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June 2, 2017 by Flora Ward

Join us June 10 for an Art Safari to Arthur Ross Gallery and Institute of Contemporary Art

Take in two great shows with the good people of Artblog on Saturday, June 10 from 2–5 pm. Free and open to everyone!

June 1, 2017 by Chip Schwartz

Unhurt and unbeaten, ANAHATA shines at James Oliver Gallery

Chip investigates an exhibition featuring two artists searching to find healing and acceptance through their work, and says their approaches create diverse and lively visuals.

May 31, 2017 by Evan Paul Laudenslager

A decade in the making, Jeffrey Stockbridge wraps up Kensington Blues

Evan interviews Jeffrey Stockbridge about his moving and emotional Kensington Blues project, on view at Savery Gallery until June 2nd and available in book form as well.

May 30, 2017 by Roberta

Congratulations, Pap Souleye Fall, Kay Healy; Martin Puryear’s ‘Big Bling’ on Kelly Drive for 6 months, Tyler launches Art Therapy program in Fall, Plus a couple great Opportunities and three Artblog events to join

Newsy news today about public art, a new Art Therapy program, some congratulations to artists, awesome opportunities locally and out of state, and a couple of Artblog events you will want to know about.

May 29, 2017 by Beth Heinly

The 3:00 Book

May 29, 2017 by Karen Chernick

Eric Okdeh’s Royal Theater mural gets an unexpected afterlife

Karen Chernick explains what’s going on with the missing mural that once graced the boarded-up arches to the Royal Theater building on South Street. For the full details about the life and death of the historic African American theater, now demolished and being developed as mixed-use living and retail space, see Michael Bixler’s story at Hidden City.

May 29, 2017 by Andrea Kirsh

Collecting the ephemeral, performance art in the museum, Part 2

In the second part of a two-part series, Andrea reviews two books that tackle the status of performance art in the museum. Intended to be ephemeral, fleeting, time-bound, how does performance art fit in museum collection, which are by their very nature static?

May 26, 2017 by Roberta

Ron Klein’s cosmic chaos and order at Abington Art Center

Ron Klein is an artist, a sculptor who thinks big, travels the world to research and find materials, and whose works evoke the cosmos and thoughts about the place of humans in a bigger context. Ron’s got an installation at Abington Art Center now through June 23. Don’t miss it.