This year saw leadership changes announced at several Philadelphia arts organizations – Brandywine Workshop and Archives (BWA), Association for Public Art (aPA), Fabric Workshop and Museum. After extensive searches, BWA and aPA have announced their new leaders. Read on for more. Also, a great opportunity at iMPeRFeCT gallery. I hope you’re enjoying the recent change in weather. Enjoy the news!
Read MoreLane reviews the show “Songs for Ritual and Remembrance” at Arthur Ross Gallery, a spare exhibition with works that are heartfelt memorials to past trauma experienced by the artists, either personally, or through ancestral or other historical connections. The show, which Lane says, holds “some impressive and moving works,” is up until Sept. 17, 2023.
Read MoreHi, this week is full of news as Penn Museum workers unite to fight for fair pay and a fair contract. In addition Artlab Editorial Fellows have been announced selecting two writers out of 500 across the world. The Icebox Project Space has an ongoing show titled The Art of Pleasure and Arthur Ross Gallery is soon to open a new group show. We have more news, events, and an opportunity for you to parse through. Have a great week!
Read MoreArtblog contributor Susan Isaacs interviews Egyptian-Honduran American artist Jackie Milad about balancing life, work, and art; her artistic process; and identity-based art. Jackie’s work can be viewed at multiple current and upcoming exhibitions!
Read MoreIn their review of the exhibition “Soy Cuba/I am Cuba” at Arthur Ross Gallery, Logan Cryer says the Cuban artist Roger Toledo delivers a complex portrait of his homeland in art that is complex and conceptual.
Read MoreTake in two great shows with the good people of Artblog on Saturday, June 10 from 2–5 pm. Free and open to everyone!
Read MoreCurrently on view at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery, Willie Cole’s travelling show On Site contains the artist’s signature found-object sculpture, which transforms common domestic objects like irons, shoes, and bottles into powerful ensembles evoking ancient gods and contemporary consumer culture.
Read MoreComposer and electronic music pioneer George Lewis (a MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient) took it upon himself to continue the dialogue he shared with the late artist, performer, and multi-instrumentalist Terry Adkins in the way he knew would be most appropriate–a recital.
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