September 9, 2019 by Artblog

Artblog’s Fifth Annual Art Writing Challenge for Emerging Writers, Apply TODAY!

PLEASE NOTE: The Art Writing Challenge Deadline has been extended to December 31, 2019 to allow more time for emerging writers who are passionate about the arts in Philadelphia to apply to this FREE art writing contest.

September 6, 2019 by Wit López

Intergenerational reciprocity, Sandi and Adam Lovitz on the show Generations at DaVinci Art Alliance

In this 32 minute podcast, Wit López speaks with Adam and Sandi Lovitz about their current show, Generations, at Da Vinci Art Alliance. The show is open September 8-29, 2019.

July 24, 2019 by Lacy Murphy

Taking the Reins, Impressionist Mary Cassatt Captures Early Feminism

Moved by the painting, “A Woman and a Girl Driving,” now on view in the PMA’s current exhibition “The Impressionist’s Eye, contributor Lacy Murphy discusses the life and work of vanguard artist and Philadelphia native Mary Cassatt.

July 3, 2019 by Wit López

Capturing Joy, Spirit, and Movement, the abstract paintings of Moe Brooker

In this heartfelt podcast episode, Philadelphia artist Moe Brooker talks with Wit about his life, work, and how he left figurative work behind in pursuit of a way to record Black joy through abstraction. The exhibition runs from July 5th to August 10th, catch it before it closes!

June 17, 2019 by Ilana Napoli

Artist and activist Lise Soskolne of W.A.G.E makes her invisible art practice visible

Ilana Napoli reviews “The Work,” a two-part solo show by artist/activist Lise Soskolne at Baruch College’s Sidney Mishkin Gallery to June 20, 2019.

April 22, 2019 by Wit López

‘4 Queer Voices’ sing in exhibition at William Way LGBT Community Center

Wit López reviews “4 Queer Voices” at the William Way LGBT Community Center, on display until April 26th, 2019.

April 11, 2019 by Andrea Kirsh

Artists united by opposition in ‘Artists Respond, American Artists and the Vietnam War 1965-1975’ at Smithsonian American Art Museum

Andrea Kirsh reviews “Artists Respond: American Artists and the Vietnam War 1965-1975” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, on view from March 15, 2019 – August 18, 2019.

March 25, 2019 by Matt Singer

Sarah Gamble and the Matter of Meaning, Meaning of Matter at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery

Matt Singer explores the deep inner reaches and outer limits of Sarah Gamble’s highly focused and suggestive paintings, at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery, on view now through March 30, 2019. Ultimately, the works about consciousness and matter matter, says Singer.