June 7, 2023 by Lane Timothy Speidel

Sue Williamson, Lebohang Kganye, on Memory, Storytelling and Forgiveness, at the Barnes Foundation

Hello, sorry to say that this exhibition is now over but we wanted to share Lane’s review and the images of the works. The review looks at the Barnes Foundation’s recent exhibition Tell Me What You Remember which explores temporality, memory, and cultural inheritance in South Africa pre and post Apartheid. We hope you enjoy and endeavor to learn more about both artists.

June 7, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

Support increased funding for The Philadelphia Cultural Fund! Penn Museum workers rally for fair pay and contract, Songs for Ritual and Remembrance at Arthur Ross Gallery, Hot Bits at William Way and the Icebox Project Space, Plus opportunities and more news

Hi, this week is full of news as Penn Museum workers unite to fight for fair pay and a fair contract. In addition Artlab Editorial Fellows have been announced selecting two writers out of 500 across the world. The Icebox Project Space has an ongoing show titled The Art of Pleasure and Arthur Ross Gallery is soon to open a new group show. We have more news, events, and an opportunity for you to parse through. Have a great week!

May 31, 2023 by Virginia Maksymowicz

Philadelphia artists in Amsterdam and Berlin

Virginia Maksymowicz writes about seeing work by Thomas Brummett and Blaise Tobia (her husband) in Berlin, then traveling to Amsterdam but not being able to get tickets for the sold-out Vermeer exhibit at the Rijksmuseum, then finding out that the Philadelphia Museum of Art has its own Vermeer, Lady with a Guitar, which we told you about in the News post.

May 31, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

Purported Vermeer’s Lady with a Guitar at Philadelphia Museum of Art, Be Holding world premiere performance at Girard College, Open Call for zines at Second State Press, plus more

Hi, lots of exciting news and things to see coming soon. Personally I’m excited to have the chance to see a suspected Vermeer at the Philadelphia Museum of art. Paradigm Gallery is opening three collaborative shows this week with Space 1026, the Woodmere Annual Juried exhibition is also set to open this week. Find an opportunity to exhibit your personal zine and bookmaking work at Second State Press. Lots more fun and interesting things to see and do, enjoy!

May 17, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

Printmaker Alexis Hugo Nutini La Joyita at No. 5 Butchie Alley, The Barnes Foundation digitizes Dr. Barnes correspondence, Group show at Past Present Projects Gallery titled Archive of the Air, Terence Nance first performance at Union Transfer, plus more

Hi, this week there’s exciting news of digitized correspondence between Dr. Barnes and his illustrious confidants, like Henri Matisse and Georgia O’Keefe. Another exciting peice of news comes with the performance of VORTEX by Terence Nance for the first time. Commonweal Gallery will soon close Seneca Weintraut’s D_nner Party and new shows like Archive of the Air at Past Present Projects Gallery and Portrait of the Artists… and other things at Gross McCleaf Gallery opens later this month. Lots of compelling things to see and do, have fun!

May 3, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

Judith Joy Ross retrospective stops at its only U.S. venue, Mellon Foundation Grant for preservation of the Tanner house announced, Da Vinci Art Alliance opens two new shows in May, Woodmere 81st Annual juried exhibition, plus more

Hi, lots of new shows are opening in the first few days of May. Including Our House is on Fire and Pandemic Flowers. at the Da Vinci Art Alliance with Exciting news comes with the newest exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Judith Joy Ross’s traveling retrospective visits its only U.S. venue here in Philadelphia. Hot Bed is hosting a talk with artists Su Knoll Horty and Krista Dedrick-Lai from the Leading a Colorful Life group show this Friday. Hope you’ll find something to interest you.

May 3, 2023 by Emily Brewton Schilling

Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America at the African American Museum in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

May 3, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

The Mashrabiya Project: Seeing Through Space at the Museum for Art in Wood