Katie Dillon Low sees an exhibit of her friend Pierre Trombert and talks about the artist’s many loves: “Trombert’s life has been a series of love affairs, which he has been writing about in a series of memoir manuscripts for several years now. One of the affairs was with the magnificent house that he bought for a song at 5th and Spring Garden Street in the early eighties.” Katie calls Trombert’s cohort of drawings at Butchie Alley “a love affair with line.”
Read MoreHappy Valentine’s Day! May your day be filled with love and happiness. Meanwhile in the news, changes at Opera Philadelphia, Forman Arts Initiative, Library Company of Philadelphia.
Read MoreOur contributor Janyce Denise Glasper experiences her first Miami art fair in December, 2023, and zeroes in on the diversity she finds. Enjoy this post and the names that it sheds light on.
Read MoreCorey Qureshi reviews a three-person exhibit at Cerulean Arts, saying that the works take you “down any number of undefined paths,” suggesting that if you have some time to ponder it is worth your while to do so. The exhibit is up to Feb. 25, 2024, so hurry on over!
Read MoreLauren Whearty interviews artist Libby Rosa, who moved to Philadelphia in 2019, opened Peep Projects in 2020 and moved Peep to Crane Arts recently. Lauren finds out more about the gallery’s whimsical name and about the artist, who has a solo exhibition of her works at Bertrand Productions as part of the (re)FOCUS festival.
Read MoreKatie Dillon Low writes a terrific piece on the “(re)FOCUS: Now” exhibit, one of two exhibits at the Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design; the other is “(re)FOCUS: Then” (with artists from the original 1974 exhibit).
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