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Read MoreArtblog debuts a new comics digital flip book to help the reader interface with a long, multi-panel comic! Also (re)FOCUS continues its great programming, with a memorable and inclusive show at Art in City Hall, and a roundtable discussion at the Dina Wind Foundation.
Read MoreKatie Dillon Low sees an exhibit of her friend Pierre Trombert and talks about the artist’s many loves: “Trombert’s life has been a series of love affairs, which he has been writing about in a series of memoir manuscripts for several years now. One of the affairs was with the magnificent house that he bought for a song at 5th and Spring Garden Street in the early eighties.” Katie calls Trombert’s cohort of drawings at Butchie Alley “a love affair with line.”
Read MoreHappy Valentine’s Day! May your day be filled with love and happiness. Meanwhile in the news, changes at Opera Philadelphia, Forman Arts Initiative, Library Company of Philadelphia.
Read MoreJanyce Denise Glasper’s trip to Miami’s Art Basel and the allied fairs, Untitled and Prizm was lightning fast and filled with eye treats. Janyce highlights examples of diversity in the fairs.
Read MoreOur contributor Janyce Denise Glasper experiences her first Miami art fair in December, 2023, and zeroes in on the diversity she finds. Enjoy this post and the names that it sheds light on.
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