Artblog | Galleries

May 17, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

Printmaker Alexis Hugo Nutini La Joyita at No. 5 Butchie Alley, The Barnes Foundation digitizes Dr. Barnes correspondence, Group show at Past Present Projects Gallery titled Archive of the Air, Terence Nance first performance at Union Transfer, plus more

Hi, this week there’s exciting news of digitized correspondence between Dr. Barnes and his illustrious confidants, like Henri Matisse and Georgia O’Keefe. Another exciting peice of news comes with the performance of VORTEX by Terence Nance for the first time. Commonweal Gallery will soon close Seneca Weintraut’s D_nner Party and new shows like Archive of the Air at Past Present Projects Gallery and Portrait of the Artists… and other things at Gross McCleaf Gallery opens later this month. Lots of compelling things to see and do, have fun!

May 10, 2023 by Alex Smith

SWARM, the kaleidoscopic visions of artist and filmmaker Terence Nance at the Institute for Contemporary Art

Alex Smith reviews the kaleidoscopic visions of Terence Nance’s SWARM, in the heart of Philadelphia, at UPENN’s ICA, through July 9, 2023.

May 9, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

David Herbert solo-exhibit at Grizzly Grizzly, Resident artists exhibition at Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Jabroni Smackdown, A Toxic Love Story (1979-2023) at Fjord Gallery, Alter Street Open Studios and sale, plus more.

Hi, this week is light. There are three exhibitions to highlight and a few free events for everyone to enjoy. At Grizzly Grizzly, a solo exhibition of sculptures by David Herbert, alter the space and reference Western art historical cannon. Artists Johannah Herr and BK share sculptures and collaged iconography through the lens of professional wrestling at Fjord Gallery. 2202 Alter Street Studios holds open studios and a sale on Saturday, May 20th. Plus more events and exhibitions.

May 3, 2023 by Niko Walczuk

Judith Joy Ross retrospective stops at its only U.S. venue, Mellon Foundation Grant for preservation of the Tanner house announced, Da Vinci Art Alliance opens two new shows in May, Woodmere 81st Annual juried exhibition, plus more

Hi, lots of new shows are opening in the first few days of May. Including Our House is on Fire and Pandemic Flowers. at the Da Vinci Art Alliance with Exciting news comes with the newest exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Judith Joy Ross’s traveling retrospective visits its only U.S. venue here in Philadelphia. Hot Bed is hosting a talk with artists Su Knoll Horty and Krista Dedrick-Lai from the Leading a Colorful Life group show this Friday. Hope you’ll find something to interest you.

April 26, 2023 by Lane Timothy Speidel

Let’s Get Free: The Transformative Art and Activism of the People’s Paper Co-op

Lane Speidel reviews Let’s Get Free: The Transformative Art and Activism of the People’s Paper Co-op at the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery at Haverford College. The show ended April 21, 2023.

April 26, 2023 by Corey Qureshi

An Assembled Trace at DaVinci Art Alliance explores the use and waste of materials

Corey Qureshi examines how Nancy Agati, Alden Cole, Anna Guarneri, Ana Mosquera, and Maria Ah Hyun Stracke address sustainability and creativity in the exhibition An Assembled Trace at DVAA. The show ended on April 23, 2023.

April 19, 2023 by Alex Smith

Carolyn Lazard’s Long Take at Philadelphia’s Institute of Contemporary Art

Alex Smith experiences Carolyn Lazard’s Long Take, an immersion in sound, poetry and dance in a darkened ICA with black screens alive with white words of poetry and the sounds of bodies moving but unseen.

April 12, 2023 by Susan Isaacs

Nourish, a deep dive into the nuances of sustenance and all its forms at the Delaware Contemporary

Susan Isaacs reviews three of the 10 installations that make up Nourish, an exploration of the sustenance that we all need at the Delaware Contemporary. The works and installation Isaacs focuses on offer up critiques of the role of women, in More Than a Woman, Adrian L. Burrell’s film and installation titled The Saints in Kongo Time, and the fantastical work of Miami based artists Federico Uribe. Each offers a different context for nourishment: the female body, the family and its history and the need to repair the plant.