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Read MoreIn honor of our new book, “The Noble Art of Art Writing, The Art Writing Challenge,” we will be publishing a selection of outstanding challenge winners. To order a book, email editor@theartblog.org!
Read MoreIn honor of our new book, “The Noble Art of Art Writing, The Art Writing Challenge,” we will be publishing a selection of outstanding challenge winners. To order a book, email editor@theartblog.org!
Read MoreIn this “From the Vault” post, K-Fai reviews artist Enrico Fabian’s photo series about the relationship between poverty and waste recycling industry in India.
Read MoreIn this “From the Vault” post (from 2011) Corey Armpriester interviews artist Adam Harvey about their project “CV dazzle,” a makeup oriented approach to avoid automated face detection.
Read MoreIn this 2011 throwback, Corey Armpriester interviews David Huggins, a painter whose works chronicle his interactions with alien beings.
Read MoreIf you’re still kicking yourself for missing MR. SOUL! at the 2018 BlackStar Film Festival, then we’ve got some good news for you. This Friday, January 25th, our friends at Scribe Video Center are hosting a Producer’s Forum screening of this joyous documentary about the life and work of Ellis Haizlip, who was not only a pioneering television host and black arts advocate, but also Scribe’s very first board chair. Director (and Ellis’s niece) Melissa Haizlip will be on hand for the screening, which will be preceded by Turnin’ the Tables, a documentary short by local youth filmmaker, J’Lynn Matthews. In this August 19, 2018 “From the Vault” post Imani Roach interviews MR. SOUL! cinematographer Hans Charles about his contributions to the film and his approach to filming black subjects. Read on and we’ll see you at Scribe on the 25th!
Read MoreIn this November 6, 2016 “From the Vault” post, 2016 Art Writing Challenge finalist, Justin O. Walker, takes a somewhat sardonic stroll through the then-newly-constructed Mormon Temple at 18th and Vine. Writers! Apply to the 2018 Art Writing Contest, OPEN NOW! Did you know that some of our most creative entries in the contest have been about local architectural landmarks? Read on and submit your unpublished writing about a space or place in your community before the October 31st deadline!
Read MoreAttention emerging writers and culture lovers: The New Art Writers Contest is back and better than ever with bigger prizes and a first-ever physical publication in the works!! This December 11, 2017 “From the Vault” post by last year’s contest winner, Leah Gallant, creatively combines the writer’s fascination with a renaissance painting from the PMA’s permanent collection with her desire to make sense of an infamously iconic image from our own time. Do you have things to say about the images and objects in your environment? Read on and submit your unpublished art writing to this year’s contest, open NOW!
Read MoreIt’s been almost a year since Opera Philadelphia commissioned poet and multi-disciplinary performer Marc Bamuthi Joseph to commemorate the tragic and brutal MOVE bombings with “We Shall Not Be Moved” — an original hip-hop opera. If you missed it then, you’re in luck because Opera Philadelphia is bringing it back for a public screening on September 29th as part of the 8th annual Opera on the Mall event. In this November 12, 2017 “From the Vault” post Imani Roach interviews Bamuthi on the heels of the premier.
Read MoreThe New Art Writers Contest is back for a 4th year! This October 12, 2016 “From the Vault” post by Anna Marie Gibertini takes us back one of the earliest public conversations that Artblog organized about the craft, culture and function of art writing. Do you have opinions about art in Philly? Read on and submit your new art writing to the 2018 contest, open NOW!
Read MoreAs Labor Day fast approaches, its time to reflect on the kind of work that isn’t always visible. In this blast from the past, originally published October 1, 2016, Andrea Kirsh reviews groundbreaking “maintenance” artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ retrospective at the Queen’s Museum.
Read MoreToday, we share a 2012 image of a Peeps Diorama of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! Libby reported on this when she found there was a trend in using Peeps in art! Enjoy your Easter, Passover, April Fool’s Day!
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