Artblog | reviews, features & interviews

February 2, 2024 by Pete Sparber

Megan Galardi, founder and director of Blah Blah, a commercial gallery in the 319 Building

Pete Sparber interviews Blah Blah founder and director, Megan Galardi, about creating a women and non-binary artist commercial gallery and situating it in the 319 Building, known as a hotbed of the city’s alternative gallery scene.

January 31, 2024 by Roberta

Congrats Karyn Olivier and James Claiborne! Flex Fund grants, Plus Opportunity!

Congratulations Karyn Olivier, selected for the Whitney Biennial and Prospect New Orleans 6, two prestigious international roundups that hundreds of thousands of people see. Congratulations also to James Claiborne on his new post as Deputy Director of Public Engagement at the Barnes!

January 31, 2024 by Katie Dillon Low

‘(re)FOCUS, Then and Now,’ Big Differences, and The Future

Katie 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).

January 29, 2024 by Artblog

Let’s talk about traffic around 10th Street

Artblog friend, Edward Gruberg, writes a reasoned and elucidating essay on the impact on health and safety of the proposed 76ers Arena. Did you realize there is a Fire station on 10th St.? Or, how about the Hospital ER, also on 10th St.?

January 24, 2024 by Susan Isaacs

Talking with Diane Burko and Judy Brodsky about FOCUS (1974) and (re)FOCUS (2024), two major women’s art festivals

January 24, 2024 by Roberta

Syd Carpenter! Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Clay Studio, Gees Bend, and Opportunity!

Many congratulations to Syd Carpenter, artist of enormous talent, dedication and generosity, and now, a Fellow in the College of Fellows, American Craft Council!

January 22, 2024 by Virginia Maksymowicz

Headlong dances with Marie Laurencin at the Barnes Foundation

Virginia Maksymowicz sees a performance at the Barnes Foundation resulting from a collaboration between the Barnes and Headlong Dance Theater, wherein three dancers interacted with and responded to the works of Marie Laurencin in a dance choreographed by Headlong’s David Brick and Norma Porter.

January 19, 2024 by Roberta

Amze Emmons opening tonight postponed, James Brantley, Jeff Koons and Scribe Video independent media opportunity