Reviews

December 16, 2019 by Alex Smith

A look into many futures at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Alex Smith, reports back from the new Designs for Different Futures exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, on display until March 8th, 2020.

December 9, 2019 by Susan Isaacs

Black abstract art takes center stage in ‘Generations’ at Baltimore Museum of Art

Artblog contributor Susan Isaacs reports back from ‘Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art’ at the Baltimore Museum of Art, which closes on January 19, 2020.

November 30, 2019 by Logan Cryer

Room for Living, Satterwhite’s first solo museum show at the Fabric Workshop and Museum

Logan Cryer reports back from Jacolby Satterwhite’s latest exhibition at the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Room for Living.

November 27, 2019 by Andrea Kirsh

Books for holiday giving, Part 2

And here you are, with Part 2 of Andrea Kirsh’s annual roundup of the best in art books! Get going on your holiday shopping by picking up one of these books, and don’t forget to check out Part 1 if you missed it!

November 27, 2019 by Andrea Kirsh

Books for holiday giving, Part 1

Part 1 of Andrea Kirsh’s annual roundup of the best in art books is here just in time for Thanksgiving! Don’t forget to check out Part 2!

November 23, 2019 by Susan Isaacs

A tale of two biennales, witnessing global art in Venice and Jerusalem

Artblog contributor Susan Isaacs shares her experiences with traveling to the biennales in Venice and Jerusalem.

November 13, 2019 by Natalie Sandstrom

Moore College of Art and Design honors the work of three visionaries

Artblog contributor Natalie visits Moore College of Art and Design to see the exhibition “Visionary Women.”

October 28, 2019 by Natalie Sandstrom

The terrible and the beautiful, Lugo and Tomezsko’s ‘Wynorrific Times’ at Wexler Gallery

Natalie Sandstrom visits Wexler Gallery to review a collaborative exhibition featuring new works by artists Roberto Lugo and Mat Tomezsko.

October 26, 2019 by Alex Smith

A shrine to Black Divinity, Temple of Sirius at Da Vinci Art Alliance

Alex Smith reviews Malachi Lily’s project, The Temple of Sirius, currently on display at the Da Vinci Art Alliance.

October 25, 2019 by Wit López

A Complex Composition, Bennett and Phillips’s new installation ‘Spitting Distance’ at Napoleon gallery

Wit visits new exhibition, “Spitting Distance” by Keenan Bennett and Heather Raquel Phillips at Napolean gallery, closing on Sunday, October 27, 2019.

October 22, 2019 by Natalie Sandstrom

New exhibition ‘Back and Song’ at Girard College explores medical discrimination and healing

Natalie Sandstrom reviews ‘Back and Song,’ an exhibition by filmmakers Elissa Blount Moorhead and Bradford Young installed at Girard College.

October 18, 2019 by Michael Carroll

Gabe Martinez’s ‘Bound to the Past,’ a revisiting of 1981, at Marginal Utility

Michael Carroll reviews the latest exhibition by local artistic genius “Gabriel Martinez: Bound to the Past.” The display is centered on the summer of 1981 and the importance of that point in time as a cultural and political moment in LGBTQ+ history. Martinez’s work will be on display through October 20, 2019 at Marginal Utility gallery located at 319 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

October 11, 2019 by Alex Smith

How Are We Free? Lifelines Project pairs art by people in prison and artists outside, at Vox Populi

Alex reviews the project-based show at Vox Populi, “How Are We Free?” at Vox Populi through Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019.

October 9, 2019 by Natalie Sandstrom

Expanding ‘outside,’ Lisi Raskin and Jesse Harrod’s ‘Mending and Repair in Response’ at Fleisher Ollman

Natalie Sandstrom visits “Mending and Repair in Response,” an exhibition of works by Lisi Raskin and Jesse Harrod at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery. The show closes on October 26th, 2019.