Philly Museum of Art Owes Kansas City Counterpart a Painting After Losing Super Bowl Bet

WDIY | By Peter Crimmins | WHYY

Published February 28, 2023 at 1:47 PM EST

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The north entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Because the Eagles lost to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, the Philadelphia Museum of Art lost a bet: it must now loan a painting to its counterpart in Kansas City, the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

WHYY's Peter Crimmins reports the Philly Art Museum has decided on a painting by the 19th century artist Thomas Eakins.

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(Original air-date: 2/24/23)

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WHYY’s arts and culture reporter Peter Crimmins first became interested in radio in the fourth grade, when he smuggled a contraband crystal-diode radio into the Boy Scout summer camp. Subsequent radio projects were more successful.

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