To honor His Holiness Pope Francis on the occasion of his visit to the United States, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Association for Public Art announced the installation of Robert Indianas monumental sculpture AMOR (1998) on the Museums East Terrace, where it will overlook the celebration of the Papal Mass on Sunday, September 27, which culminates the World Meeting of Families 2015. AMORmeaning love in both Pope Franciss native Spanish and the Churchs traditional Latinwill stand at one end of the Parkway facing, at the other end, Indianas renowned LOVE sculpture on John F. Kennedy Plaza. The installation of AMOR outside of the Museum and overlooking the city of Philadelphia is also emblematic of an important civic and cultural collaboration between the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with its landmark building and internationally renowned art collection, and the Associati
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