Philadelphia The Mutter Misses: “Unhoused” Exhibition Puts Humanity Behind Bars Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health The Mutter Museum 19 S. 22nd St. Philadelphia I walked by three people camped out on the few blocks of sidewalk between my bus Nora Grace-Flood 6 Jun 2024 · 9 min read
Art For All: Open Studios Kick Off East Bay Open Studios Salon Exhibition and Opening Party Studio One Arts Center 365 45th St. Oakland May 30, 2024 My friend Emily and I stared at the white and Stacey Peters 4 Jun 2024 · 6 min read
LA Eyes On The Road EYES ON THE ROAD: ART OF THE AUTOMOTIVE LANDSCAPE PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM Los Angeles Through November 2024 Having survived a near-fatal collision, I’m constantly contemplating the automobile. Much like Brittany Menjivar 3 Jun 2024 · 2 min read
LA Paint The Town Red, In Flames ED RUSCHA/ NOW THEN Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles Through Oct. 6, 2024 Ed Ruscha imagines a Los Angeles where LACMA is burning. It’s surprisingly serene. Madeline Connors 31 May 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Like Rush Hour On Canvas Frank Bruckmann paints the sky to convey a sense of the clouds roiling overhead; perhaps it’s getting dark, or threatening rain, or both. In the dimness, the lights in Brian Slattery 31 May 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Breathing Fire, Falling Rain: “Year Of The Dragon” Makes Waves “Year of the Dragon” — an exhibition at Yale University Art Gallery celebrating the year 2024 and running now through Nov. 10 — begins with two artworks of waves. One of those Brian Slattery 30 May 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford The Abstract Feels More Real Watershed Moments Clare Gallery St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church Hartford May 28, 2024 Watershed Moments, paintings of the Connecticut River’s watershed by Connecticut’s own Diana Rogers on display at Jamil Ragland 29 May 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven On Being Soft It’s a simple idea with big consequences. The picture of East Rock is the sort you might see on a postcard. The message is easy to digest, a salute Brian Slattery 29 May 2024 · 1 min read
Philadelphia Comic Crew Melting Pot Molded In Multiverse Multiverse 8026 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia May 22, 2024 Outside a Germantown window front full of comic books stands a sign reading: Enter the Multiverse. That’s the name of a Lindo Yes 28 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Will Stomper Outlast the A’s? “Rise & Grind” Artist: Illuminaries @Illuminaries 1900 Webster St. Downtown Oakland Fred Noland 26 May 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Feminism, By Design It’s a poster for a conference held in Los Angeles in 1975, “for women who work with public visual and physical forms,” as the piece advertises — that is, women Brian Slattery 23 May 2024 · 1 min read
LA A Blood Transfusion From Charli XCX CHARLI XCX PRESENTS CLUB ANGEL Brain Dead Studios Los Angeles, May 9, 2024 Last Wednesday night, Los Angeles – based fans of Charli XCX received the same mass text. It read, Annika Gavlak 16 May 2024 · 2 min read
New Haven Artists Stare Into The Sun An entire gallery of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art on Trumbull Street is bathed in a pinkish-orange glow that streams in through tinted windows, a constant chemical sunset. The Brian Slattery 16 May 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland A Glimpse into the Future of Oakland “The Future of Oakland” Artist: Matley Hurd @MatleyHurd 1014 Fruitvale Ave Fruitvale District, Oakland Fred Noland 15 May 2024 · 1 min read
New Haven Artists Bend Time’s Arrow In Sean Patrick Gallagher’s series of paintings, the sea roils red. The image is clear enough, but the title brings home the allusions the artist is leaning toward. “Wine-dark, Brian Slattery 14 May 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa “Lucky Bubby” Inspires A Feast Of A Show June Kosloff: “Recipes For Life: The Lucky Bubby Cookbook” Positive Space Tulsa May 4, 2024 Quietly but persistently, Positive Space has become one of Tulsa’s most vital art spaces, Alicia Chesser 12 May 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland A Bright, Bright Dark Dance With The Dark Works by J. Brian @ BOOK/SHOP 485 9th St. Oakland May 3, 2024 Four oversized canvases on display at Book/Shop both dwarfed their cozy surroundings Stacey Peters 8 May 2024 · 4 min read
New Haven Artists Take Time To Breathe Unbothered, a new exhibit in a coworking space in downtown New Haven, features works by Juliana Chavarria, Lauren Clayton, Shaunda Holloway, Kimberly Klauss, Melida McKenzie-Alford, Shanna T. Melton, Aisha Nailah, Brian Slattery 3 May 2024 · 1 min read
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