Museums

September 9, 2020 by Dereck Stafford Mangus

At home at The Baltimore Museum of Art, Mickalene Thomas’s ‘A Moment’s Pleasure’

Mickalene Thomas’s installation “A Moment’s Pleasure” re-opens at The Baltimore Museum of Art with even more relevance to the community.

August 12, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

Tapestries sparkle in isolated pandemic viewing, Marie Cuttoli at The Barnes

Natalie Sandstrom visits a newly opened, limited capacity, Barnes Foundation to check out “Marie Cuttoli: The Modern Thread from Miró to Man Ray” and finds that distance makes the works shine even brighter.

June 15, 2020 by Norman Dolph

To touch or not to touch, Duchamp’s ‘Étant donnés’ in the time of Coronavirus

Artblog’s new contributor Norman Dolph offers a new take on Marcel Duchamp’s last piece of art, the once-scandalous “Étant donnés,” casting it as an explicit health threat in this time of coronavirus.

May 20, 2020 by Naveena Vijayan

Keep calm during Covid, Museums and meditation at home

Naveena Vijayan takes a digital tour of museums during Covid-19 and interviews Jeff Durham, Curator of Himalayan Art at Asian Museum of Art, about their virtual programming surrounding “Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist’s Journey Towards Enlightenment.”

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 13, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

A view from inside the closed museum system

Natalie Sandstrom shares her thoughts on the current state of being an arts administrator as institutions shutter their brick-and-mortar locations due to COVID-19.

March 23, 2020 by Alex Smith

Of monumental proportions, Karyn Olivier’s ‘Everything That’s Alive Moves’

Alex Smith reviews Karyn Olivier’s newest exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. The display of monuments by Olivier explores the significance and felt impact of these memorial structures.

February 26, 2020 by Andrea Kirsh

Ambitious and fine, ‘Invisible City’ illuminates, recovers Philadelphia’s experimental art of 1950-80

Andrea Kirsh reviews “Invisible City” a multi-venue exhibition that educates and illuminates the radical, experimental, and non-traditional art scene in Philadelphia during 1956-1976, which closes April 4, 2020.

February 24, 2020 by Levi Bentley

The metal ballet of ‘Ballast & Barricades’ at Philadelphia’s Institute of Contemporary Art

Levi Bentley visits the Institute of Contemporary Art in University City to review Michelle Lopez’s new exhibition, Ballast & Barricades, which closes on May 10, 2020.

February 10, 2020 by Naveena Vijayan

Bridging the Gap, an interview with Wenlu Bao

Artblog contributor, Naveena Vijayan, interviews Wenlu “Lulu” Bao about her exhibition that was at the Delaware Contemporary, “Mind the Gap.”

January 4, 2020 by Susan Isaacs

A review in two cities, Betye Saar at MoMA and Melvin Edwards at BMA

Artblog contributor Susan Isaacs reviews two exhibitions: “The Legends of Black Girl’s Window” at Museum of Modern Art in New York City, closing January 4, 2020, and “Crossroads” at Baltimore Museum of Art, closing January 12, 2020.

December 30, 2019 by Michael Lieberman

Every day is a full moon at the Franklin Institute, Luke Jerram’s “Museum of the Moon”

Michael Lieberman visits Luke Jerram’s “Museum of the Moon” at the Franklin Institute, on view until January 5th, 2020.

December 16, 2019 by Alex Smith

A look into many futures at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Alex Smith, reports back from the new Designs for Different Futures exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, on display until March 8th, 2020.

December 13, 2019 by Beth Heinly

CW, I read Camile Paglia

Beth Heinly answers a question about harmful art. Click over to read Beth’s stance on cancel culture (and more).