In the second post in a new series, “Art Following Epidemics,” Andrea Kirsh explores a propaganda painting commissioned by Napoleon during the bubonic plague.
Read MoreIn a new series “Art following epidemics” triggered by thoughts during the COVID-19 pandemic, Andrea Kirsh refers back to her field of Art History to examine art made during or after other epidemics.
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh reviews three books about indigenous art. Part two of two reviews Kate Morris’s “Shifting Grounds; Landscape in Contemporary Native American Art” and Katya García-Antón “Sovereign Words; Indigenous Art, Curation and Criticism”
Read MoreAndrea 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.
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh reviews three books about indigenous art. Part one of two reviews Philip J. Deloria’s “Becoming Mary Sully; Toward an American Indian abstract.”
Read MoreAs we await The Museum of Modern Art’s newest expansion, Andrea Kirsh reflects on her experience visiting MoMA over the past fifty years— during which time she has witnessed two other building expansions. MoMA will re-open on October 21, 2019.
Read MoreIn this feature, Andrea Kirsh describes the resources available for artists to inventory, archive, and organize their body of work or “artistic estates.”
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh visits the New Chinese Galleries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Kirsh says the newly re-arranged exhibit is educational, aesthetically pleasing, and able to appeal to every type of museum guest.
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