Artist Marlène Mocquet offers up a savage menagerie of creatures from the darkest corners of fairy tales at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris. The setting, a 17th-century mansion turned into a museum dedicated to the hunt, is eerily perfect for her ceramic creations.
Read MoreLet’s take a step back from our national political nightmare and talk about local Philly politics. Today’s Reader Advisor touches on everything from Boyz II Men to the victory of Larry Krasner in last week’s primary.
Read MoreDave Kyu fills us in on the discussion at May’s Art Commission meeting, which centered on the construction of the Discovery Center in Fairmount Park. How do you lease public land for private use? Turns out, you just need a fancy new gate.
Read MoreKitty immerses herself in the 3 new site-specific installations at Eastern State Penitentiary–Unconquerable Soul by Piotr Szyhalski and Richard Shelton, Hakims’s Tale by Erik Ruin and Gelsey Bell, and Sepulture by Jared Scott Owen. These 3 installations explore themes of surveillance, survival, and mortality that resonate with the original function of this 19th-century prison as well as our contemporary criminal justice system.
Read MoreTo Chance, To Wander at Fjord asks, what does it mean to get lost now? Bringing together work from 12 American and Chilean artists, the show explores the themes of place, identity, memory, and our relationship with the natural world. Ephraim says this is a show to take your time with and get a little lost – in a good way!
Read MoreMichael takes in Christopher Wood’s drawing-a-day project, Frequent Exceptions, on view at HOUSE Gallery. These subtle, resonant graphite drawings pull you into a meditative state of reflection on space, tone, and the passage of time, he says.
Read MoreMatthew takes a break from politics to consider the role of the humble–and not so humble–chair in French society, the subject of an exhibition at the famed Gobelins tapestry factory in Paris. From space-age sleek lines to Napoleonic bling, there’s a chair here for every taste.
Read MorePlayful and serious at the same time, Lenka Clayton’s Object Temporarily Removed at the Fabric Workshop and Museum raises important questions about art’s audiences and its value. Inspired by Constantin Brancusi’s “Sculpture for the Blind,” Clayton asks, what if this sculpture were really made by the blind? And what makes Brancusi so special if other artists at the same time were making similar work?
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