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July 1, 2021 by L Autumn Gnadinger

Between cheeky and mournful, a look at violence, masculinity, anxiety, at Vox Populi

L Autumn Gnadinger reviews ‘Comedy of Errors: Shay Arick, Maggie Hazen, Zach Hill’ a darkly humorous group exhibition tackling themes of state and patriarchal violence. The show, curated by Meyken Barreto, is on view through July 18, 2021, at Vox Populi.

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.