Artblog | Museums

March 8, 2023 by Andrea Kirsh

Two Swiss Museums question the origins of the Gurlitt and Bührle Collections

Andrea Kirsh visits two Swiss museums recently, in Bern and Zürich, both of which presented exhibitions documenting their work with Swiss collectors and questioning how to handle works that entered their collections under ethically-questionable circumstances.

March 2, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

Ask the Mayoral Candidates, Harry Philbrick to the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Woodmere gets RACP grant, Stuart Netsky and more at Gross McCleaf Gallery plus lots more

Hi, this week is a doozy… We’re announcing our partnership with Barbara Silzle and Jacque Liu, who are calling attention to the voices and questions of artist for the mayoral candidates through an online questionnaire.

February 22, 2023 by Blaise Tobia and Virginia Maksymowicz

Moore College Panel Foregrounds Cultural Policy in the Context of the Philadelphia Mayoral Race

Our contributors Virginia Maksymowicz and Blaise Tobia report on a recent panel at Moore College of Art and Design devoted to talk about cultural policy in light of the current mayoral election campaigns.

February 16, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

Henry Taylor, ‘Nothing Change, Nothing Strange’ at Fabric Workshop and Museum, plus ‘Office Hours’ at Automat, Mayoral Forum on the Performing Arts and more

February 9, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

‘LINGER,’ Gabriela Sanchez at Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, plus opportunities and more

February 2, 2023 by Sharon Garbe

How to Curate a Story, Matisse in the 1930s at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Our new contributor Sharon Garbe visits the Matisse exhibit at the PMA and finds the show inspiring, “exhilarating and full of insights and surprises.”

February 2, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

Terrance Nance Museum solo at the Institute of Contemporary art, Opportunities for Neighborhood programming, and more

Good morning, I’m Niko Walczuk I’ll be handling the news from now on. I hope to bring you things that interest you and hopefully motivate you to get out to some galleries or entire exhibitions.

January 26, 2023 by Lacy Murphy

Changing the power dynamic, museum workers, the museum, the art, and social media

Contributor Lacy Murphy relates the story of art images and social media postings both by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and by striking museum workers last Fall and argues that spurred on by the victory of the PMA Workers Union, museum workers are now unionizing in many places across the country.