By Katherine Rochester
Napoleon Gallery Honors the Tortured Genius of a Local Dinosaur Lover
If cats dream of mice, and mice dream of cheese, then do paleontologists dream of dinosaurs? Artist Ryan Wilson Kelly, who impersonates Philadelphian paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897) in his performance and installation at Napoleon Gallery, insists that they do.
By Katherine Rochester
Judith Schaechter’s Windows Make for Dazzling Commentary on Confinement
Internationally acclaimed Philadelphia-based artist Judith Schaechter’s custom-designed stained-glass windows at Eastern State Penitentiary may persuade you to clock some serious time.
By Darren White
Domestic Spaces Challenge the Concept of "Home"
What if, instead of baking fresh whole-wheat blueberry muffins, your oven cooked up some fresh, thumping beats? What if your deluxe master bath was made up of construction-grade ductwork and recycled aluminum, something straight out of a post-apocalyptic shantytown, its exterior twisting, winding, rusted over and appearing ready to collapse at any second?
By Katherine Rochester
Bring Your Cat to "Utterly Precarious" at the Slought Foundation
To set the mood, she’s ordered two hockey goals, which she plans to push together, cover with leaves and deck with raw herring. Human-accompanied cats are invited to frolic in this “sheltered environment,” but must RSVP.
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- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > Objects of Our Affection at Rebekah Templeton and Vox Populi
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > You'll Need a Magnifying Glass for "Stranger Things Have Happened" at Gallery 309
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > April's First Friday Openings Showcase a Riot of Color and Texture
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > Last Chance to See "You, Me, We, She" at Fleisher/Ollman and Nathan Pankratz at Bridgette Mayer
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > Spring Art Preview: A Guide to What's Happening In & Out of Our Galleries This Season
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > Designers at Art Alliance Find Beauty in Everyday Items
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > New Arts & Culture Magazine, CRED, Hits Philly
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > PAFA Celebrates Henry Tanner and the Black Artists Who Came After Him
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > Comedy Dreamz Is Proof That Artists Can Be Funny, Too
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > Photos Worth a Second Look at Bryn Mawr's "Double Take"
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > Frederico Herrero's Work Looks Better on Murals Than In a Gallery
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > "Van Gogh Up Close" Is Enjoyable—If You Can Drown Out the Hype
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > February First Friday Picks
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > "1967" at Locks Gallery Experiments With Political Facts and Fiction
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > "Zoe Strauss: Ten Years" Is a Poignant and Sometimes Chilling Look at Our City
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > Nick Cave's Sculptures Literally Come to Life in "Let's C" at the Fabric Workshop
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > PW Joins Artist Zoe Strauss in Bus Tour of Billboard Project
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > January First Friday Picks
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > Bill Viola's "Ocean Without a Shore" Confronts Death Head-on at PAFA
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > Philly Artists—Sick of the Mainstream Gallery System—Revive the Alternatives
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > There's More Than Meets the Eye in Charline von Heyl's Abstract Paintings
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > "Space Savers Project" Pokes Fun of the Parking-Spot-Obsessed
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > "Somewhere to Disappear" Screening at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > December First Friday Picks
- ARTS AND CULTURE: ART > Community Design Collaborative Helps Rebuild Philly, One Project at a Time
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Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival: In Pictures
By Style InternNear perfect weather brought out thousands of festival-goers for the annual Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival this Saturday, May 19th. Walnut st. was blocked off to traffic from Broad to 22nd, where the city’s finest dining, chicest boutiques, and most stylish dogs (including one in an Alexander McQueen scarf, the proof is in the pictures below!) [...]
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By Style InternTrying to pair your newly acquired summer skin with a head of dark Kardashian hair usually ends poorly; average dyes actually rough up the cuticle of the hair, entering each strand and allowing sun to damage it. Ultimately, you end up with a head of brassy, orange streaks by the end of August. To keep [...]
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Sick of Color? Try Leather and Lace….
By Mark LongacreEveryone knows this season’s hottest trend is pastels. They’re the most fun way to ring in the warm weather, but looking like a human crayola box is only fun for so long. Eventually, the novelty of wearing colors wears off, and you want to go back to black. Leather quietly emerged as part of this season’s [...]
