A panel of state judges overturned an earlier decision allowing the Philly arts presenter to sell its building, which will destroy a major Isaiah Zagar mural. The Painted Bride building in Old City.

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 ...

Inside a small bridal shop on South Street, the Painted Bride Art Center was founded as a cooperative art gallery in 1969. Today, the Bride has become a formidable pillar of Philadelphia’s arts ...

Eight years after the Philadelphia arts community learned it could lose the 7,000-square-foot mosaic that for decades wrapped around an Old City building, the structure’s current owner has started to ...

Isaiah Zagar's "Skin of the Bride" mural at the former Painted Bride Arts Center in Old City (all images Isabella Segalovich/Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) PHILADELPHIA — Last Monday, October ...

Representatives of the Painted Bride said they want to explore a resolution with preservation advocates. The Philadelphia Historical Commission on Friday postponed consideration of historic ...

For a limited time only, Painted Bride Art Center will revive last year's sellout hit from BRAT Productions, "Always Coming Soon: The Future." The new production of the rock and roll cabaret will be ...

This concert was the first in a series entitled "Still the New Thing" honoring three icons of avant-garde jazz: Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, and Sun Ra. Cecil Taylor turns 85 years old in March. To ...

3 ICYMI: Next On Stage: Season 5- Meet the Top 15 4 ICYMI: Watch the Next On Stage: Season 6 Premiere This year the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts began with the question, "If you had ...

An innovative art center for alternative performances, the Painted Bride is selling its home at 230 Vine Street. Photo by M. Kennedy for VISIT PHILADELPHIA A mosaic-covered and beloved building in Old ...

An innovative art center for edgy and experimental music, art, dance, poetry and other performing arts, the Painted Bridge was founded as a cooperative gallery on South Street in 1969 and later ...

Some of Isaiah Zagar’s murals on South Street in Philadelphia. Paul Marotta/Getty Images Philadelphia has one of the most interesting and multifaceted art scenes in the country, but it’s also been ...