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Lightbox Film Center presents “Dream Dance: The Art of Ed Emshwiller” running October 18 – December 7, 2019.
Read MoreAlex Smith interviews one of the founders of #Blkgrlswurld about their upcoming Punk Fest and Zine Fair celebrating women of color in heavy metal and punk music scenes.
Read MoreWe are always happy when we can say there’s new funding for artist projects in Philadelphia, and ‘Added Velocity,’ supported by the William Penn Foundation, does that – it greatly increases the funds available for Philadelphia artists’ projects.
Read MoreIn this edition of Ask Artblog, Beth Heinly answers a question about the difference between protest and posture in relation to this year’s Whitney Biennial and the forced resignation of Warren Kanders from the Whitney Museum Board.
Read MoreAs we await The Museum of Modern Art’s newest expansion, Andrea Kirsh reflects on her experience visiting MoMA over the past fifty years— during which time she has witnessed two other building expansions. MoMA will re-open on October 21, 2019.
Read MoreIn this feature, Andrea Kirsh describes the resources available for artists to inventory, archive, and organize their body of work or “artistic estates.”
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