Philadelphia museum brings Rocky statue inside after decades of tension

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is embracing a statue it once kept at arm’s length. A new exhibition, “Rising Up: Rocky and ...
Hyperallergic

Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments

Featuring works from antiquity to today, the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art explores the Rocky statue and its ...
WUSF Public Media

Can the famous Rocky statue punch through political disagreements?

Philadelphia's Rocky statue gets as many visitors as the Statue of Liberty. Now the Philadelphia Museum of Art is trying to use it to create dialogue between people who disagree.

Rocky Balboa statue takes up a new home inside Philly art museum

The bronze sculpture is on display inside the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of a new exhibition on the impact and ...
Billy Penn

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

Rocky is headlining the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s exhibition on monuments, after two decades of drawing millions of ...

Where is the Rocky statue? New exhibit features icon at Philly museum

Have you noticed something missing from the famous museum steps? Here's the latest on a new exhibit featuring the famous ...

Sylvester Stallone celebrates 50 years of Rocky as iconic statue finally finds permanent spot

To mark the half century since the film's release, Rocky is back at the top of those legendary steps in the form of an iconic ...