“A responsibility to open the door”: how do we embrace disability on an institutional level?

What else can theater be?

Last month, writer Wendy Univer explored a cutting-edge cadre of artists whose work centers on inclusion from the ground up. Now, she speaks with institutional leaders about integrating and prioritizing disability inclusion.

Wendy Univer

Aug 22, 2023 · Features · 8 minute read

Arthur Ross Gallery presents Songs for Ritual and Remembrance

How do we remember?

At UPenn’s Arthur Ross Gallery, four artists consider what shared memory signifies for marginalized peoples, and how they preserve it. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Jul 20, 2023 · Reviews · 5 minute read

The Barnes Foundation presents William Edmondson: A Monumental Vision

Still a fascinating figure

In its exhibition featuring sculptor William Edmondson, who blurred and subverted a lot of what institutions expect from great artists, the Barnes begins to grapple with ways of seeing the artist’s legacy. Hanae Mason reviews.

Hanae Mason

Jul 17, 2023 · Reviews · 6 minute read

“Access artists” like Alice Sheppard, Natalie de Segonzac, and Carolyn Lazard ignite new languages in dance, theater, and visual art

“The access is the art”

Disabled artists like Alice Sheppard, Natalie de Segonzac, and Carolyn Lazard prove that access is its own art form, defying a deficit mentality and centering inclusion from the start in exhilarating new art forms. Wendy Univer explores.

Wendy Univer

Jul 17, 2023 · Features · 8 minute read

Brandywine Museum of Art presents Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature

A fluid early futurist

Brandywine Museum of Art presents the first major Joseph Stella exhibition in more than 30 years, proving this pioneering, imaginative modernist’s ongoing importance. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Jun 19, 2023 · Reviews · 5 minute read

MUSE Gallery presents Seeking Freedom: Portraits of Mass Incarceration

Visibility can be a lifeline

Textile artist Carolyn Harper’s Seeking Freedom: Portraits of Mass Incarceration at MUSE Gallery brings us into the lives of the human beings caught in the US prison-industrial complex. Emily B. Schilling reviews.

Emily Schilling

Jun 13, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read

The Print Center presents Rodrigo Valenzuela: Workforce

Machines dream in a post-worker world

The Print Center presents Rodrigo Valenzuela: Workforce, a surreal mixed-media exhibition about work, industry, power, and people. Emily B. Schilling reviews.

Emily Schilling

May 22, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Delaware Art Museum presents Our Red Planet and Estampas de la Raza

One museum, two journeys

This spring, Delaware Art Museum boasts a pair of striking but very different exhibitions: Our Red Planet: Anna Bogatin Ott and Estampas de la Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 11, 2023 · Reviews · 5 minute read

Woodmere Art Museum presents JUST IN: Form + Space, Near + Far

An abstraction appetizer

A tight selection of abstract artists and works make an inviting but not necessarily cohesive show in Woodmere’s JUST IN: Form + Space, Near + Far. Jake Foster reviews.

Jake Foster

Apr 10, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Twelve Gates Arts presents Numb Images

Undoing the visual tools of oppression

Three artists with roots in Pakistan, the Philippines, and Iran, offer reality checks on the stories we’re told in a powerful mixed-media exhibition at Twelve Gates Arts in Old City. Emily B. Schilling reviews.

Emily Schilling

Mar 21, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read