Janyce Denise Glasper sees an exhibit by Njideka Akunyili Crosby in New York at David Zwirner Gallery.
Read MoreSusan Isaacs interviews artist Nanette Carter, whose journey includes years as an art educator, as well as 17 years as a full time professional artist sustaining herself through sales of her work. An amazing story. Nanette Carter is featured in a 2-person exhibit at Towson University now through April 23. Be sure to catch it is you’re in the Baltimore area.
Read MoreFeminist artist Joan Semmel’s first solo museum exhibit is long overdue. Our contributor Andrea Kirsh says that Semmel “…breaks taboos about the depiction of women, their bodies and their thoughts.” The show is at PAFA through April 3, 2022. Be sure to catch it.
Read MoreOn this 39 minute episode of Artblog Radio, Roberta interviews Sid Sachs about his multi-venue exhibition “Invisible City” (now closed to the public due to Covid-19).
Read MoreKemuel 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.
Read MoreCraftNOW marks its fifth anniversary with Craft Capital exhibition series, symposium, hands-on activities, tours, and much more.
Read MoreIn this 32 minute podcast, Wit López speaks with Adam and Sandi Lovitz about their current show, Generations, at Da Vinci Art Alliance. The show is open September 8-29, 2019.
Read MoreWit has a chat with talented printmaker and sculptor Carson Fox about her forthcoming exhibition, “Splendiferousness.” The show opens this First Friday, July 5th and runs until August 10, 2019 at Stanek Gallery in Old City, Philadelphia.
Read MoreGuest writer Susan Isaacs, a noted art historian, curator and educator, writes of a show of abstract sculpture curated by Alexis Granwell at PAFA. Isaacs speaks with Granwell about the exhibit, her curating and her art practice and says the exhibition of abstract works engages through its sensual materiality.
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh pens an appreciation of Make Me a Summary of the World, Indian-American artist Rina Banerjee’s solo show currently up at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Densely layered in materials and meaning, this exhibition addresses the legacy of colonialism and the transnational nature of the contemporary art world through sensuous textures and bright colors. Rina Banerjee: Make Me a Summary of the World is on view through March 31, 2019.
Read MoreJessica Rizzo attends the opening for “SWARM.,” a two-person show on view through September 9 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Pairing works by Cuban-American artist Nestor Armando Gil and Haitian-born artist (and current PAFA MFA chair) Didier William, “SWARM.” frames the history of caribbean migration in terms of multiplicity, solidarity, and revolution.
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