Artblog | Museums

November 16, 2015 by Roberta

Wrath of the Gods: From scholarly to vernacular at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

The art historical exhibit pivots around one of the PMA’s blockbuster items, Peter Paul Rubens’ “Prometheus Bound,” a tour-de-force figure painting of the big-muscled god being killed by an eagle in a particularly gruesome fashion. It’s a large painting both beautiful and terrifying, a scene of torture that accentuates the vulnerability of flesh.

November 10, 2015 by Roberta

Barnes+Whitney curator news, Muse turns 38, Philly Public Art Guidebook, Mighty Writers’ Author series, Sharon Butler’s on PAFA Review Panel, plus Greg Pizzoli, Lisa Yuskavage and the weirdest Opportunity ever

Philly Public Art Guidebook debuts! (Now how about a guidebook for the rest of the art scene…galleries, museums, alternative hot spots.) – The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy has released “A Guide to Philadelphia’s Public Art” – It’s online, too, in a nice flip-through edition.

November 3, 2015 by Roberta

PAFA Curator Bob Cozzolino back to Midwest, James Dupree documentary at PAFA, DIY UK Graphic Arts film at Moore, Abounaddara activist videos, tour reForm with Pepon Osorio, auction results, Dufalas, Jesse Krimes, Ruth Scott Blackson plus Opportunities!

“My time at PAFA and in Philadelphia, which has a vibrant and supportive arts community, has been truly wonderful,” Dr. Cozzolino noted. “However, I am thrilled to return to the Midwest where I grew up and to collaborate with my new colleagues at Mia.

November 2, 2015 by Andrea Kirsh

Contemporary art I missed in Ljubljana: the Museum of Transitory Art (MoTA)

The question of web-based collections of digital art could be considered museums has been raised. It’s in the nature of new art to test such boundaries. Are we ready to accept an organization with no physical presence as a museum?

November 1, 2015 by Roberta

Live Review Panel Oct 22—Great discussion with Suzanne Seesman, Amze Emmons, Tim Portlock, Eric Abaka, Annette Monnier

The first Live Review Panel convened by Artblog and The St. Claire (in partnership with The Print Center) assembled smart, articulate panelists, excellent music makers, and an audience of passionate artists and art lovers. What a great night! The panel talk was audio recorded and will be available in the future. Until then, here are my notes from the evening.

October 18, 2015 by Evan Paul Laudenslager

Home at last: Dave Heath at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Dave Heath (b. Philadelphia 1931) was abandoned by his family at an early age, growing up in the Philadelphia foster care system. This lack of a true sense of belonging clearly shaped both his need to connect with the world through photography and the sense of longing and solitude that hovers thick in the air around his work.

October 13, 2015 by Roberta

Good Reads abound, Sherman Fleming’s Noose, Museum shows for Odili Donald Odita + Collette Fu, plus Art in the Open, Leeway workshops, Deirdre Murphy and Anthony Campuzano!

Sherman Fleming’s art is personal, performative and quietly confrontational. Amazing, actually. Recently, Fleming said, he did a public art piece in Brooklyn that riffed on those offensive yard jockeys.

October 11, 2015 by Andrea Kirsh

The Cosmopolitan Art Scene in Ljubljana — Arteast 2000+ and other exhibitions of recent art

Eastern European artists whose work is known in the West—among them Marina Abramović, Miroslav Balka, Sanja Ivecović, Ilya Kabakov, and Dan Perjovschi—are diverse and extremely interesting, and passing time reveals further significant artists whose reputations have been obscured by the politics of the Cold War. There were many art scenes throughout the East, often underground.