Reviews

March 2, 2020 by Kinaya Hassane

Sculpting narratives in Black History, Acori Honzo’s ‘This is Our Story’

Kinaya Hassane reviews Acori Honzo’s latest exhibition at Cherry Street Pier: This is Our Story, closing Saturday, March 7th.

February 28, 2020 by Andrea Kirsh

A three-book starter pack to contemporary indigenous art, Part 2

Andrea Kirsh reviews three books about indigenous art. Part two of two reviews Kate Morris’s “Shifting Grounds; Landscape in Contemporary Native American Art” and Katya García-Antón “Sovereign Words; Indigenous Art, Curation and Criticism”

February 26, 2020 by Andrea Kirsh

Ambitious and fine, ‘Invisible City’ illuminates, recovers Philadelphia’s experimental art of 1950-80

Andrea Kirsh reviews “Invisible City” a multi-venue exhibition that educates and illuminates the radical, experimental, and non-traditional art scene in Philadelphia during 1956-1976, which closes April 4, 2020.

February 25, 2020 by Andrea Kirsh

A three-book starter pack to contemporary indigenous art, Part 1

Andrea Kirsh reviews three books about indigenous art. Part one of two reviews Philip J. Deloria’s “Becoming Mary Sully; Toward an American Indian abstract.”

February 24, 2020 by Levi Bentley

The metal ballet of ‘Ballast & Barricades’ at Philadelphia’s Institute of Contemporary Art

Levi Bentley visits the Institute of Contemporary Art in University City to review Michelle Lopez’s new exhibition, Ballast & Barricades, which closes on May 10, 2020.

February 21, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

Two worlds beautifully co-existing, Bermudez and Marcuse dual shows at List Gallery

Natalie Sandstrom visits the List Gallery at Swarthmore College and analyzes the two exhibitions on display: Henry Bermudez’s Tattooed Nature and Michelle Marcuse’s Holding Absence, which both close tomorrow, February 23, 2020.

February 15, 2020 by Ray Simon

An artful climax, Simcoe’s ‘getting off’ at the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Center

Artblog contributor, Ray Simon, pays a visit to the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, PA to catch their latest exhibition: getting off, which closes on Friday, February 21st.

January 22, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

The artifice and the unnatural, CAMP Philly at Automat Gallery

Natalie Sandstrom reviews the latest exhibition at Automat Gallery, CAMP Philly. A group show of works by Kelly Dzioba, Zach Hill, and Natasha Le Sourd, it explores the wackiness and superficiality of camp within the arts. Catch the show before it comes down on February 1st.

January 8, 2020 by Artblog

The Human Scale of Recycling in India

In this “From the Vault” post, K-Fai reviews artist Enrico Fabian’s photo series about the relationship between poverty and waste recycling industry in India.

January 4, 2020 by Susan Isaacs

A review in two cities, Betye Saar at MoMA and Melvin Edwards at BMA

Artblog contributor Susan Isaacs reviews two exhibitions: “The Legends of Black Girl’s Window” at Museum of Modern Art in New York City, closing January 4, 2020, and “Crossroads” at Baltimore Museum of Art, closing January 12, 2020.

December 30, 2019 by Michael Lieberman

Every day is a full moon at the Franklin Institute, Luke Jerram’s “Museum of the Moon”

Michael Lieberman visits Luke Jerram’s “Museum of the Moon” at the Franklin Institute, on view until January 5th, 2020.

December 23, 2019 by Sarah Kim

Siren’s song, Kantor’s tales of the ocean in ‘Rosewater’ at Clay Studio

Sarah Kim reviews “Rosewater”– an exhibition by the current artist-in-residence at The Clay Studio, Stephanie Kantor– which closes January 5, 2020.

December 19, 2019 by Wit López

Nothing but blue skies at Cerulean Arts’ group exhibition

Artblog Managing Editor, Wit Lopez, visits the latest group exhibition at Cerulean Arts Studio & Gallery. The show closes on January 12, 2020.

December 18, 2019 by Mark Lord

Breaking the rules with confidence and subtlety, Brice Marden at Gagosian

Mark Lord visits the Upper East Side Gagosian, New York City and reviews “It reminds me of something, and I don’t know what it is.” a show of new paintings by Brice Marden, closing December 21st, 2019.