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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 1 link 5 artists

Sneak peek: New Rocky exhibit debuts at Philly art museum

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is opening a new exhibition titled "Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments" on Saturday, exploring the legacy of the Rocky statue. The exhibit features over 150 works across eight galleries, including pieces by Keith Haring and Andy Warhol, with the bronze Rocky statue from the 1982 film "Rocky III" as its centerpiece. For the first time, visitors must pay to see the original statue, which was previously located at the bottom of the museum's steps. The exhibition also includes works highlighting boxing greats Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, and Joe Louis, and was inspired by a 2023 WHYY podcast.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 2 link 15 artists, 3 galleries

150+ Works Celebrate Philadelphia’s Boxing Legends and Monuments in New Exhibition

The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present "Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments," an exhibition opening April 25, 2026, that explores the cultural significance of the Rocky statue and its connection to Philadelphia's boxing legends, immigrant neighborhoods, and public monuments. Featuring over 150 works by more than 50 artists—including Keith Haring, Rashid Johnson, Kara Walker, and Andy Warhol—alongside artifacts spanning 2,000 years, the show includes sculptures, paintings, video, and new commissions, timed to the 50th anniversary of the film "Rocky" (1976), the city's World Cup matches, and Philadelphia's Semiquincentennial.

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rate_review review schedule Apr 23, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 2 link 9 artists, 5 galleries

This Liminal Moment

The article reviews the exhibition "MONUMENTS" at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and the Brick in Los Angeles, which addresses the legacy of Confederate monuments through contemporary art. It highlights Cauleen Smith's installation "The Warden" (2025), which features a live-feed of the decommissioned Confederate sculpture "Vindicatrix" (also known as "Miss Confederacy") by Edward V. Valentine, originally atop the Jefferson Davis Memorial in Richmond, Virginia. The exhibition is curated by Hamza Walker, Kara Walker, and Bennett Simpson.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 22, 2026 visibility 2 link 9 artists, 1 gallery

‘Never in a million years.’ The Rocky statue’s long, unlikely road to acceptance inside the Art Museum

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has brought the iconic bronze statue of Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa inside its building for the first time, as the centerpiece of the exhibition 'Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments.' The statue, created as a movie prop for 'Rocky III' by artist A. Thomas Schomberg, had stood outside the museum for decades, its artistic merit debated while it became a major tourist attraction.

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