With our reviews, we lead the discussion about what is valuable and why.
Our writing team covers exhibitions and performances in Philadelphia and elsewhere. We also cover books and movies. We look, take notes, ask questions and listen. We take pictures, make video and audio recordings. We think about what we see and have opinions. And we write our hearts out, every day.
Janyce Denise Glasper reviews the series, ‘Queenie,’ streaming on Hulu, noting that she learned some welcome history about African-British and African-Caribbean women whose stories she had not known and are not routinely told in history books.
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh continues her “Books for Holiday Giving” series with two stellar volumes with images and commentary by and about Wendel A. White and Sonya Kelliher-Combs. Enjoy!
Read MoreEach year, our contributor Andrea Kirsh reads lots of book. During the holiday season, she selects a number of them to recommend to you. They might be great presents for the art loving spouse or friend. Or they might be something you decide you can’t live without.
Read MoreRoberta sees the solo exhibit by Rebecca Rutstein at Bridgette Mayer Gallery and talks with the artist about the work, which is inspired by Rutstein’s 30-day voyage as artist in residence on a research vessel in the Gulf of California. The paintings are strong and energetic
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh travels to Rowan University for Wendel White’s exhibit ‘Folding Time,’ which she calls powerful.
Read MoreLane Timothy Speidel experiences music in the form of video/audio works by Toshi Makihara and says about the work, “These are a series of experiments strung together by that fact of percussion. It is a beautiful tumble down a glorious hole, where anything becomes possible. Although many of these are everyday materials – don’t be fooled – Makihara is extremely talented and practiced at finding music in hidden places.”
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