Reviews

August 12, 2019 by Natalie Sandstrom

Additional Assembly Required at AUTOMAT, a whimsical, textured group exhibition

Natalie Sandstrom visits “Additional Assembly Required,” AUTOMAT collective’s 2019 Open Call exhibition.

July 28, 2019 by Deborah Krieger

‘ABOLITION NOW!’ at Asian Arts Initiative examines racism and mass incarceration in America

Deborah 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.

July 26, 2019 by Andrea Kirsh

New Chinese Galleries at Philadelphia Museum of Art thoughtfully rearranged, accessible and educational

Andrea 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.

July 23, 2019 by Mandy Palasik

‘Ruin & Redemption,’ Dan Barasch covers controversial topics in architecture

Mandy Palasik reflects on a recent tour she took of the former George Wharton Pepper Middle School and reviews Architecture book “Ruin & Redemption” by Dan Barasch.

July 18, 2019 by Michael Lieberman

Kapp Kapp, new commercial gallery debuts small works by successful up and coming women artists

Michael Lieberman visits Philly’s newest commercial gallery, Kapp Kapp, to review its inaugural show “Living and Real,” open until August 30th, 2019.

July 15, 2019 by guest writer

‘Site Unseen,’ an edgy pop up exhibit illuminates West Philadelphia’s creative energy

Miles Orvell reviews “Site Unseen,” an exhibition of photos and neon sculptures by Laurence Salzmann and John Schlesinger.

July 14, 2019 by Tom Stoelker

Bearded Ladies Cabaret at New York’s La Mama, musical theater takes on Walt Whitman’s racism

Tom 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.

July 12, 2019 by Susan Isaacs

Activist and ceramicist Roberto Lugo’s striking political installation at The Walters Museum

Susan Isaacs visits The Walters Art Museum Baltimore and reviews “Roberto Lugo at 1 West.”

July 1, 2019 by Matt Singer

‘Phantom Frequencies’ at Wheaton Art Center, Martha McDonald and Laura Baird’s Victorian parlor piece

Matt Singer visits Wheaton Arts to experience an enchanting musical and artistic performance, “Phantom Frequencies” by collaborators Martha McDonald and Laura Baird.

June 24, 2019 by Samuel Brown

Jonas Wood’s large architecture- and home decor-referencing works conflate digital and real

Samuel Brown reviews Jonas Wood’s exhibition at Gagosian Gallery on West 24th street in New York, closing July 19th, 2019!

June 19, 2019 by Deborah Krieger

Investigating human observation in Mia Rosenthal’s “Earth, sky, past, present” at Gallery Land Collective

Deborah Krieger reviews Mia Rosenthal’s current exhibition “Earth, sky, present, past” at GALLERY Land Collective to July 5, 2019.

June 18, 2019 by Natalie Sandstrom

Little Berlin’s ‘Make Room for Me,’ a thoughtful, slow-paced look at art by Middle Eastern queer and femme artists

Natalie Sandstrom reviews “Make Room For Me” at Little Berlin, a video- and photography-heavy show featuring eleven Middle/ Near Eastern queer and femme identifying artists.

June 17, 2019 by Ilana Napoli

Artist and activist Lise Soskolne of W.A.G.E makes her invisible art practice visible

Ilana Napoli reviews “The Work,” a two-part solo show by artist/activist Lise Soskolne at Baruch College’s Sidney Mishkin Gallery to June 20, 2019.

June 16, 2019 by Janyce Denise Glasper

Vital works by Augusta Savage, Harlem Renaissance hero, at New York Historical Society

Janyce Denise Glasper visits “Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman” at the New York Historical Society and experiences why this important female figure of the Harlem Renaissance is a hero to herself and others.