Galleries

June 7, 2021 by Michael Lieberman

Women figurative painters in ‘Rising Voices’ at Studio Incamminati, 2019 Bennett Prize finalists

Artblog contributor Michael Lieberman reviews “Rising Voices,” an (now closed) exhibition of ten finalists of the Bennett Prize- a $50,000 prize for women figurative realist painters, awarded biennially.

April 26, 2021 by Corey Qureshi

Lily Wong’s bulbous and fantastical figures in “I Wasn’t There,” at Kapp Kapp Gallery

Corey Qureshi reviews Lily Wong’s “I Wasn’t There” currently on view at Kapp Kapp Gallery. Corey highly recommends the dreamy exhibition, which they say provides an excellent prompt for reflection.

April 15, 2021 by Logan Cryer

Allow Vox Populi to re-introduce themself, the scoop on Director Danny Orendorff and Vox’s future

Artblog Radio host Logan Cryer, sits down with Danny Orendorff, Executive Director of Vox Populi since May of 2018. This podcast gives the under-known inside scoop on Danny’s career prior to Vox, the values he brings to the collective, and the slow but important changes that have been occurring within Vox since his appointment as Executive Director.

March 9, 2021 by Morgan Nitz

Opportunities from CFEVA and the Rail Park, News from Anula Shetty and Alex Paik and much more!

March continues to be an exciting month for Philly arts & culture, and today we’ve rounded up a curated list even more opportunities, events, news, and some Artblog announcements that weren’t included in last week’s news post!

March 5, 2021 by Corey Qureshi

Magical and visceral, 12 Gates Arts embraces ‘A Space for Monsters’

Artblog contributor Corey Qureshi visits 12 Gates Arts’s “A Space for Monsters,” inspired by the hybrid poetry-novel “Incubation: A Space For Monsters” by Bhanu Kapil.

March 2, 2021 by Logan Cryer

The solitude of queer safe havens in ‘Sanctuary’ at Da Vinci Art Alliance

Logan Cryer pens an insightful reflection and description of “Sanctuary: An Exploration of Queer Safe Havens,” a group exhibition of queer artists of color at Da Vinci Art Alliance. Visit DVAA before the show closes on March 7th, 2021!

January 12, 2021 by Susan Isaacs

Contemporary art mingles with vintage party dresses at Towson University’s ‘All Night Party’

Co-curators J. Susan Isaacs and Erin Lehman write an essay about their exhibition “All Night Party,” which places contemporary works in conversation with 20th century party dresses, drawing similarities between America’s political climate then and now.

December 15, 2020 by Michael Lieberman

Slought archives thoughts on our quarantine lives in a collection of poetry and art

Michael Lieberman reviews Slought’s exhibition ‘Atlas of Affects,’ an open-call archive project about personal experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.

December 4, 2020 by Morgan Nitz

Posts in the Pipeline – Covid Winter

f you’re a spoiler-lover, indulge in this sneak peak– here’s a list of Artblog ‘Posts in the Pipeline’ this Covid winter.

October 20, 2020 by Patrick Coué

Gilbert Lewis’s empathetic gay male gaze at Woodmere Art Museum, Kapp Kapp Gallery and William Way Center

Patrick Coue visits the Gilbert Lewis exhibitions at Woodmere Art Museum, Kapp Kapp, and William Way (virtual). Having posed for Gilbert Lewis himself, he has personal insight on what it feels like to be in the shoes of Lewis’s many subjects.

May 27, 2020 by Michael Lieberman

Three of Philadelphia’s finest join in ‘Tracing Origins’ at Rowan University

Michael Lieberman virtually tours Rowan University Art Gallery’s “Tracing Origins,” artwork by Colette Fu, Claes Gabriel, and Hiro Sakaguchi.

May 22, 2020 by Michael Lieberman

Galleries in the time of Coronavirus, going virtual and facing future challenges

Artblog contributor Michael Lieberman reached out to a selection of Philadelphia galleries and collectives to check in during Coronavirus.

April 20, 2020 by Blaise Tobia and Virginia Maksymowicz

What’s next? Visual Arts on the downside of the Covid-19 curve

Blaise Tobia and Virginia Maksymowicz co-author an essay about the aftermath of the Covid-19 closures on the arts community, and speculate on possible alternative models.

April 3, 2020 by Kinaya Hassane

A new exhibition captures the beautiful intimacy of Black hair rituals on canvas

Kinaya Hassane shares the experience of witnessing Patricia Renee’ Thomas’s solo gallery show, “Grapejuice,” at Kapp Kapp Gallery, which will be extended once the lockdown is lifted.