Julia Marsh reviews the work of important feminist artist Lynda Benglis, whose current exhibition “Over Air,” is at Locks Gallery until June 28, 2019.
Read MoreIn their review of the exhibition “Soy Cuba/I am Cuba” at Arthur Ross Gallery, Logan Cryer says the Cuban artist Roger Toledo delivers a complex portrait of his homeland in art that is complex and conceptual.
Read MoreAlex Smith reviews Black Quantum Futurism’s exhibition at Center for Emerging Visual Artists, All Time is Local, closing May 31, 2019.
Read MoreNatalie Sandstrom reviews “James Siena: Resonance Under Pressure” and “New Typographics: Typewriter Art as Print” at the Print Center.
Read MoreDeborah Krieger reviews Joan Wadleigh Curran’s exhibition “Recombinants,” on view at C. R. Ettinger Studio until May 17th, 2019.
Read MoreWit López reviews “4 Queer Voices” at the William Way LGBT Community Center, on display until April 26th, 2019.
Read MoreMatt Singer shares a recent experience with the art of “Tell Me Something Good” at The Clay Studio in Old City, Philadelphia. Catch this exhibit before it comes down next week on April 28, 2019!
Read MoreDeborah Krieger reviews “After Cities” at FJORD Gallery in North Philadelphia, on display from March 14 – April 27, 2019.
Read MoreOur contributor Mark Lord experiences the Jasper Johns exhibit at Matthew Marks, and finds the highly charged subject of the work (a 1965 photo of a U.S. combat soldier weeping at the loss he could not prevent of friends in the war). He talks about the intimacy and emotion of the subject and how Johns removes the emotion for a reading about the mind distilling memory over time. The show is up through April 6 at the New York gallery.
Read MoreDeborah Krieger reviews a 2-person show at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens. Didn’t know they showed art there (in addition to Isaiah Zagar’s amazing building)? Yes, they do. Check out Deborah’s piece on Claes Gabriel and Andrew Chalfen’s works.
Read MoreMatt Singer explores the deep inner reaches and outer limits of Sarah Gamble’s highly focused and suggestive paintings, at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery, on view now through March 30, 2019. Ultimately, the works about consciousness and matter matter, says Singer.
Read MoreIlana Napoli visits New Orleans and sees an inspiring exhibition by Brandan “B-Mike” Odums (artist, filmmaker, educator, founder of 2-Cent, a youth arts education initiative for black children in the south). The solo show, called “Studio BE” is an ongoing project that is a tribute to black history/culture and resilience in post-Katrina New Orleans communities, opportunity.
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