The Music’s Great, But What About Those Bare Walls?

Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts has been up and running for two years now, but something’s still missing. The Kimmel, home to the Philadelphia Orchestra and various other groups, “was supposed to be accessorized with art selected and funded under provisions of the city’s Percent for Art program. However, a number of problems slowed the project considerably, to the point where the seven-member jury tasked with choosing the art is just now entering the final phase of the process.”