Galleries

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.

March 27, 2020 by Logan Cryer

The melody of the movement, Asian Arts Initiative’s ‘The Beat of Resistance’

March 16, 2020 by Susan Isaacs

Wading into water quality, Stacy Levy’s Collected Watershed at Towson University

Susan Isaacs reviews Stavy Levy’s exhibition Collected Watershed, which is currently installed at the Center for the Arts Gallery at Towson University. Though the gallery is currently closed due to COVID-19, the show’s end date has been extended to April 25, 2020, and the show is presumed to re-open before then.

March 11, 2020 by Michael Lieberman

Dreamscapes burning with organic memory, Michele Kishita’s ‘Absent Futures’ at Central Tattoo

Micheal Liberman reviews Michele Kishita’s “Absent Futures,” a show of landscape paintings made with a traditional wood burning technique, on view at Central Tattoo Studio and Gallery until March 29, 2020.

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.