April 10, 2025 by Ryan deRoche and Roberta

Midweek News, Hiking Appalachian Trail, David Sedaris, Center for Architecture, Pride and Prejudice Reading, TechOWL, Soapbox Comic Workshop, Art Battle, and more

April 7, 2025 by Oli Knowles

Socialist Grocery April 2025

April 3, 2025 by Logan Cryer

‘Indie sleaze’ culture from the aughts, in photos by Melissa Simpson at Tiger Strikes Asteroid

Logan Cryer gets immersed in the style, music and “indie sleaze” culture of the early aughts in a show of photographs and memorabilia by Melissa Simpson at Tiger Strikes Asteroid.

April 2, 2025 by Ryan deRoche and Roberta

Midweek News, Hidden City kickstarter, Sean Lugo show, EPA and IMLS cuts, car free walnut st and more

April 2, 2025 by Sarah Kaizar

AT Feed 8, ‘The EPA Just Gave Polluters a Shocking New Loophole—It’s Called ‘Email’’

We are delighted to provide you with Sarah Kaizar’s ‘AT feed,’ a humorous look at today’s climate change media postings online. Made with the magic assistance of AI, Sarah requests ChatGPT to write one article from many headlines she feeds it. The resulting article, is it an AI hallucination? Is it for real? Who and what do we trust? These and other questions are raised by the project, which will run bi-weekly on Artblog. Send your feedback to us at editor@theartblog.org.

March 28, 2025 by Evan Mitchell Schares

Alex Tatarsky’s ‘Sad Boys in Harpy Land,’ A Brilliant and Absurd Clusterf*ck

In his thoughtful and colorful review of Alex Tatarsky’s recent solo performance at Fringe Arts, Evan Mitchell Schares comments on the absurdist entertainment’s sad clowning/demented cabaret and calls it a “spiral of existential dread” that had the audience “belly laughing and slack-jawed.”

March 26, 2025 by Ryan deRoche and Roberta

Midweek News, Frick Museum, Vox Populi juried show, Philly Theater Week, Seven Funny Bits, Giovanni’s Room, Cecily Brown’s Barnes show and much more

Episode 304 – Strap in, art lovers! Roberta, Ryan, Anjali, and Chi pack this week with NYC museum adventures (Frick’s glittering Rembrandts, Odili Odita’s MoMA mural!), Philly Theater Week gems like Seven Funny Bits and Giovanni’s Room, plus urgent talks on trans rights and incarceration.

March 24, 2025 by Brigid O'Brien

Kiki Aranita, crochet and cooking as art practice

Artblog’s new contributor Brigid O’Brien sits down with Kiki Aranita for a chat about food and crochet. The chef, food writer, fiber artist, sauce entrepreneur, and recipe developer tells her food story and her crafting story.