Our features add context, depth and breadth to our reviews and make our community more connected to each other and to the art world.
We go to International Art Fairs and Biennials and cover important gallery and museum shows outside Philadelphia. We provide a platform for opinions in our Reader Advisor and essay features. We report on studio visits and public lectures by visiting artists. Our podcasts humanize art by introducing the voice of the artist. In 2014 we began commissioning original works by amazing Philadelphia comics artists. We are proud to support these artists! And we love providing a platform for their smart humor.
Our contributor Janyce Denise Glasper writes an opinionated essay about artists’ placement in museums. Where does Jasper Johns go? Where does Emma Amos? Some artists receive accolades mostly after their death, while others receive praise again and again in life. The art world is still a mostly white world and mostly a white man’s club.
Read MoreDeborah Krieger interviews Kelsey Halliday Johnson, artist and current Executive Director of Portland, Maine’s SPACE (plus former Philly resident/ arts worker/ member of Philly’s DIY-alternative community). Kelsey is enthusiastically dedicated to her role at SPACE, a multi-disciplinary independent maker hub; in particular their grantmaking program, the Kindling Fund.
Read MoreHooray, 2022 is coming!! Let it be better! And here now, our list of memorable people, places, things … and some rebrandings. It’s the 2021 Liberta Awards!
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