Artblog contributor Natalie Sandstrom reviews artist Riva Lehrer’s memoir “Golem Girl,” which chronicles her artwork, activism, and experiences as a queer person who has spina bifida.
Read MoreMichael Lieberman reviews new book “Tears of Honor” by James A. Ardaiz, a historical fiction about an entirely Japanese American division of the U.S. army during World War II.
Read MoreArtblog contributor Corey Qureshi visits 12 Gates Arts’s “A Space for Monsters,” inspired by the hybrid poetry-novel “Incubation: A Space For Monsters” by Bhanu Kapil.
Read MoreArtblog contributor Corey Qureshi delivers a thoughtful and heartfelt review of musician St. Sol’s EP ‘Amphibian’, followed by a short Q&A with the artist themselves where they discuss identity, alchemy, personal transformation, and more!
Read MoreArtblog contributor Andrea Kirsh visits the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and follows their “Works by Black Artists” guide which is now available alongside museum maps. Andrea’s Art History-informed observations are vivid and insightful.
Read MoreRoberta, a participant in the “Andy Can You Hear Us” project, reviews the first volume of Madelyn Roehrig’s “Andy Can You Hear Us? – Communing with Andy Warhol at His Gravesite.” We love this whimsical and serious project and all that Roberta has to say about it!
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh, Artblog’s art book aficionado, reviews two great books for reading and looking: Lorraine O’Grady’s “Writing in Space 1973- 2019” and “Gladys Nilsson Honk!; Fifty Years of Painting” published by Matthew Marks Gallery and Garth Greenan Gallery. This is a great place to start your 2021 New Year’s Resolution to read more. Happy New Year!
Read MoreMichael Lieberman reviews Slought’s exhibition ‘Atlas of Affects,’ an open-call archive project about personal experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreNew Artblog contributor, Corey Qureshi, pens a poetic review of the beloved Jonathan Lyndon Chase’s new book, “Wild Wild Wild West / Haunting of the Seahorse.”
Read MorePatrick Coue visits the Gilbert Lewis exhibitions at Woodmere Art Museum, Kapp Kapp, and William Way (virtual). Having posed for Gilbert Lewis himself, he has personal insight on what it feels like to be in the shoes of Lewis’s many subjects.
Read MoreMickalene Thomas’s installation “A Moment’s Pleasure” re-opens at The Baltimore Museum of Art with even more relevance to the community.
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