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Wicked Wonders: What's The Harm in Some Charm?

Wicked Wonders: What's The Harm in Some Charm?

"Wicked" makes an old story sing; the sequel will determine how Hollywood channels the horror.

Juliana Tedeschi

25 Nov 2024 · 4 min read

The Art Of The Underpass

The Art Of The Underpass

Gregory Prestegord brings an Impressionist lens to a Kensington bleakspace.

Nora Grace-Flood

22 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

Masking Up to Yell at God

Masking Up to Yell at God

Local bands lined up at West Philly's Satellite Cafe for a covid-cautious concert featuring air purifiers and PPE provided by United Musicians and Allied Workers.

Izzy True

20 Nov 2024 · 1 min read

(Do!) Touch The Art

(Do!) Touch The Art

The word “haptic” is derived from the Greek "haptikos," which translates to “able to touch or grasp.” For anyone with a Disability that affects one or more of their five senses, the ability to touch visual artwork can be a key means of gripping the creator’s sense of style, intent and meaning.

Clay Davies

19 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

Swipe Not Right

Swipe Not Right

Amiko Li's slide-deck photo exhibit captures the dark and light of dating-app culture.

Nora Grace-Flood

18 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

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Tradition As Transmission

What if we thought about traditions as active, living things—less like ossified forms and more like natural organisms?

Alicia Chesser

17 Nov 2024 · 5 min read

Doing It Apocalypse Style

Doing It Apocalypse Style

This week's round-up with a comic from Izzy True.

Nora Grace-Flood, Izzy True

16 Nov 2024 · 1 min read

Hovering Above the Baseboards, Peering Down from Above

Hovering Above the Baseboards, Peering Down from Above

The strange curation of this show lends to the exhibit’s whimsy and playfulness: delightfully eccentric and bizarro.

Agustín Maes

14 Nov 2024 · 4 min read

DIY Love

DIY Love

A Mickalene Thomas exhibition inspired by French Black erotica from the 1950s shows It’s up to us to collage together the truths of our existence — and show everyone else what we’re made of.

Nora Grace-Flood

11 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

Rohrer or Rorschach?

Rohrer or Rorschach?

Return to the Land puts the viewer to the test.

Nora Grace-Flood

7 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

Disabled Joy Hits The Runway

Disabled Joy Hits The Runway

Oftentimes abled folks cannot conceive of Disabled joy without pity; they get lost in their own imaginations, stumbled by the disorders and wrongness they believe our bodies are burdened by. But on Saturday, celebration took center stage through flexibility of form and fashion.

Clay Davies

3 Nov 2024 · 3 min read

Place Show Win

Place Show Win

As we travel through life, place echoes forward through us, making itself known no matter what.

Nora Grace-Flood

30 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

Rolling through Unseeing Eyes

Rolling through Unseeing Eyes

I feel uneasy, and so does the boy in the photograph. He looks sick, on the edge of consciousness. He lays out on a chaise lounge, his face blank, while his twin brother holds onto his hand with an intensity I am familiar with when I am slipping unconscious.

Clay Davies

28 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

Through A Glass, Brightly

Through A Glass, Brightly

At Kehler Liddell Gallery's "overtones" and "bold as Love" shows.

Brian Slattery

22 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

Chopped Glass & Palm-Sized Homes

Chopped Glass & Palm-Sized Homes

This weekend was the turn of artists at Willow Street's Marlin Works complex to invite the public in for Open Studios.

Karen Ponzio

21 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

Hey Erector Square: Who You Calling Meat Face?

Hey Erector Square: Who You Calling Meat Face?

Amelia Ingraham's "MeatFace" captures the vibe of the artwork being put together in studios where workers once produced America's erector sets.

Brian Slattery

21 Oct 2024 · 8 min read

Style Shines Bright on Oakland Rooftop

Style Shines Bright on Oakland Rooftop

The High 5ive Rooftop Bar at the Kissel Uptown Oakland boasts a stunning view of Oakland; currently in more ways than one. 100 Faces of Oakland, an ambitious project sponsored by Visit Oakland and created by photographers Anthony Weaver and Patanisha Williams, is on display through October 31st.

Vita Hewitt

20 Oct 2024 · 2 min read

The Hell We’ve Allowed Ourselves To Fall Into

The Hell We’ve Allowed Ourselves To Fall Into

Photographer Peter Brown has transformed a harrowing experience into a mind-bending display of resilience and recovery with Memories Misused at Real Art Ways.

Jamil Ragland

20 Oct 2024 · 3 min read