March 9, 2020 by Roberta

Velocity Fund Year Three, Money directly to Philadelphia artists for experimental collaborative projects

Artists, it’s Year Three of the the Velocity Fund, a great juried local funding opportunity, which funnels up to $5,000 directly to you for new experimental and collaborative projects in Philadelphia.

March 6, 2020 by Wit López

Jessica Zawadowicz on the beauty of flowers and language’s influence on art

In this Q&A for First Friday, Wit interviews artist Jessica Zawadowicz, one of the artists whose work is currently installed in “Spring Up” at PII Gallery, on view through March 28, 2020!

March 6, 2020 by Oli Knowles

Socialist Grocery

February 21, 2020 by Natalie Sandstrom

Two worlds beautifully co-existing, Bermudez and Marcuse dual shows at List Gallery

Natalie Sandstrom visits the List Gallery at Swarthmore College and analyzes the two exhibitions on display: Henry Bermudez’s Tattooed Nature and Michelle Marcuse’s Holding Absence, which both close tomorrow, February 23, 2020.

February 10, 2020 by Naveena Vijayan

Bridging the Gap, an interview with Wenlu Bao

Artblog contributor, Naveena Vijayan, interviews Wenlu “Lulu” Bao about her exhibition that was at the Delaware Contemporary, “Mind the Gap.”

February 7, 2020 by Wit López

Ripe with Subtext, Humaira Abid’s new exhibition ‘Searching for Home’

February 5, 2020 by Logan Cryer

The future looks bright for burgeoning Philly youth art collective

Logan Cryer interviews Laila Islam and Muhammad Gallashaw, the co-curators of The Future is Us Collective, which focuses on uplifting the artwork of young adult and youth artists throughout the Philadelphia area.

January 29, 2020 by Artblog

Chaim Soutine and I Have Never Broken a Bone, 2018 Grand Prize Winning Essay in the New Art Writers Contest

The winners of the 2019 Artblog Art Writing Challenge will be revealed THIS WEEK! As we count down the days and hours, check out the grand prize winner of last year’s contest, “Chaim Soutine and I Have Never Broken a Bone” by Talia Gordon.