Samuel Brown writes a thoughtful review of Joakim Ojanen’s recent show “Snake Pit” at The Hole NYC! Buy yourself a bus ticket and catch this quirky show– a world building installation filled with odd, anxious, cheeky, and playful characters– before April 14th, 2019!
Read MoreNow entering its second year,The Velocity Fund, a Regional Re-granting Program of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in partnership with Temple Contemporary, welcomes you, Philadelphia artists, to apply for funds to make new work in the city! Awards of $5,000 will be given in September, 2019, to 10-15 artists, by an independent panel of jurors. Applications open today, March 11, 2019, and close June 7, 2019.
Read MoreArtbog contributor Matt Kalasky speaks with Josh Graupera– Philadelphia based organizer, artist, educator, and printmaker– to learn about their recent (now closed) exhibition, “Blockadia.” Tune into this 25 minute long podcast, brought to us by The Galleries at Moore (TGMR), to learn how Josh’s practice redefines the term “Blockadia,” a word originally coined by activist Naomi Klein.
Read MoreMandy Palasik, architect, writer, artist and art lover, makes a journey to Chester County to the home studio of the late master of woodworking, Wharton Esherick, and finds the wood surfaces irresistible to the touch (which is encouraged!) in the house Wharton built. Mandy recently reviewed the Becky Suss paintings at Fleisher-Ollman, based on that artist’s experience of the home studio. Suss’s paintings are now on view at the Esherick Museum, a great pairing.
Read MoreWit López reconnects with Uriah Bussey—an artist selected for the residency López curated at Icebox Project Space—to talk time-based performance, automatic drawing, the importance of representation, and the transformation of Bussey’s childhood home into a “little museum.” Don’t miss Bussey’s solo exhibition, “Discoveries of Self, Kin, and Peers,” curated by Zoe Rayn, open at the Art Dept. Collective Gallery THIS SATURDAY, March 9th, 2019 from 6-10 PM!
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