Visual art
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Arcadia University’s Spruance Gallery presents Perpetual Inventory: A Ruminative Installation by Scott Kip
Unmoored and uncanny
Visitors to Scott Kip’s Perpetual Inventory can decide if they want to look at an inventory or gallery notes before entering—but it might be worthwhile to wait for an impressionistic, mysterious encounter. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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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.
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The Wexler Gallery presents Jomo Tariku’s Juxtaposed
A fresh take on old and new art
Ethiopian American artist and design star Jomo Tariku, whose work spans from the PMA and the Smithsonian to Marvel’s onscreen Wakanda, gets his first-ever solo show at Fishtown’s Wexler Gallery. An Nichols reviews.
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Philly artists get out the vote with To the Polls 2024, now on view in Love Park
“If you are voting, you are hoping for the future.”
Prolific curator and Streets Dept blog founder Conrad Benner is back with To the Polls 2024, a bi-annual nonpartisan project from Mural Arts urging Philadelphians—who may decide this Presidential election—to vote. Alaina Johns visits.
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Rockwood Mansion presents Nature of Gothic
Victorian ghosts in modern glass
Rockwood Mansion, a moody, historic northern Delaware house museum with a renowned collection of Victoriana, asks two contemporary glass artists to respond to its resident works. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Winterthur presents Transformations: Contemporary Artists at Winterthur
Generations of creativity
Artists from across the country, including many from the Philly area, respond to Winterthur’s famous collection of art, textiles, furniture, and more in this exceptional interdisciplinary exhibition. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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FRIEDA explores how fine art and tattoo intertwine with A Closer Look: Henbo Henning
“It’s rare that you touch another person in the world of art.”
British-born artist Matthew “Henbo” Henning straddles the worlds of tattoo and fine art. Now, his work lands in Philly with A Closer Look: Henbo Henning at FRIEDA’s Old City gallery space. Wendy Univer visits.
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Arthur Ross Gallery presents David C. Driskell and Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship
Proving Black art's place at the center of American history
Throughout his groundbreaking career, artist David C. Driskell laid the foundation for the academic study of Black American art long ignored by the art world. A new exhibition at Arthur Ross honors him and his legacy. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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PAFA presents Layers of Liberty: Philadelphia and the Appalachian Environment
The world’s oldest mountains get a gallery at last
PAFA’s new Layers of Liberty exhibition, a rare close-up on Appalachian art, continues a trend of museums exploring our complicated, often greedy relationship with the natural world. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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The Barnes Foundation presents Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes
The OGs of their genres
A new exhibition from the Barnes draws on the best of the foundation’s extensive collection of works by Matisse and Renoir and places them in conversation with each other. K.A. McFadden reviews.
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