March 26, 2025 by Ryan deRoche and Roberta

Midweek News, Frick Museum, Vox Populi juried show, Philly Theater Week, Seven Funny Bits, Giovanni’s Room, Cecily Brown’s Barnes show and much more

Episode 304 – Strap in, art lovers! Roberta, Ryan, Anjali, and Chi pack this week with NYC museum adventures (Frick’s glittering Rembrandts, Odili Odita’s MoMA mural!), Philly Theater Week gems like Seven Funny Bits and Giovanni’s Room, plus urgent talks on trans rights and incarceration.

January 1, 2025 by Ryan deRoche and Roberta

Midweek News, Delaware Museum Films, Baldwin in Turkey, Met Museum’s Siena, Guston and Hancock, Peter Panto, Radio plays, 2024 in review and more

August 7, 2024 by Ryan deRoche and Roberta

Midweek News Podcast, Commonweal, Fabric Museum, Opportunities & Artblog Connect events

Roberta shares two news updates on Commonweal Gallery’s move to the Kensington Arts Corridor, and a new Executive Director at the Fabric Workshop and Museum. There’s also a new opportunity. Ryan offers this week’s recommendations on events

July 19, 2024 by Cindy Stockton Moore

Matisse & Renoir, rebalancing the mix of masters at the Barnes Foundation

Cindy Stockton Moore visits the Barnes Foundation’s current exhibit, which pulls works from the collection by the two masters into new temporary exhibition spaces on the first floor, thus giving the works a different viewing and perhaps raising new interpretations – or at least reactions.

July 10, 2024 by Ryan deRoche and Roberta

Midweek News Podcast, CFEVA fellows, Library Company, ArtblogConnect events, Schitt’s Creek parody and openings

March 20, 2024 by Roberta

Valerie Gay is Chief Cultural Officer! Commonweal Gallery, Locks Gallery, Woodmere Art Museum pop with artist news, Roberto Lugo, Tim McFarlane, an opportunity and Pittsburgh!

There’s lots of movement and momentum happening in the arts this spring. Commonweal announced its representation of five artists; Locks Gallery now represents Dona Nelson; Roberto Lugo is leaving Tyler teaching to concentrate on his art and life. ALSO, not to bury the lead, Valerie (Val) Gay is appointed incoming Chief Cultural Officer

January 31, 2024 by Roberta

Congrats Karyn Olivier and James Claiborne! Flex Fund grants, Plus Opportunity!

Congratulations Karyn Olivier, selected for the Whitney Biennial and Prospect New Orleans 6, two prestigious international roundups that hundreds of thousands of people see. Congratulations also to James Claiborne on his new post as Deputy Director of Public Engagement at the Barnes!

January 22, 2024 by Virginia Maksymowicz

Headlong dances with Marie Laurencin at the Barnes Foundation

Virginia Maksymowicz sees a performance at the Barnes Foundation resulting from a collaboration between the Barnes and Headlong Dance Theater, wherein three dancers interacted with and responded to the works of Marie Laurencin in a dance choreographed by Headlong’s David Brick and Norma Porter.