Galleries

June 17, 2019 by Ilana Napoli

Artist and activist Lise Soskolne of W.A.G.E makes her invisible art practice visible

Ilana Napoli reviews “The Work,” a two-part solo show by artist/activist Lise Soskolne at Baruch College’s Sidney Mishkin Gallery to June 20, 2019.

June 14, 2019 by Ray Simon

‘Encounters with Whitman,’ New group exhibition at Da Vinci Art Alliance celebrates queerness and the arts

Ray Simon reviews “Encounters with Whitman” at Da Vinci Art Alliance, open until June 16th, 2019.

June 14, 2019 by Artblog

Hank Willis Thomas at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Archiving LGBTQ history at The Print Center, Cheryl McClenney-Brooker passing, Gees Bend Quilters and Betty Leacraft, Plus Main Line Arts Opportunity

Dear Readers, after a hiatus of four months and with some needed feedback, we are reviving the News Post, revised here to quickly telescope a curated group of announcements, stories, newsy news and photos to you.

June 4, 2019 by Julia Marsh

Lynda Benglis at Locks Gallery reflects the female in empowered feminist works

Julia Marsh reviews the work of important feminist artist Lynda Benglis, whose current exhibition “Over Air,” is at Locks Gallery until June 28, 2019.

May 31, 2019 by Logan Cryer

Soy Cuba/I am Cuba, at Arthur Ross, paintings of a country whose beauty hides its puzzling complexity

In 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.

May 30, 2019 by Alex Smith

Transcendence and Temporality, Black Quantum Futurism’s All Time is Local at Center for Emerging Visual Artists

Alex Smith reviews Black Quantum Futurism’s exhibition at Center for Emerging Visual Artists, All Time is Local, closing May 31, 2019.

May 29, 2019 by Matt Singer

Tristin Lowe on absurdity, the Big Bang, ‘Tiny Bangs’, blue jeans, and more

Matthew Singer interviews Tristin Lowe about his absurd sculptures and current exhibitions, “Tiny Bangs” at Fleisher/Ollman (closing June 1st, 2019) and “Emanation,” a group show at Wheaton arts and Cultural Center (closing December 31st, 2019).

May 22, 2019 by Natalie Sandstrom

Pressure and resonance at the Print Center with James Siena and artists who type

Natalie Sandstrom reviews “James Siena: Resonance Under Pressure” and “New Typographics: Typewriter Art as Print” at the Print Center.

May 13, 2019 by Deborah Krieger

Chains and flowers evoke beauty and togetherness in ’Recombinants’ at C. R. Ettinger Studio

Deborah Krieger reviews Joan Wadleigh Curran’s exhibition “Recombinants,” on view at C. R. Ettinger Studio until May 17th, 2019.

April 22, 2019 by Wit López

‘4 Queer Voices’ sing in exhibition at William Way LGBT Community Center

Wit López reviews “4 Queer Voices” at the William Way LGBT Community Center, on display until April 26th, 2019.

April 19, 2019 by Matt Singer

Things Great and Small, Alex Stadler’s Wonder Chamber at the Clay Studio

Matt 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!

April 17, 2019 by Julia Marsh

Not so ‘Quaint’, an exhibition of Lancaster artists at Little Berlin

Julia Marsh reviews “Quaint”, an exhibition of art by Lancaster artists, at Little Berlin until April 28th, 2019.

April 15, 2019 by Deborah Krieger

Imagining the end of the city, ‘After Cities’ at Fjord Gallery

Deborah Krieger reviews “After Cities” at FJORD Gallery in North Philadelphia, on display from March 14 – April 27, 2019.

April 3, 2019 by Mark Lord

Jasper Johns distills the past through the calm analytics of mind applied to memory, at Matthew Marks Gallery

Our 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.