Philadelphia has two 2017 Rauschenberg Artist Activist Fellows – Michelle Angela Ortiz and Jesse Crimes! Read more and catch a couple good opportunities in today’s News of our world!
Read MoreBegun in 1955, the quinquennial art festival, Documenta, in Kassel, sprawls across the small German city in venues large and small, some easy to find and some, more challenging. Documenta 14, this year’s version, involves multitudes of artists and two cities, Kassel, Germany and Athens, Greece. The curatorial theme is displacement, dispossession, power, colonialism and restitution. Some art lovers feel that theme personally, as they struggle to find the art, get lost and experience their own lack of power. Roberta visited and reports.
Read MoreDonald Hunt reviews the new resident ensemble for Bowerbird, Arcana New Music Ensemble. He details the group’s incredible stylistic range while introducing us to a few of its members, and speaks to the acoustic richness of University Lutheran Church.
Read MoreMatthew Rose reflects on how artists, architects, and designers alike deal with objects that remind us of the dead. Catch a ride with Matthew as he explores the depiction of mortality dating back as far as the 16th century, and up to modern times.
Read MoreAndrea reviews “Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim,” curated by Megan Fontanella, with artwork from five collectors whose gifts to the museum helped the Guggenheim define itself as a pioneering institution. A rare chance to see beautifully-conserved works by Modern masters like Brancusi, Pollock, Mondrian, the show is a must-see this summer, says Andrea.
Read MorePaul Cava’s Variations, sensual photo collages and prints at C. R. Ettinger Studio up until July 15, are filled with passion, romance and eroticism, and while they encapsulate a perhaps simpler past, Cava’s manipulations add a nice contemporary lens through which to consider human flesh, blood, desires and spirit. Michael calls the work gutsy, and we agree.
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