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The Artblog is an ongoing conversation about Art and Community in Philadelphia and the World. Our mission is to create and foster dialog about art, power, value and truth, in order to promote a better future for all. Our independent online arts publication focuses on marginalized artists, BIPOC, LGBTQ artists and women, whose art traditionally has been shunned by the mainstream media.
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1d ago
Join Roberta and Ryan as they explore the Philadelphia art scene this week, from the WHYY Civic News Summit to a glitter-filled costume making workshop ..read more
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3d ago
Susan Isaacs sees a 50-year retrospective of works by Joyce J. Scott at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Scott is a Macarthur Award-winning artist, whose works deal with political themes of social justice ..read more
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6d ago
Ruth Wolf reads the book 'Temporary Monuments,' which deals with a subject, monuments, that seems to be on everyone's mind these days. In the end, Wolf sums up that statues and monuments come from stories ..read more
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6d ago
This week's news has lots from The Arts League including their second artist convening and the announcement that their Executive Director, Zoë Rayn Evans is moving on and they are looking for a new E.D. Also, a couple outstanding exhibits are closing soon ..read more
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1w ago
Ryan and Roberta discuss the Midweek News on Artblog Radio, with short, quippy commentary and highlights of upcoming events and exhibitions we're excited about. Give a listen and come back for more! Useful news, news you need ..read more
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1w ago
In the bold and beautiful paintings of Dona Nelson, Lane Timothy Speidel finds optimism and spring-time hope after a long hard winter. Speidel's poetic review explains Nelson sees themself as an intermediary ..read more
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1w ago
43 panel comic entitled “Nosebleed” by Derick Jones. Letters by Kyle Arrends, Edited by NM.Scuri. — Panel 1: Flashback of Tilda killing two in a grocery store. NOSEBLEED is tagged on grocery items in the grocery store. Tilda is explaining to Reggie, “I got two of ’em. Kyra on accident and Sara def on purpose ..read more
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1w ago
Stephen Lauf shares from his experience of creating LGBTQ+ supporting art in Russia with a long a complicated personal history with the country ..read more
Joseph Lazaro Rodriguez, Erik Ruin, Sean Starowitz, art about existential dilemmas, Wind Challenge 2
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1w ago
Miles Orvell spends time unpacking the current Wind Challenge 2 at Fleisher Art Memorial. He says the artists are dealing with today's existential dilemmas, and sums up the show this way: "In our topsy-turvy world, a time of moral, political, and technological upheaval, the Fleisher Wind Challenge 2 offers three wildly different assessments of the human condition and three powerful models of what it means to be an artist today ..read more
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2w ago
Ryan and Roberta debut the Midweek News Podcast of Artblog Radio, with short, quippy commentary and highlights of upcoming events and exhibitions we're excited about ..read more