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Portrait of Zakat. Several TVs with screens splashed with color cover his face. Wears a shirt that says Uses of The Ironic

Rashid Zakat and the Uses of the Ironic

How the spirit shows up

Multimedia artist Rashid Zakat’s exhibit at Asian Arts Initiative is a meditation on music, joy, and spiritual vitality. John Morrison profiles.

John Morrison

Nov 20, 2024 Profiles 3 minute read

Various Esherick works, including sculpture, furniture, and prints, in a bright white-walled gallery with wooden floor.

Brandywine Museum of Art presents The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick

A rare gallery glimpse of iconic woodworks

Wood comes alive in The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick, now on view at the Brandywine Museum of Art. It’s a rare chance to see the interdisciplinary artist’s full oeuvre outside his historic home. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Nov 18, 2024 Reviews 5 minute read

Close-up on a large triptych work combining red text & imagery reminding us of the composer Handel’s links to slavery

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists presents Thesentür/The Thinker: Nina Simone and the Politics of Music

Lines of inquiry

A new solo exhibition by Philly conceptual artist and writer Theodore A. Harris, inspired by Nina Simone’s history with the Curtis Institute, questions the ways that art, artists, patrons, and money are bound together. Emily B. Schilling reviews.

Emily Schilling

Nov 18, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read

Silk, rayon, glass, and pheasant feathers on a stripped black and ivory evening gown

The Academy of Natural Sciences presents The Ecology of Fashion

Getting thrifty with it

The new exhibition at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University explores how fashion impacts our environment and our everyday lives. An Nichols previews.

An Nichols

Nov 14, 2024 Previews 2 minute read

Crisp, richly saturated black & white photo of Ray looking in a mirror, holding a chess piece that casts dramatic shadows

TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image presents Wherever There Is Light

Stunning photographs by formerly incarcerated men of color

Wherever There Is Light, a new exhibition combining portraits, self-portraits, landscape, and collage, starts a new conversation about imprisonment, identity, and justice with cameras in the hands of formerly incarcerated people. Anndee Hochman reviews.

Anndee Hochman

Nov 12, 2024 Reviews 5 minute read

Finkle’s black & white photo, described in text below, of a Black woman sitting in the rain at a pro-housing protest.

Woodmere Art Museum presents In the Moment: The Art & Photography of Harvey Finkle

Picturing the people’s power

For half a century, Harvey Finkle has trained his camera on those fighting for the rights of homeless, displaced, disabled, or undocumented people on the front lines of American protest. An exhibition at Woodmere looks back on his legacy. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Nov 05, 2024 Reviews 5 minute read

Gallery view of show's title wall, with a yellow/orange/purple gradient, and various ceramics on surrounding white pedestals

The Clay Studio presents The Future of Clay

What’s next for the enduring art of ceramics?

To close out its 50th anniversary year, the Clay Studio fittingly looks forward with The Future of Clay, which assembles eight artists for a streamlined show full of intriguing juxtapositions. Crystal Sparrow reviews.

Crystal Sparrow

Nov 05, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read

Collage work of bold prints shows a Black woman in repose, looking calmly outward, her eyes created by a black & white photo

The Barnes Foundation presents Mickalene Thomas: All About Love

A sparkling philosophy of love

A new multimedia exhibition at the Barnes featuring New Jersey native Mickalene Thomas celebrates queer existence and the female gaze with mixed-media painting, collage, photography, video, and more. K.A. McFadden reviews.

K.A. McFadden

Oct 28, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read

Franco’s piece, described in text below, is installed on the wall of a white gallery with a scuffed floor.

The Institute for Contemporary Art presents Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard

Art without walls

A new exhibition at Philly’s ICA explores what artists express in work made for the outdoors, from shrines to found objects to decorated cars and a mirrored orb by Jeff Koons. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.