Big pictures at the Ice Box
The long east wall in the Ice Box at the Crane Arts Center has so much wall space–25 x 100 feet–that founders Nick Kripal and Richard Hricko decided to make something even bigger of it– In a push to...
View ArticleNews: art security, O.U.R., Bambi Gallery’s return and more
News Attack on Matisse at National Gallery highlights art security After a recent attack on a Matisse painting at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, art security is on the minds of writers at...
View ArticleNews: New ICA curator, video art history @ PAFA, opportunities, and more!
News (Inaccurate information has been removed from this post). ICA appoints new curator Anthony Elms. Photo by Erin Leland. The Institute of Contemporary Art has appointed Anthony Elms as a new...
View ArticleNews: Fleisher @ the White House, Barnes educates construction workers, and...
News Fleisher Art Memorial @ the White House Student Zulmarie Nazario, 16, attended a ceremony on November 2 at the White House where she received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award...
View ArticleNews: Krampus, Stanley Whitney, Masters of the Visual Universe, and more!
News A very Krampus Christmas We heard about Krampuslauf from Amber Dorko Stopper and also on WHYY. Who is Krampus? Why is he having a Christmas parade? Well, Krampus represents the opposite of Jolly...
View ArticleNews post – Eraserhead at PhilaMOCA, Shanker and Belknap at Airplane, Art for...
News Perhaps woodworking and American leadership have more in common than we knew? Former Philadelphia mayor and Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell is having a book signing at the Center for Art in Wood...
View ArticleAll kinds of art at InLiquid’s Art for the Cash Poor
My husband and I enjoyed what we discovered at Inliquid’s Art for the Cash Poor 13 at the Crane Arts Building, held Saturday and Sunday, June 9-10. The crowd was very mixed—from patrons young and old...
View ArticleNews – Apocalypse art, Erica Minutella’s Hackathon project, Lisa Kereszi in...
News Here’s a conundrum: if the world ends, you won’t get to see any of the apocalyptic-themed art around town, but if it doesn’t end, the apocalyptic-themed art will be robbed of context, at least...
View ArticleNews post – Ken Johnson causes art world furor, Incamminati in NYC,...
News “The Female Gaze” at PAFA. Controversy regarding NYTimes critic Ken Johnson’s recent reviews of “Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980” at MoMA PS1 and ”The Female Gaze” at PAFA, in...
View ArticleJay Walker at the Crane
Istoria, by Jay Walker, tape, laser-cut vinyl and mixed media applied directly to the wall in the Crane Big Hall The main hallway at the Crane Arts building is a hallway with a lot of presence–so much...
View ArticleNews post – CITYWide looks back 5 years, Brooke Hine in Brooklyn, stellar...
News The collective strength of CITYWIDE. Courtesy of CITYWIDE Philly. As we ring in the holidays, we can ring in a five-year celebration for some of our recent artist arrivals. Until December 15, the...
View ArticleNews post – Sarah Sze bends minds at FWM, InLiquid lets Dancing Critters into...
News Sarah Sze’s daunting set-up at the Fabric Workshop and Museum. Photo courtesy of the artist. Lots of buzz this week surrounding new, tremendous site-specific sculptural work by Sarah Sze at The...
View ArticleFrom the vault — January, 2004 — Marina Zurkow’s new media
(In celebration of artblog’s 10-year anniversary in 2013, we’re bringing you content from years past. Roberta reviewed the web artwork of Marina Zurkow in January 2004, and considered the experience of...
View ArticleThree panels-PAFA+Black Lives Matter, Inliquid+Social Practice, Moore...
Via International Center for Photography - Mary Ellen Mark Memorial Scholarship Closer to home, Icebox Project Space is looking for your 2016 predictions for their publication. For more information...
View ArticleAs By Digging at Painted Bride, three artists delve into time, history, and...
Chip reviews the InLiquid show, "As By Digging," at Painted Bride, with three artists whose work digs for emotional truth in personal and other human histories.
View ArticleNow in its nineteenth year, InLiquid promotes Philadelphia art and artists at...
InLiquid celebrates its nineteenth year of promoting art and artists in Philadelphia this year. The arts and culture non-profit welcomes you to their benefit auction, "Everyone is a Collector," Feb. 1...
View ArticleGalleries in the time of Coronavirus, going virtual and facing future challenges
Artblog contributor Michael Lieberman reached out to a selection of Philadelphia galleries and collectives to check in during Coronavirus.
View ArticleArtists in the time of Coronavirus, an ongoing virtual exhibition, Part 55
In the face of COVID-19, Artblog is hosting an open call, non-juried, first come first-served online exhibition entitled "Artists in the time of Coronavirus."
View ArticleConversation with Zoe McCarthy about their hypnotic, uncanny virtual...
New Artblog contributor L Autumn Gnadinger interviews Zoe McCarthy, who works in '"new media, 3D animation, and mixed reality.' You can see Zoe's work in 'New Now IV,' a group show of new InLiquid...
View ArticleBarbara Silzle to leave Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Mark Thomas Gibson’s...
Congratulations to all the Guggenheim Fellows and especially these two -- Mark Thomas Gibson! Lynne Woods Turner! To The Clay Studio on its grand opening of the new building on American Street! To...
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