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Abstract lithograph layers blue, purple & yellow with shapes like plains, plants, wind & wolves, and the word "un-erasing"

The Print Center presents America Today: Voices in Contemporary Print

Press on

Artist from across the country representing six historic print shops converge at The Print Center, exploring America’s past, present, and future in a reflection of where our nation stands after 250 years. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read
Large gallery with gray cement floor features many distinctive, colorful WPA-era posters on a dark blue wall at left.

Delaware Art Museum presents Citizen Artist

Exploring the US government’s historic 20th-century arts investments

A notable new exhibition at Delaware Art Museum explores two eras of major government investment in the arts: the New Deal and the lesser-known Nixon-era Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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Quilt with dark, flower-patterned bathtub, a barn owl perched on the rim, next to a tree w/ red leaves on a green background

The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts

Creativity breaks out

A new installation of Jesse Krimes quilts at the Fabric Workshop and Museum explores the humanity of incarcerated people and questions the American justice system. One of the quilts is now a new Philly mural. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read
Sunny white gallery with wooden floors & large windows has eclectic furniture, Lugo lamps, and fern growing in stacked tires

The Clay Studio presents American Crib: What’s Happening

Roberto Lugo kicks off a citywide Radical Americana celebration

Philly artist, ceramicist, activist, poet, and educator Roberto Lugo joins our 250th celebrations with American Crib: What’s Happening, an exhibition of brilliantly imaginative work at the Clay Studio. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 5 minute read
Colorful still-life with intense floral background, black fish on a plate, nautilus-like swirls, lemons & green leaves.

The Brandywine Museum of Art presents Abundance/Excess: A Contemporary Eye on Still Life

Breathing fresh life into historic genres

The Brandywine Museum of Art assembles contemporary artists who are reimagining the genre of still life, offering an unexpected view of the traditional in Abundance/Excess: A Contemporary Eye on Still Life. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
Sticker on a city telephone pole says "They want you silent. Get louder," with an illustration of a shouting mouth.

Philly is covered with anti-fascist sticker art. Here's a gallery.

Street art in Philly says no Trump, no ICE, and justice for all

Walk around Philly this spring and they are everywhere: anti-fascist stickers. They're angry, whimsical, artful, edgy, urgent, thoughtful, and funny. Check out this gallery spanning many city neighborhoods, and keep your eyes open.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Editorials 6 minute read

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Rectangular wall piece with dynamic crowd of slats, tiny bottles, structures & clothespins, with dark, earthy graphite finish

The Woodmere presents Planting in Place, Time, and Memory

A retrospective for Philly treasure Syd Carpenter

New galleries at the Woodmere in Chestnut Hill host a ceramics retrospective showcasing more than 50 years of sculptures by notable Philly artist Syd Carpenter. K.A. McFadden reviews.
K.A. McFadden

K.A. McFadden

Reviews 4 minute read
Large rectangular art piece made of dozens of repurposed Indonesian documents, with an abstract flow of red white & turquoise

The Print Center presents its 100th ANNUAL International Competition

Adi Sundoro, Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, and Glen Baldridge on view in Philadelphia

The Print Center’s 100th ANNUAL International Competition drew 725 artists this year. Discover the three finalists, including Philadelphia’s Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, in the galleries now. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read
Melancholy yet whimsical painting of a Black man sitting on a downcast unicorn on a dark night, in front of a flat horizon.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Noah Davis

Observant whispers

An international retrospective on Noah Davis, an important American painter lost much too soon, ends its tour at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read
Large rectangular mosaic, mostly blue with highlights of red, depicts seven people in a compelling abstract style.

Philadelphia Magic Gardens presents Face to Face: Isaiah Zagar’s Mosaicked Portraits

Piecing together an artist’s inspirations

A new show at Philadelphia Magic Gardens shines an often-mysterious spotlight on the people who have influenced iconic Philly mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 4 minute read