July 13, 2018 by Matthew Rose

Matthew Rose has a conversation with glass master Jay Musler, a Californian with roots in the American Studio Glass Movement, who’s visiting in Paris. In this interview feature, Musler talks with Matthew about the process of making glass; handling the hot molten stuff; and how sometimes sculptural glass can be quite heavy.

July 8, 2018 by Jessica Rizzo

SWARM. a suffocating history at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Jessica Rizzo attends the opening for “SWARM.,” a two-person show on view through September 9 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Pairing works by Cuban-American artist Nestor Armando Gil and Haitian-born artist (and current PAFA MFA chair) Didier William, “SWARM.” frames the history of caribbean migration in terms of multiplicity, solidarity, and revolution.

July 3, 2018 by Michael Lieberman

Group exhibition at African American Museum in Philadelphia tackles social justice issues with powerful imagery and passion

Michael is moved by the exhibit of works at the AAMP. The works touch on social injustice issues — the aftermath of slavery, police shootings of Black victims, Afro-Futurist utopias created to escape and take revenge. The imagery is stirring if also grisly in some cases, he says.

July 1, 2018 by Katerina Lanfranco

Weaving history, politics and passion, Anna Boghiguian at New Museum

In her U.S.solo museum debut, Armenian-Egyptian artist Anna Boghiguian treats the politics of today amidst historical lessons from the U.S. past to create the heated emotional environment of protests singed with issues of slavery, bigotry, militarism and more. Katerina says it’s a show you will, if not enjoy, then appreciate for its passion and art making.

June 25, 2018 by Logan Cryer

Searching in “The Last Place They Thought Of” at the Institute of Contemporary Art

Logan Cryer is back and thinking about their experience at the Institute for Contemporary Art’s current group show, “The Last Place They Thought Of,” on view through August 12. The exhibition views race and landscape through the specific lens of the black female body.

June 24, 2018 by Deborah Krieger

The Clay Studio National juried show features diverse approaches to ceramic art

Deb Krieger visits the Clay Studio’s biannual juried show of American ceramic art, “The Clay Studio National,” open May 26th – July 15th. She reports back on the wide range of practices in contemporary clay, from the abstract to the figurative and from the formal to the political.

June 22, 2018 by Beth Heinly

How do you skin a corporate copycat?

Welcome back to Ask Artblog, a new bi-weekly advice column where special guest experts answer your most pressing art questions! We’re happy to welcome back comic, zine and performance artist Beth Heinly, as this week’s expert. She’ll be back with us in July, so go ahead and submit your questions for her here, or email ask@theartblog.org for a dose of wit and wisdom.

June 15, 2018 by Jessica Rizzo

Hiding in Plain Sight, Daniel W. Coburn’s “Becoming a Specter” at The Print Center

Jessica Rizzo visits “Becoming a Specter,” Daniel W. Coburn’s solo current show at the Print Center, awarded him as part of the 92nd ANNUAL International Competition. On view May 18th-August 4th, this exhibition of untitled photographs playfully subverts the camera’s all-seeing powers.