Miles Orvell goes to New Jersey to see Ellen Harvey’s ‘The Disappointed Tourist’ and cant get it out of his mind. Miles salutes Harvey’s crowd sourced project for the “universality of her major theme — precarity and loss.
Read MoreDear People, we had a technical glitch in yesterday’s newsletter resulting in an old newsletter being sent out with dated and wrong information in it about an event that Artblog is participating in with WHYY and the Mummers. We regret the mistake and are sorry about any confusion that resulted!
Read MoreArtblog debuts a new comics digital flip book to help the reader interface with a long, multi-panel comic! Also (re)FOCUS continues its great programming, with a memorable and inclusive show at Art in City Hall, and a roundtable discussion at the Dina Wind Foundation.
Read MoreKatie Dillon Low sees an exhibit of her friend Pierre Trombert and talks about the artist’s many loves: “Trombert’s life has been a series of love affairs, which he has been writing about in a series of memoir manuscripts for several years now. One of the affairs was with the magnificent house that he bought for a song at 5th and Spring Garden Street in the early eighties.” Katie calls Trombert’s cohort of drawings at Butchie Alley “a love affair with line.”
Read MoreHappy Valentine’s Day! May your day be filled with love and happiness. Meanwhile in the news, changes at Opera Philadelphia, Forman Arts Initiative, Library Company of Philadelphia.
Read MoreJanyce Denise Glasper’s trip to Miami’s Art Basel and the allied fairs, Untitled and Prizm was lightning fast and filled with eye treats. Janyce highlights examples of diversity in the fairs.
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