Galleries

February 21, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

Two worlds beautifully co-existing, Bermudez and Marcuse dual shows at List Gallery

Natalie Sandstrom visits the List Gallery at Swarthmore College and analyzes the two exhibitions on display: Henry Bermudez’s Tattooed Nature and Michelle Marcuse’s Holding Absence, which both close tomorrow, February 23, 2020.

January 22, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

The artifice and the unnatural, CAMP Philly at Automat Gallery

Natalie Sandstrom reviews the latest exhibition at Automat Gallery, CAMP Philly. A group show of works by Kelly Dzioba, Zach Hill, and Natasha Le Sourd, it explores the wackiness and superficiality of camp within the arts. Catch the show before it comes down on February 1st.

January 15, 2020 by Wit López

Curator Close-up, Jennifer-Navva Milliken

Wit sits down with Jennifer-Navva Milliken,the Artistic Director at the Center for Art in Wood, to learn more about her work, the Center, and the exhibitions. “Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking,” closes on January 25th. The Center for Art in Wood is located at 141 N. 3rd Street.

December 23, 2019 by Sarah Kim

Siren’s song, Kantor’s tales of the ocean in ‘Rosewater’ at Clay Studio

Sarah Kim reviews “Rosewater”– an exhibition by the current artist-in-residence at The Clay Studio, Stephanie Kantor– which closes January 5, 2020.

December 19, 2019 by Wit López

Nothing but blue skies at Cerulean Arts’ group exhibition

Artblog Managing Editor, Wit Lopez, visits the latest group exhibition at Cerulean Arts Studio & Gallery. The show closes on January 12, 2020.

December 18, 2019 by Mark Lord

Breaking the rules with confidence and subtlety, Brice Marden at Gagosian

Mark Lord visits the Upper East Side Gagosian, New York City and reviews “It reminds me of something, and I don’t know what it is.” a show of new paintings by Brice Marden, closing December 21st, 2019.

November 13, 2019 by Natalie Sandstrom

Moore College of Art and Design honors the work of three visionaries

Artblog contributor Natalie visits Moore College of Art and Design to see the exhibition “Visionary Women.”

October 28, 2019 by Natalie Sandstrom

The terrible and the beautiful, Lugo and Tomezsko’s ‘Wynorrific Times’ at Wexler Gallery

Natalie Sandstrom visits Wexler Gallery to review a collaborative exhibition featuring new works by artists Roberto Lugo and Mat Tomezsko.

October 26, 2019 by Alex Smith

A shrine to Black Divinity, Temple of Sirius at Da Vinci Art Alliance

Alex Smith reviews Malachi Lily’s project, The Temple of Sirius, currently on display at the Da Vinci Art Alliance.

October 25, 2019 by Wit López

A Complex Composition, Bennett and Phillips’s new installation ‘Spitting Distance’ at Napoleon gallery

Wit visits new exhibition, “Spitting Distance” by Keenan Bennett and Heather Raquel Phillips at Napolean gallery, closing on Sunday, October 27, 2019.

October 21, 2019 by Artblog

BREAKING NEWS — Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announces 2019 grantees

Congratulations to the 39 grantees who have been awarded by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

October 18, 2019 by Michael Carroll

Gabe Martinez’s ‘Bound to the Past,’ a revisiting of 1981, at Marginal Utility

Michael Carroll reviews the latest exhibition by local artistic genius “Gabriel Martinez: Bound to the Past.” The display is centered on the summer of 1981 and the importance of that point in time as a cultural and political moment in LGBTQ+ history. Martinez’s work will be on display through October 20, 2019 at Marginal Utility gallery located at 319 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

October 11, 2019 by Alex Smith

How Are We Free? Lifelines Project pairs art by people in prison and artists outside, at Vox Populi

Alex reviews the project-based show at Vox Populi, “How Are We Free?” at Vox Populi through Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019.

October 9, 2019 by Natalie Sandstrom

Expanding ‘outside,’ Lisi Raskin and Jesse Harrod’s ‘Mending and Repair in Response’ at Fleisher Ollman

Natalie Sandstrom visits “Mending and Repair in Response,” an exhibition of works by Lisi Raskin and Jesse Harrod at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery. The show closes on October 26th, 2019.