Welcome to Fishtown mural (pictured below), the artists Evan Lovett of Visual Urban Renewal & Transformation (VURT) and Kristin Scholz, (SEA OF DOOM) have created two new cat murals outside of Barcade‘s Fishtown location in Philadelphia. The original mural, which also appeared in the television series Dispatches from Elsewhere, was replaced by an apartment building in 2023.
On the other side of a wooden fence you’ll find the second mural, a cat night scene with more of an emphasis on Scholz’s artistic style.
Mural by Kristin Scholz, image via her website Sea of Doom
The original “Welcome to Fishtown Mural” by Evan Lovett and Jimmy Glossback, image courtesy of Streets Dept
Lovett is currently raising funds to recreate Prince of Front Street, another of his animal murals in Fishtown that has been obstructed by a building. That work, created with Jimmy Glossblack, who also worked on the first mural, features a large pigeon. More information here.
Sep 302026
Looking up at the sky from outside Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education’s headquarters in NYC, is this lovely statue of Le Petit Prince, a character from the book of the same name by Antoine de Saint Exupéry. Created by French sculptor Jean-Marc de Pas, it was installed in 2023 for the 80th anniversary of the book which was published in 1943.
In Le Petit Prince, or The Little Prince, a young prince from a very small planet lands on Earth and recounts his adventures to an aircraft pilot who is stranded in the Sahara desert after a crash. Through the prince’s stories Exupéry explores themes of love, loneliness, loss, and human nature.
Sep 182026
Japanese artist ONEQ created this mural, Hara Hara, in Asbury Park in 2023. It is one of the many murals in the area organized by the Wooden Walls Mural Project.
The hearts are by Amberella.
Sep 182026
2011 mural by Shepard Fairey surrounded by work from Danny Clinch and RC Hagan’s 2016 collaborative mural project
The updated Shepard Fairey mural (2026) by photographer Connor Kane (images from PlusOne.ap Instagram account)
The updated Shepard Fairey mural (2026) by photographer Connor Kane (images from PlusOne.ap Instagram account)
Lots to do in Asbury Park, New Jersey, this weekend! Tonight marks the beginning of Wooden Walls inaugural three-weekend art party, PlusOne. It will include new murals, immersive installations, exhibitions, art tours, and more.
Artist Shepard Fairey has returned for the first time since 2011 and has updated his original mural and added several more. The first image above is from 2024 and shows the original mural, plus a few leftover pieces from a 2016 collaborative project (the images of musicians) between photographer Danny Clinch and RC Hagans . The second images are the recent updates, courtesy of PlusOne and photographer Connor Kane.
Raw Power, an exhibition of artwork by Fairey presented by Wooden Walls and Jonathan Levine Projects, is showing in two locations in Asbury Park– The Art Spot (where it opened yesterday, 9/17) and Parlor Gallery (opening tonight 9/18). The works will be on view in both locations until 10/18/26.
Also part of PlusOne’s programming, the 4th Annual “March of Medusa” procession created by multidisciplinary artist Dennis McNett, aka Wolfbat, is taking place on Sunday (9/20). The procession route is along the Boardwalk from the Carousel House to 4th Avenue Pavilion.
The full schedule for all three weekends can be found here and the press release for the event here.
Sep 162026
Sculptor Claes Oldenburg‘s Clothespin was installed across from City Hall in downtown Philadelphia in 1976. It was commissioned as part of the Redevelopment Authority’s Percent for Art program.
Two details about the 45-foot, 10-ton Cor-Ten steel sculpture may have you looking at it a bit differently. The first is it’s spring, which is meant to resemble the number 76, a reference to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776. The other is that Oldenburg was influenced by Constantin Brâncuși‘s The Kiss when creating this work. The Kiss is on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
For more information about the sculpture and its history, this article on The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, is worth checking out.
Sep 082026
Located in Philadelphia SEPTA’s Suburban Station, my art gives me a voice by Philadelphia artist Lisa Kelley was created for Mural Arts Philadelphia in 2022.
More from Mural Arts:
The mural was inspired by the chirps of bluebirds, wrens, and chickadees that Kelley listens to when she walks in a park to clear her mind. Kelley hopes that the mural, which features suns, flowers, geometric shapes, and mandalas, is meant to evoke feelings of healing and growth and will uplift the spirits of people who see it.
The designs used in the mural are from printmaking workshops that Kelley led for participants of Mural Arts’ Color Me Back program, a same-day work and pay program in collaboration with the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services that combines participatory art-making and access to social services.
Another of her murals, Let Your Dreams Take Flight, is currently on view at Philadelphia International Airport in Terminal A. It is just one of the many works on display as part of Art at PHL, the airport’s Exhibitions Program.
Lisa Kelley at PHL
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Philadelphia artist Jim Houser created this mural, Wide Open, in 2019 for Mural Arts Philadelphia.
From Mural Arts:
Wide Open by artist Jim Houser features a design that speaks directly to the artist’s view of Philadelphia. Located in the Northern Liberties neighborhood, the mural’s themes include the concept of brotherly love, family and friends, a love of skateboarding and music, and the complex interaction of danger and beauty. The struggle of loss, hope and pride in where one lives intertwine in this striking mural.
His mixed media paintings, seen below, were also recently on view at Philadelphia’s Paradigm Gallery.
Work by Jim Houser at Paradigm Gallery in May of this year
You can find his most recent work on Instagram.