CAi’s “Summer Phase” in Chestnut Hill windows
By guest writer | August 31, 2010 | 6 Comments
by Clarissa Shanahan Chestnut Hill Arts Initiative’s premiere show, ‘Summer Phase’, proved to be a thoughtfully curated blend of conceptual installations in a variety of mediums, featuring the work of ten different artists.This was a particularly contemporary and progressive show in an otherwise conservative area.
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Picasso, Picasso everywhere – museum roundup
By guest writer | August 19, 2010 | 3 Comments
by Cheryl Harper Pablo Ruiz Picasso lived from 1881-1973, a long span in any terms, but he has never left this world judging from the manner in which his life and work are continuously celebrated. Take this season for instance; I’ve seen four Picasso museum shows in as many months: “Picasso and the Avant-Garde in [...]
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Top 10 picks, plus more at Philly Fringe/Live Arts
By guest writer | August 13, 2010 | 4 Comments
By Debra Miller The 2010 Festival line-up is staggering, with nearly 1,200 performances of approximately 200 shows, ranging from theater and comedy to dance, music, and the visual arts.
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Report from Brooklyn: Regina Rex Gallery
By guest writer | August 9, 2010 | 2 Comments
by Emmy Thelander The show up right now at Regina Rex, a brand new gallery on the top floor of one of Bushwick’s industrial buildings, reminds me of a remark Carl Andre made in 1996 about the work of Eva Hesse. He said, “Perhaps I am the bones and the body of sculpture and perhaps [...]
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What’s New and What’s Not — Summer Theater Roundup and 2010 Barrymore Nominations
By guest writer | August 8, 2010 | 13 Comments
by Debra Miller Theater in Philadelphia is flourishing, and that’s good news for all of us who don’t take a summer break from our love of the arts!
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Restoration puts the drama back in the Gross Clinic
By guest writer | July 31, 2010 | 0 Comments
By Peter Crimmins The restoration crew at the Philadelphia Art Museum likes to say that The Gross Clinic now looks like it did when it came off Thomas Eakins easel in 1875. Only partially true. The way it is presented in the Museum’s Perelman Building is nothing like the debut the painting had at the [...]
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Ernesto Neto in London: The Edges of the World
By guest writer | July 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
Post by Judith Stein To get to The Edges of the World, Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto’s extraordinary installation at London’s Hayward Gallery, you first have to find the Hayward. It is situated above street level in the cultural complex known as the South Bank Centre. You might approach it from the Thames walkway, mounting one [...]
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Subtle and mysterious photos of Daydream Nation
By guest writer | June 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
Daydream Nation, PPAC’s 1st Annual Contemporary Photography Exhibition, opened several weeks ago in the Crane Arts Building. Philadelphia Photo Art Center received 170 entries for the juried show, from which they chose 34 photographs by 34 different artists and awarded three prizes. Jock Reynolds and Joshua Chuang, respectively Yale University Art Gallery’s Director and Assistant [...]
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Philadelphia theater in review — The year of the small company
By guest writer | June 25, 2010 | 3 Comments
by Debra Miller Without a doubt, Philadelphia has emerged at last as a thriving theater community that offers a wide variety of productions, nearly year-round. From the experimental to the classics, from dramas to comedies, from the intimate grass-roots startups with shoestring budgets in rented venues to the well-established and moneyed mainstays in their own [...]
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My Tidal Wave Dream – Interview with Kara Hearn
By guest writer | June 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
Post by Rachel Reese Recess Activities, Inc. is a (relatively) new residency program located in New York City’s Soho neighborhood – a storefront space at 41 Grand Street. Committed to providing a free working and production space, Recess residencies are unique in that they are open to the public allowing for collaboration and accessibility to [...]
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