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July 19, 2024 by Cindy Stockton Moore

Matisse & Renoir, rebalancing the mix of masters at the Barnes Foundation

Cindy Stockton Moore visits the Barnes Foundation’s current exhibit, which pulls works from the collection by the two masters into new temporary exhibition spaces on the first floor, thus giving the works a different viewing and perhaps raising new interpretations – or at least reactions.

July 19, 2024 by Lane Timothy Speidel

The Muddy Thoroughfare of Life, Death, and Art in Todd Stong’s “Becoming Hole” at Peep Projects

Lane Speidel sees new work by Todd Stong, in the artist’s first solo exhibit in Philadelphia, at Peep Projects, and follows up with the artist to find out more. In his essay, Speidel mentions Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment,” an imagined hellish or heavenly nonexistent space with many bodies in ascent or descent.

July 17, 2024 by Ryan deRoche

Midweek News Podcast, Velocity Fund, PAFA, Shakespeare, Tap performances, and AI prejudices

July 17, 2024 by Martina Merlo

Down the Rabbit Hole toward Transgender Joy, John Jarboe’s ‘The Rose Garden’ at the Fabric Workshop and Museum

Martina Merlo travels into the labyrinth of John Jarboe’s ‘The Rose Garden,’ and calls the immersive multimedia piece a “cabaret-cum-gallery experience that is joyously campy, increasingly absurdist, and simultaneously tender and nostalgic.”

July 17, 2024 by Blaise Tobia

‘Souls Shot’ at Episcopal Cathedral, respectful and loving portraits of gunshot victims

Blaise Tobia sees an exhibit at the Episcopal Cathedral in West Philly and comments that the show is well worth seeing, “for the quality and variety of the works on display.”

July 10, 2024 by Roberta

Sad news of Lewis Tanner Moore’s passing, plus The Library Company, and 2024 CFEVA fellows

July 10, 2024 by Ryan deRoche

Midweek News Podcast, CFEVA fellows, Library Company, ArtblogConnect events, Schitt’s Creek parody and openings

July 8, 2024 by Oli Knowles

Socialist Grocery July 2024