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.
Ray Simon visits Lightbox Film Center to view a screening of “Chulas Fronteras” by Les Blank. Simon says the film is a beautiful and romantic snapshot of the lives of working-class Mexican Americans living in Texas in the mid-1970s.
Read MoreNatalie Sandstrom visits Julian Hoeber’s solo exhibition at Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery at the University of the Arts and writes a thoughtful review about Hoeber’s art history and philosophical influences and his playful conceptual sculpture.
Read MoreAlex Smith visits Scribe Video Center for a screening of the documentary movie, “Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror” and a Q&A with co-writer of the film, Ashlee Blackwell.
Read MoreDeborah Krieger visits “Narrative Painting in LA” at Craig Krull Gallery in her hometown of Los Angeles, California. The exhibition closes on August 31, 2019.
Read MoreNatalie Sandstrom visits “Additional Assembly Required,” AUTOMAT collective’s 2019 Open Call exhibition.
Read MoreDeborah Krieger visits Asian Arts Initiative’s exhibition “ABOLITION NOW!”, a group exhibition that features artworks about racism and mass incarceration in America and highlights the arts-related work of local prison abolition and anti-incarceration groups.
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh visits the New Chinese Galleries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Kirsh says the newly re-arranged exhibit is educational, aesthetically pleasing, and able to appeal to every type of museum guest.
Read MoreMichael Lieberman visits Philly’s newest commercial gallery, Kapp Kapp, to review its inaugural show “Living and Real,” open until August 30th, 2019.
Read MoreMiles Orvell reviews “Site Unseen,” an exhibition of photos and neon sculptures by Laurence Salzmann and John Schlesinger.
Read MoreTom Stoelker reviews “Contradict This!” a musical performance by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret for Stonewall at 50 that examines Walt Whitman’s problematic history with racism.
Read MoreSusan Isaacs visits The Walters Art Museum Baltimore and reviews “Roberto Lugo at 1 West.”
Read MoreMatt Singer visits Wheaton Arts to experience an enchanting musical and artistic performance, “Phantom Frequencies” by collaborators Martha McDonald and Laura Baird.
Read MoreSamuel Brown reviews Jonas Wood’s exhibition at Gagosian Gallery on West 24th street in New York, closing July 19th, 2019!
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