Artblog | COVID-19

February 8, 2021 By Oli Knowles

February 4, 2021 By Andrea Kirsh

New navigation guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art highlights works by black artists in the collection

Artblog contributor Andrea Kirsh visits the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and follows their “Works by Black Artists” guide which is now available alongside museum maps. Andrea’s Art History-informed observations are vivid and insightful.

January 28, 2021 By Morgan Nitz

Artblog Announcements, Three opportunities, Posts in the Pipeline

Hear about Artblog’s plans for 2021, check out a great new job opportunity, Fellowship opportunity from the Library Company of Philadelphia, an Open Call for solo exhibitions from Ortega y Gasset Projects, and read about upcoming posts on Artblog!

January 12, 2021 By Susan Isaacs

Contemporary art mingles with vintage party dresses at Towson University’s ‘All Night Party’

Co-curators J. Susan Isaacs and Erin Lehman write an essay about their exhibition “All Night Party,” which places contemporary works in conversation with 20th century party dresses, drawing similarities between America’s political climate then and now.

January 7, 2021 By Oli Knowles

Socialist Grocery

December 30, 2020 By Morgan Nitz

Liberta Awards 2020

A few things to love in a year everyone hated- the 2020 Libertas, Artblog’s annual end-of-year shout-outs!

December 21, 2020 By Dereck Stafford Mangus

Contemporary churches in Baltimore, repurposed and appreciated in a new light

After learning that the iconic Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church in Baltimore church was purchased by an out-of-state developer, Dereck reflects on the upward trend of repurposed churches in his neighborhood.

December 15, 2020 By Michael Lieberman

Slought archives thoughts on our quarantine lives in a collection of poetry and art

Michael Lieberman reviews Slought’s exhibition ‘Atlas of Affects,’ an open-call archive project about personal experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.