{"id":178658,"date":"2026-04-28T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/178658\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T22:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:00:15","slug":"rising-up-brings-rocky-statue-inside-the-philadelphia-museum-of-art-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/178658\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Rising Up&#8217; brings Rocky statue inside the Philadelphia Museum of Art for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByNatalie Jason  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WPVI logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/origin-wpvi.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, April 28, 2026 9:04PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"'Rising Up' brings Rocky statue inside the PMA for first time\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART (WPVI) &#8212; &#8220;Rising Up &#8212; Rocky and The Making of Monuments&#8221; is a new exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia native, scholar Paul Farber, is the guest curator who has made his life&#8217;s work the study of monuments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He hosts a podcast called The Statue, and is the Director and Co-Founder of The Monument Lab &#8212; a Philadelphia-based nonprofit public art and history studio that reimagines monuments as places of learning, healing and belonging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The exhibition brings the Rocky statue &#8212; and artifacts surrounding it&#8217;s making &#8212; inside the museum for the first time, and features over 150 works by over 50 artists spanning over 2,000 years. &#8216;Rising Up&#8217; runs through August 2nd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.philamuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Philadelphia Museum of Art<\/a> | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/visitpham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Philamuseumart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a><br class=\" \"\/><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.philamuseum.org\/exhibitions\/rising-up-rocky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rising Up: Rocky and The Making of Monuments<\/a><br class=\" \"\/>2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130<br class=\" \"\/>215-763-8100<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. 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