In this edition of Ask Artblog, Beth Heinly answers a question about the difference between protest and posture in relation to this year’s Whitney Biennial and the forced resignation of Warren Kanders from the Whitney Museum Board.
Read MoreCongratulations to Michelle Angela Ortiz, who has been recognized as a Citizen Artist Fellow, and to Eastern State Penitentiary, which received an award for excellence in exhibitions. Monument Lab has announced more details about the 21 artist projects for fall 2017, including stalwarts like RAIR. Printmakers, check out the fellowship opportunity at Second State Press (deadline 5/22). Plus, queer sci-fi reading at Vox Populi, Lenka Clayton and Dan Byers in conversation at the Fabric Workshop, PAFA’s 116th Annual Student Exhibition, Broad Street Review hosts a discussion about arts funding, and a good read about cartoonist Roz Chast’s embroidery.
Read MoreI want more of this unself-conscious immersion in the moment from Nam rather than the cool and distanced views she mostly shows here.
Read MoreWhat is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia? This is the question Monument Lab posed to Philadelphians this past summer and examined through a series of talks and public forums held at City Hall and elsewhere.
Read MoreThe end is near! This is Episode 9 in the 10-episode Decade of artblog series. In this 3:11-minute episode we ask people what they are excited about in Philadelphia right now. The video was shot in the summer, so some things mentioned are past. But hear what’s on peoples’ minds
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