Artblog | Museums

April 21, 2021 by Patrick Coué

Programming at Philadelphia museums addresses racial disparities with varying success

Patrick Coue rounds up the hits and misses of recent local museum programming to address issues of racial disparity in society and the arts, and points to a groundbreaking installation by Fred Wilson from 1992 as an important example in this field.

April 13, 2021 by Andrea Kirsh

South Asian abstraction reverberates with meaning in ‘Fault Lines’ at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Andrea Kirsh says slow down when viewing “Fault Lines” at the PMA, to catch the many real world references in this excellent show of abstract art by six South Asian women.

March 19, 2021 by Morgan Nitz

Opportunities, Big News for Pepón Osorio, and Events including one with Odili Donald Odita and one with Hilton Als!

More opportunities, events, and great news for the last couple of weeks of March, 2021!

March 9, 2021 by Morgan Nitz

Opportunities from CFEVA and the Rail Park, News from Anula Shetty and Alex Paik and much more!

March continues to be an exciting month for Philly arts & culture, and today we’ve rounded up a curated list even more opportunities, events, news, and some Artblog announcements that weren’t included in last week’s news post!

February 4, 2021 by Andrea Kirsh

New navigation guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art highlights works by black artists in the collection

Artblog contributor Andrea Kirsh visits the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and follows their “Works by Black Artists” guide which is now available alongside museum maps. Andrea’s Art History-informed observations are vivid and insightful.

December 4, 2020 by Morgan Nitz

Posts in the Pipeline – Covid Winter

f you’re a spoiler-lover, indulge in this sneak peak– here’s a list of Artblog ‘Posts in the Pipeline’ this Covid winter.

October 20, 2020 by Patrick Coué

Gilbert Lewis’s empathetic gay male gaze at Woodmere Art Museum, Kapp Kapp Gallery and William Way Center

Patrick Coue visits the Gilbert Lewis exhibitions at Woodmere Art Museum, Kapp Kapp, and William Way (virtual). Having posed for Gilbert Lewis himself, he has personal insight on what it feels like to be in the shoes of Lewis’s many subjects.

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.