Deborah Krieger indulges her “Gardner Fever” and reviews ‘This is a Robbery,’ Netflix’s documentary series on the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist of 1990 that stole a Vermeer, Rembrandt and other works. Deborah says Netflix’s decision to ride the “true crime format” wave was a disservice to the Gardner museum story, and as a result it was overly long and overly dramatic.
Read MoreLogan Cryer visits “Anna Russell Jones: The Art of Design,” a survey of work by the designer and first Black woman artist to graduate from the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art and Design). Logan says the showcase is impressive, but lacks important historical context. You can see ‘Art of Design’ at the African American Museum in Philadelphia thru September 12, 2021.
Read MoreJanyce Denise Glasper highlights her 5 favorite short films from BlackStar Film Festival 2021’s Oscar-qualifying shorts program! Janyce says BlackStar curated an impressive selection that showcases new talent, and that love is baked in to each of the films. BlackStar Film Festival was August 4-8, 2021.
Read MoreThe new book, “The Soul of a Nation Reader” rounds up long-inaccessible material on Black American art and artists from 1960-1980. The authors who collected this material have done a valuable service to the field of art history, our contributor Andrea Kirsh says.
Read MoreCorey Qureshi visits ‘Molly Metz: Close Closer’ at Fleisher/Ollman gallery, where multi-layered paintings flow into amorphous and cavernous sculptures. Check it out before it closes on August 13, 2021!
Read MoreSusan Isaacs visits the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and is impressed by two socially concerned exhibitions: “”¡Printing the Revolution!”(on view through August 8, 2021) and “Alexander von Humboldt and the United States” (now closed; online materials available).
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