Monday, June 28, 2021
Digital or in-person attendees of ‘An Inner World’ at Arthur Ross Gallery will discover a world at home in the brush strokes of 17th-century Dutch masters. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:39PMMonday, June 7, 2021
A visit to the recently reopened Philadelphia Museum of Art reveals ‘New Grit: Art & Philly Now,’ the inaugural contemporary exhibition at the heart of it all. Pamela Forsythe review…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:22PMMonday, May 24, 2021
Famed Philadelphia sports journalist Ray Didinger shares 50 years of a historic career in his new memoir, ‘Finished Business.’ Pamela Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:04PMMonday, May 10, 2021
A new online exhibition from Drexel’s Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection explores what we wore in the pandemic. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:10PMMonday, March 22, 2021
The Print Center’s 95th Annual International Competition Exhibition showcases three artists out of hundreds of entrants, and, for the first time, presents the winning art digitally. Pamela…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:08PMThursday, February 18, 2021
‘I Am an American!,’ a new digital exhibition from the Rosenbach, explores the life, work, and passion of author, educator, and activist Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:06PMTuesday, February 9, 2021
A new exhibition, now accessible online from the Museum of the American Revolution, explores the years when women had the right to vote in New Jersey, long before the 19th Amendment. Pamela …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:10PMMonday, January 25, 2021
‘The Defender: The Battle to Protect the Rights of the Accused in Philadelphia’ traces the history of Philly’s famous public defender office, and the challenges it still faces. Pamela …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:46PMMonday, January 4, 2021
Two local educators use their friendship and their expertise to explore the sensitive topic of transracial adoption in ‘Do Right By Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Spaces.’…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:21PMMonday, December 21, 2020
‘The Health of the Commonwealth’ recounts 250 years of medical practice in Pennsylvania—a particularly relevant slice of history in the age of COVID. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:25PMMonday, December 7, 2020
From the Founders’ reading lists to the bridges, architecture, and artists that define Philly’s look today, ‘Salut! France Meets Philadelphia’ proves that French style is part of our…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:53PMTuesday, November 10, 2020
In ‘(Un)Making Monuments,’ The Print Center asks how we handle tributes to a traumatic past: whether they’re defaced, reimagined, or removed, these monuments continue to tell us about …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:53AMMonday, October 26, 2020
In a new exhibition at Arthur Ross Gallery, also available to experience digitally, four artists dig deep into contemporary consumption, historic tragedy, and cultural heritage, all with the…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:49PMMonday, October 19, 2020
Around the world and especially in the US, women are still campaigning for equality. A livestreamed panel discussion explained some little-known history and reminded us what happens when pol…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:35PMTuesday, September 29, 2020
In late September, Arthur Ross Gallery hosted a virtual conversation about the state of public art, looking to the past, present, and future of Philly monuments. Pam Forsythe listened in.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:43PMMonday, September 21, 2020
Are Philly elections a foregone conclusion? No, says ‘Philadelphia Battlefields,’ a new book on political upstarts from Rendell to Rhynhart. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:29PMMonday, August 31, 2020
Millions of ‘Life’ magazine subscribers devoured images and stories that became iconic windows on the world. ‘Life Magazine and the Power of Photography,’ now digitally accessible, e…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:13PMSunday, July 5, 2020
City-dwellers and suburbanites tired of staying home should try ‘A Girl of the Limberlost,’ an early 20th-century treasure ripe for rediscovery by pandemic-weary readers. Pamela Forsythe…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:10PMThursday, June 18, 2020
South Philly’s Da Vinci Art Alliance debuts an art exhibition for the COVID era. ‘Colors of Hope,’ now up in the all-digital Gallery X, reminds us that better times are waiting. Pamela…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:30PMFriday, May 22, 2020
Doylestown native and national pundit and author Michael Smerconish staked his career on a middle ground in an increasingly polarized world. ‘Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right�…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:31PMFriday, April 24, 2020
Horticultural inspiration is growing this spring with Linda Eirhart’s ‘The Winterthur Garden Guide: Color for Every Season.’ Pamela Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:03PMSunday, March 29, 2020
‘Stan Hochman Unfiltered’ highlights an iconic Philly voice that took readers beyond the stats. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:30PMMonday, February 24, 2020
Helen Frankenthaler, whose prints are enjoying simultaneous exhibitions at Arthur Ross and PAFA, said that a really good picture looks like it happened in one stroke. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:03AMSunday, February 16, 2020
The Print Center’s yearly competition draws hundreds of entries from around the world, bringing photography and printmaking beyond traditional practice. Pam Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:23PMSunday, February 2, 2020
A sprawling new exhibition on Philly’s own mid-century renaissance takes us into spring 2020, encountering both famous and little-known cultural touchstones, from posters and books to arch…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:35PMTuesday, January 14, 2020
In conjunction with One Book, One Philadelphia festivities, Fabric Workshop and Museums revisits work from five former residents whose art explores contemporary Indigenous life. Pamela Forsy…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:51PMTuesday, January 7, 2020
More than two years ago, Philadelphia came together with Monument Lab to examine what our monuments show, what they don’t, and what we could do about it. A new book looks back. Pamela Fors…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:48PMSaturday, December 28, 2019
Richard N. Juliani’s new book reveals troves of immigrant stories preserved in Philly’s early 19th-century newspapers, and pieces together an often-forgotten piece of the American home f…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:03PMMonday, December 16, 2019
Philly's own Edith Neff didn't just paint what she saw. She brought you into the life of the painting, as viewers discover at a new retrospective at Woodmere. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:39PMMonday, November 25, 2019
PAFA’s permanent collection meets the future of contemporary art in partnership with KADIST, exploring everything from eroding Founding Fathers to riffs on Goya, where Wawa meets the War o…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:46PMSunday, November 24, 2019
Typically, art needs two parties: the artist, and the person who experiences the art. But as the PMA explores in a new exhibition of wearable art, you have to consider the person who dons it…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:15PM 
