Topic: Visual Art

Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Reads You Must Take Part in Revolution
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with journalist Melissa Chan and activist artist Badiucao to talk about their new graphic novel, authoritarianism, and activism
By Ali Velshi
“It’s Our Market.”
Amid threats to undocumented workers and from outside developers, lifelong South Philadelphian Michelle Angela Ortiz doubles down on a public art project honoring the diverse stories of the S. 9th Street Market
By Cristian Salazar
Can We Talk About the PMA’s Plastic Bidet?
What the Art Museum’s exhibit of Japanese “super normal” artist Naoto Fukasawa says about our political and artistic moment
By Nora Grace-Flood
Art Exhibit … or Sex Shop?
The Museum for Art in Wood’s “Strange Woodcraft” exhibit raises the question: Where does this weirdness belong?
By Clay Davies
The Original Meme Hits Philly
The Utah Teapot, the first 3D model and inside joke of the computer art community, celebrates its 50th anniversary at InLiquid Art Gallery.
By Nora Grace-Flood
Cut and Paste
Jake Dombroski’s Collage Philadelphia is building a community around the most accessible of art forms, including in a show now open at the Athenaeum
By RJ Rushmore
Embracing Happenstance
Sculptor, painter, and street artist NDA has taken over a floor of Old City’s Paradigm Gallery with an intentionally “overwhelming” installation that invites exploration, curiosity, and audience collaboration. The latest in a series with Forman Arts Initiative.
By RJ Rushmore
Steward of Black Creativity
In going from art student to sculptor to ceramicist to curator to podcaster, Gerald Brown has been an advocate for and supporter of Black and Brown artistry — and a keen observer of the artistic process
By Logan Cryer
The Sound Sculptor
Next in a series with Forman Arts Initiative, Philadelphia artist Raúl Romero merges sculpture with an invisible medium: sound
By Morgan Nitz
Framing Black Joy
Andrea “Philly” Walls’ photos of Black joy can be seen as a visual act of ongoing resistance. They are, also, the exact antidote to the time we live in
By James Peterson