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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.
Artblog contributor Joyce Chung talks with Rachel Hsu about the artist’s new temporary public art in Maja Park on the Ben Franklin Parkway. In this wide-ranging, poetic discussion, they cover issues of how a body interacts in space; and with others, raising issues of community as well as individual experience.
Read MoreSusan Isaacs writes about a historic farmhouse in Delaware that was save by some artists who have created a non-profit organization, fundraised, and renovated the farmhouse into an art space for the community. It’s a great story of art and historic preservation.
Read MoreJanyce Denise Glasper talks with three of her former teachers or mentors at PAFA to get their reaction to the recent changes the school made to its curriculum.
Read MoreIn this sponsored post, Roberta speaks with Velocity fund awardee Joy O. Ude about her project, ‘Threading the Needle,’ whose goal is to teach fiber art techniques to those who teach others, thereby bringing the time honored techniques to new generations and making sure the valued craft arts continue in the community.
Read MoreLane Speidel speaks with artist Chenxi Shao about their practice of art making that involves (among other things) growing mushrooms in unusual materials and combining them in agglomerations that are purposely not beautiful but that evoke the precariousness of our world today.
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