Susan Isaacs says the anxiety present in the works in “Monsters and Myths: Surrealism and War in the 1930s and 1940s” at the Baltimore Museum of Art speaks to our times.
Read MoreLacy Murphy talks Anthony Gormley’s “STAND” (on display at the Pennsylvania Museum of Art until June 24, 2019) and the role of public art.
Read MoreWit López reviews “4 Queer Voices” at the William Way LGBT Community Center, on display until April 26th, 2019.
Read MoreMatt Singer shares a recent experience with the art of “Tell Me Something Good” at The Clay Studio in Old City, Philadelphia. Catch this exhibit before it comes down next week on April 28, 2019!
Read MoreDeborah Krieger reviews “After Cities” at FJORD Gallery in North Philadelphia, on display from March 14 – April 27, 2019.
Read MoreOur contributor Mark Lord experiences the Jasper Johns exhibit at Matthew Marks, and finds the highly charged subject of the work (a 1965 photo of a U.S. combat soldier weeping at the loss he could not prevent of friends in the war). He talks about the intimacy and emotion of the subject and how Johns removes the emotion for a reading about the mind distilling memory over time. The show is up through April 6 at the New York gallery.
Read MoreJanyce Glasper sees an insightful movie that deals with issues of post-graduate artists trying to make a go of it in the world today. “Olympia” screened at Lightbox Film Center as part of the Fifth Annual Philadelphia Women’s Film Festival.
Read MoreDeborah Krieger reviews a 2-person show at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens. Didn’t know they showed art there (in addition to Isaiah Zagar’s amazing building)? Yes, they do. Check out Deborah’s piece on Claes Gabriel and Andrew Chalfen’s works.
Read More“The Appointment” is pulled from the headlines about women’s rights and abortion. With singing and dancing, and a definite point of view, Lightning Rod Special brings its liberal stance to life. Jessica Rizzo questions the one-sidedness of the piece but says when it hits, it is devastating. Final performances today, March 30 or tomorrow, March 31, 2019. Ticket links at the bottom of the post.
Read MoreMatt Singer explores the deep inner reaches and outer limits of Sarah Gamble’s highly focused and suggestive paintings, at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery, on view now through March 30, 2019. Ultimately, the works about consciousness and matter matter, says Singer.
Read MoreIlana Napoli visits New Orleans and sees an inspiring exhibition by Brandan “B-Mike” Odums (artist, filmmaker, educator, founder of 2-Cent, a youth arts education initiative for black children in the south). The solo show, called “Studio BE” is an ongoing project that is a tribute to black history/culture and resilience in post-Katrina New Orleans communities, opportunity.
Read MoreSamuel Brown reviews “Knowledge Lost” at Gallery 1201, by the artist collective “Difference Engine,” (John Bezark and Chris Baldys.) Brown says this interactive installation, which prompts you to write a eulogy out of deleted Wikipedia entires on an old computer, is especially impactful when experienced in solitude. The show closes Friday, Mar. 22, so catch it quick before it’s gone.
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