The Cuban-American artist Anthony Goicolea presents a photo, drawing and prints exhibition that is a moving reverie on the rupture of displacement and migration on families and abandoned homelands. Michael reviews.
Read MoreA memorial service is scheduled for A.M. Weaver, our late friend, who contributed so much to artists and the arts in Philadelphia. Also, John Thompson and Daniel Oliva organized a show on the important topic of immigration, and the images look terrific.
Read MoreJust for you, we offer this annual curated list of notable people, groups, books, and other art world stuff from the outgoing year: The 2017 Liberta Awards!
Read MoreChip reviews the InLiquid show, “As By Digging,” at Painted Bride, with three artists whose work digs for emotional truth in personal and other human histories.
Read MoreSome solo shows are like conversations, Roberta says. Some are like monologs and some are like mission statements. Astrid Bowlby’s “When the shadow is not your shadow” is a conversation that leans towards a mission statement, and the mission is communication, about important things like love, loss, death, redemption, and engagement in the world.
Read MoreWe round up some great opportunities — but the deadlines are quick, so hurry, look, and apply! Also, Artblog was there as Philadelphia Assembled opened; and we took a group on a stroll down Fabric Row with local historian Joel Spivak regaling us with stories of the neighborhood. Along the way we visited Paradigm Gallery and DaVinci Art Alliance to hear about their great programs and artists.
Read MoreMichael checks out the new Tiger Strikes Asteroid space at Crane Arts, with a guest-curated group show he calls important for dealing with serious issues of our time, such as colonialism, police brutality and eco-devastation. The show’s up through Sept. 14, 2017. Make time to go.
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