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Nora Grace-Flood

Nora Grace-Flood is our Philadelphia bureau chief. She was previously a staff reporter at the New Haven Independent covering homelessness, land use and municipal politics.

Philadelphia 87 posts

Spore One For Subtlety

Spore One For Subtlety

A floral-heavy show at Cerulean Arts Gallery goes mushy on shrooms.

Nora Grace-Flood

20 Feb 2025 · 3 min read

Smokestack Romance

Smokestack Romance

John Moore's charcoals bring Philly's industrial past back to life.

Nora Grace-Flood

19 Feb 2025 · 4 min read

Whose Woods These Are?

Whose Woods These Are?

Lace up your shoes. We're going for a walk.

Nora Grace-Flood

17 Feb 2025 · 3 min read

I Spy With AI

I Spy With AI

Margaret Koval's surveillance-inspired paintings capture society's eerie slippage into an uncanny valley.

Nora Grace-Flood

12 Feb 2025 · 4 min read

It's A Family Affair

It's A Family Affair

Children and Nazi literature abound at Pennsylvania's biggest gun show.

Nora Grace-Flood

10 Feb 2025 · 7 min read

"Super Normal" Throne

"Super Normal" Throne

At the Museum of Art, an on-display designer toilet flushes minimalism out of sight and mind.

Nora Grace-Flood

6 Feb 2025 · 3 min read

Which Way To Immersion Town?

Which Way To Immersion Town?

Maps leap from the pages of fantasy novels to gallery walls.

Nora Grace-Flood

30 Jan 2025 · 3 min read

Date Night Goes Dark

Date Night Goes Dark

A 40,000-square-foot interactive art installation known as "Otherworld" was built for sci-fi adventure.

Nora Grace-Flood

29 Jan 2025 · 5 min read

Hello, Goodbye

Hello, Goodbye

Words are beside the point at an international LOVE Park portal.

Nora Grace-Flood

27 Jan 2025 · 4 min read

Cozy Amid Chaos

Cozy Amid Chaos

Anna Wehrwein's vibrant depictions of our inner worlds raise questions about how we reconcile with external realities.

Nora Grace-Flood

23 Jan 2025 · 4 min read

Swimming With Trash Fish

Swimming With Trash Fish

Jedediah Morfit's exhibit, "Your Myths are Trash," is a sculptural dumpster-dive into the lies we're living through.

Nora Grace-Flood

20 Jan 2025 · 4 min read

Downsizing "Miss Daisy"

Downsizing "Miss Daisy"

A slimmed-down restaging lands just as the world prepares to change again.

Nora Grace-Flood

16 Jan 2025 · 3 min read

Burning The Corners Of Memory

Burning The Corners Of Memory

Jill Adler's visual reconstructions of her family's apartment at Blah Blah Gallery probe the erosion of our minds and environments.

Nora Grace-Flood

14 Jan 2025 · 3 min read

ABC, PYT ... WTF?

ABC, PYT ... WTF?

Lynn Nottage's "MJ" — now on tour in Philly — is an over-the-top ode to a celebrity abuser.

Nora Grace-Flood

10 Jan 2025 · 4 min read

In The Eye of The Storm

In The Eye of The Storm

Zifeng Zang's deeply saturated, stain-soaked images on display at Muse Art Gallery recall an old-school approach to painting the natural environment.

Nora Grace-Flood

9 Jan 2025 · 3 min read

Thyme After Time

Thyme After Time

An Irish pub session stays spirited on a Sunday afternoon after 27 years of practice.

Nora Grace-Flood

7 Jan 2025 · 3 min read

Utah Teapot Travels Into 2025

Utah Teapot Travels Into 2025

The first 3D model and original meme, the Utah Teapot, celebrates its 50th anniversary at InLiquid Art Gallery.

Nora Grace-Flood

2 Jan 2025 · 3 min read

Basement Vapes

Basement Vapes

Gen Z and millennial critics weigh on on the new Bob Dylan biopic

Multiple authors

1 Jan 2025 · 7 min read