Libby and Roberta, co-founders of Artblog, write a fond farewell to the readers, listeners and supporters of their 21 year old project, Artblog. In the short summary of their story, they relate their art collaborations, which began in the early 1990s. Those collaborations segued into creating Artblog in the early aughts.
Read MoreRuth Wolf expresses consternation and concern about what’s going on in the world today. She is worried “about the safety and the direction of our country.” She asks what role can and does art play and answers that art is an act of resistance. Her exhortation at the end is a call to make art, “Inhale courage, exhale art.” We agree.
Read MoreMatthew Rose takes a trip through art history, focusing on art’s (and the human) obsession with the end of times, the apocalypse, armageddon, and the like. In this long-form essay, Rose asks many questions for you to ponder along the way.
Read MoreRuth Wolf talks about being in a “crit” group, a group of artists who come together to present their art and discuss the presented art and other art-related matters.
Read MoreProvoked by the inaugural speech of the new president on Jan. 20, 2025, calling his second installment in Washington a new “Golden Age,” Matthew Rose writes a sidewinding story of other golden ages and the use of gold as a commodity and in art as a symbol of power and wealth.
Read MoreLane Speidel interviews Jim Strong, his friend and bandmate (Saggy) about Strong’s work, his spiritual life in Quakerism and other practices, and his music
Read MoreArtblog contributor Joyce Chung talks with Rachel Hsu about the artist’s new temporary public art in Maja Park on the Ben Franklin Parkway. In this wide-ranging, poetic discussion, they cover issues of how a body interacts in space; and with others, raising issues of community as well as individual experience.
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