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January 16, 2018 by Beth Heinly

January 15, 2018 by Naveena Vijayan

Joseph Gonzales brings people together at The Delaware Contemporary

New Artblog contributor, Naveena Vijayan, speaks with the newly-appointed executive director of The Delaware Contemporary, Joseph Gonzales. Gonzales aims to make the museum a gathering space for the public, even while maintaining its reputation as a happening spot for contemporary art.

January 8, 2018 by Beth Heinly

The 3:00 Book

January 5, 2018 by Andrea Kirsh

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Andrea Kirsh runs down to Richmond to check out the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and touch base with its Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art and Education, Michael Taylor. We at Artblog remember Michael fondly when he was Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the PMA! It looks as if he’s brought some of his Philly love to the VMFA with acquisitions of works by Tristin Lowe and Daniel Heyman! Andrea reports.

January 1, 2018 by Beth Heinly

The 3:00 Book

December 31, 2017 by Imani Roach

Sadie Barnette’s ‘Glitter Space’ in the Surveillance Age

As we look back over a tumultuous year now past, a show that continues to percolate in our minds is Sadie Barnette’s Dear 1968, Love 1984, which visited Haverford’s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery in the fall. Drawn largely from the FBI file of Barnette’s father, who was a leader in the L.A. Black Panther party, Dear 1968… uses the archival evidence of state surveillance to explore intimacy and everyday life in black America. Here Imani Roach shares part of a conversation she had with the artist during the opening festivities, and reflects on themes from the show which feel particularly resonant this holiday season.

December 29, 2017 by Matthew Rose

Deconstructing La Gioconda in the Crosshairs of Art & Commerce

Matthew thinks about all the ways Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has been meme’d, from Duchamp’s beatnik Mona with thin mustache and goatee, to Goth Mona Lisa to “Hitler” Mona Lisa (!). Somehow, Leonardo’s most famous painting become the icon we love and love to skewer.

December 29, 2017 by Artblog

The 2017 Liberta Awards!

Just for you, we offer this annual curated list of notable people, groups, books, and other art world stuff from the outgoing year: The 2017 Liberta Awards!