Artists

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 21, 2019 by Artblog

BREAKING NEWS — Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announces 2019 grantees

Congratulations to the 39 grantees who have been awarded by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

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 16, 2019 by Wit López

Clarivel Ruiz on art at the intersection of Caribbean Latinx cultural advocacy

In this 44-minute final episode of Artblog Radio’s Latinx Heritage Month 2019 series, Wit goes to Harlem, NY to speak with maker and cultural advocate Clarivel Ruiz, founder of the Dominicans Love Haitians Movement.

October 15, 2019 by Lightbox Film Center

Lightbox Film Center Celebrates Legacy of Ed Emshwiller in First-of-its-Kind Retrospective Exhibit

Lightbox Film Center presents “Dream Dance: The Art of Ed Emshwiller” running October 18 – December 7, 2019.

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 11, 2019 by Wit López

Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue on the history and future of Killjoy’s Kastle

In this 34-minute episode of Artblog Radio, Wit speaks with Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue about their traveling, interactive project, Killjoy’s Kastle, available to experience at Icebox Project Space from October 16-27!

October 4, 2019 by Wit López

Food as the storyteller, Emma Ressel on her new exhibition Trouble in the Garden

In this 31 minute First Friday podcast, artist Emma Ressel talks about her new solo exhibition at Colorspace Labs and her unique style of food photography. The exhibition, titled “Trouble in the Garden,” will be on display at Colorspace Labs in the Kensington section of North Philadelphia from October 4 – October 28th! Catch it while you can!

October 2, 2019 by Sarah Kim

Mythological, entrancing and immersive, Joseph Lazaro Rodriguez’s ‘Feet First’ at Spillway Collective

Sarah Kim writes an enthusiastic review of “Feet First”, an interactive video, painting, and sculpture installation by Joseph Lazaro Rodriguez at Spillway Collective, closing on October 5th, 2019.

October 1, 2019 by Michael Lieberman

Richard Kagan’s nocturnal ‘photo-graphs’, meditations on ethereal Kyoto

Michael Leiberman visits Richard Kagan’s “Blurred Time: Sacred Places in Kyoto”, at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral. You can visit the show on weekdays between 11 AM and 1 PM, or by appointment, until October 27th, 2019.

September 27, 2019 by Alex Smith

Celebrating Women in Black and Brown punk and heavy metal, it’s #Blkgrlswurld Punk Fest and Zine Fair at Philadelphia’s ICA

Alex Smith interviews one of the founders of #Blkgrlswurld about their upcoming Punk Fest and Zine Fair celebrating women of color in heavy metal and punk music scenes.