black artists

July 7, 2020 by Alex Smith

A world reimagined, Afro-surrealist films for surrealist times

Alex Smith responds to these surreal times by highlighting Black filmmakers and their Afro-surrealist TV shows, documentaries, and films, available now on various streaming platforms.

June 12, 2020 by Artblog

More strong testimony at City Council hearing, June 9, reinstate funding for arts and culture!

Artblog rounded up some testimonies given to City Council on June 9 by artists, arts workers and arts organization leaders. We present them here for the record, a stream of passionate and well-formed arguments to save OACCE and PCF.

March 13, 2020 by Kemuel Benyehudah

The Black Arts Curator, activists for representation and decolonization of Western Art Museums

Kemuel Benyehudah weighs in about the importance of the work and activism of Black curators in collecting institutions and the necessary decolonization work being done by local Black curators.

January 4, 2016 by Andrea Kirsh

Melvin Edwards: Five Decades

Andrea Kirsh reviews a traveling exhibition by Mel Edwards, who has been creating sculptural commentary on black civil rights since the 1960s.

December 28, 2015 by Andrea Kirsh

We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s at the Woodmere Art Museum

The Woodmere has assembled a picture of a self-organized community that thrived without outside help; in doing so, the museum enables the rest of Philadelphia’s art community to see what they’ve been missing.

December 14, 2015 by Andrea Kirsh

Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis at PAFA

Lewis’ reputation has been maintained within the African-American community, and this exhibition ought to bring him the broader attention he certainly deserves.

February 5, 2014 by Andrea Kirsh

Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art

Andrea comments on a large exhibition of contemporary performance art by African-American artists, finding both the show’s performances and accompanying catalog well-curated and memorable.