Alex Smith reviews the sculptural installations of “Henry Taylor: Nothing Change, Nothing Strange.” The 3-D work is a departure from the artist’s more well-known, humanist portrait paintings, and he scavenged materials for the installation with the help of Philadelphia’s RAIR (Recycled Artist in Residency) program.
Read MoreIn this 35 minute episode of Artblog Radio, host Logan Cryer interviews Maria Dumlao about her 2020 Leeway Transformation Award, her wildly popular piece ‘History in RGB’, and the importance of Filipino oral history and Filipino culture to her work.
Read MoreIn this two part feature, Natalie Sandstrom talks with the second of two artists whose practice is heavily influenced by nature and environmental issues.
Read MoreLogan Cryer speaks with former studio mate, now grocery store manager and pre-Coronavirus drag performer, Lee.
Read MoreSusan Isaacs reviews Stavy Levy’s exhibition Collected Watershed, which is currently installed at the Center for the Arts Gallery at Towson University. Though the gallery is currently closed due to COVID-19, the show’s end date has been extended to April 25, 2020, and the show is presumed to re-open before then.
Read MoreDear readers, as we publish the cash prize and honorable mention winners in the 2019 Art Writing Challenge, we’d like to thank everyone who took the time to share their writing with us and congratulate all the winners!
Read MoreMorgan Nitz speaks with Kimmel Center Jazz artist-in-residence Immanuel Wilkins about his musical journey and collaboration-in-progress with David Dempewolf of Marginal Utility and New York photographer Rog Walker.
Read MoreAlex Smith reviews Malachi Lily’s project, The Temple of Sirius, currently on display at the Da Vinci Art Alliance.
Read MoreWit visits new exhibition, “Spitting Distance” by Keenan Bennett and Heather Raquel Phillips at Napolean gallery, closing on Sunday, October 27, 2019.
Read MoreNatalie Sandstrom reviews ‘Back and Song,’ an exhibition by filmmakers Elissa Blount Moorhead and Bradford Young installed at Girard College.
Read MoreMichael Carroll reviews the latest exhibition by local artistic genius “Gabriel Martinez: Bound to the Past.” The display is centered on the summer of 1981 and the importance of that point in time as a cultural and political moment in LGBTQ+ history. Martinez’s work will be on display through October 20, 2019 at Marginal Utility gallery located at 319 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
Read MoreIn this 34-minute episode of Artblog Radio, Wit speaks with Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue about their traveling, interactive project, Killjoy’s Kastle, available to experience at Icebox Project Space from October 16-27!
Read MoreSarah Kim writes an enthusiastic review of “Feet First”, an interactive video, painting, and sculpture installation by Joseph Lazaro Rodriguez at Spillway Collective, closing on October 5th, 2019.
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