New Artblog contributor, Corey Qureshi, pens a poetic review of the beloved Jonathan Lyndon Chase’s new book, “Wild Wild Wild West / Haunting of the Seahorse.”
Read MorePatrick Coue visits the Gilbert Lewis exhibitions at Woodmere Art Museum, Kapp Kapp, and William Way (virtual). Having posed for Gilbert Lewis himself, he has personal insight on what it feels like to be in the shoes of Lewis’s many subjects.
Read MoreMickalene Thomas’s installation “A Moment’s Pleasure” re-opens at The Baltimore Museum of Art with even more relevance to the community.
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh reviews Maya Stovall’s “Liquor Store Theatre” and Rotland Press Original, “The N-Word; Paintings by Peter Williams,” art books that examine racism and systemic inequality in Detroit and beyond.
Read MoreThe new book, Hotel Chelsea: Living in the Last Bohemian Haven by Colin Miller and Ray Mock tells of current residents and their struggle with the Hotel’s developer-owners and explores the history of this artistic incubator-cum-living space.
Read MoreNaveena reviews Timothy C. Winegard’s book “The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator,” which explains how mosquitos have affected both health and history.
Read MoreMichael Lieberman reviews Pulitzer Prize winner Inga Saffron’s ‘Becoming Philadelphia.’ The book, a selection of the architecture critic’s Inquirer articles from the past 20 years, tells an intricate story about Philly’s 10 year tax abatement and construction boom– both its part in revitalizing the city, and its part in harmful gentrification and increased inequality.
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