The Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrated the Chinese new year with some fascinating special events on Sunday
View More LUNAR NEW YEAR AT PMA: A dilettante at large review
Category: Visual Arts
Visual arts and exhibitions in Philadelphia
The Digital Era Reshaping Art: Insights from Olyvia Kwok-Decani
In a rapidly changing world, the art industry is undergoing a profound transformation due to the advent of the digital age, and millennials are playing…
View More The Digital Era Reshaping Art: Insights from Olyvia Kwok-Decani
OF GOD AND COUNTRY (PMA): A dilettante at large review
The DAL is having quite a week! First the Orchestra and then the Museum: Philadelphia’s finest institutions providing much enjoyment. Philadelphia Museum of Art has…
View More OF GOD AND COUNTRY (PMA): A dilettante at large review
New Museum for Art in Wood Sprouts in Old City
Over the last four decades, the Center for Art in Wood on North 3rd Street in Old City has enhanced the public’s understanding of contemporary art…
View More New Museum for Art in Wood Sprouts in Old City
Showing Their Mussel: Living art lab on Cherry Street Pier considers the mollusk and fresh water
Freshwater mussels were once the most abundant bivalve mollusks in rivers around the world, but their populations have seen steep declines. They are now some…
View More Showing Their Mussel: Living art lab on Cherry Street Pier considers the mollusk and fresh water
Dancing in Pepperland: An interview with Nicole Sabella
Dancer Nicole Sabella is returning to Philly this month with Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG), celebrating the Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band with Morris’ Pepperland. Sabella, who is a graduate of UArts, joined the company in 2015. She looks back at her time in Philly and credits it for some of her best memories.
View More Dancing in Pepperland: An interview with Nicole Sabella
Hatching (Dir. Hanna Bergholm): Film review
A satire of suburban ennui melded with a girlhood drama has never morphed more seamlessly into a body-horror monster movie.
View More Hatching (Dir. Hanna Bergholm): Film review
RE!flecting on a career with PHILADANCO!: Interview with Kim Bears-Bailey
As PHILADANCO! prepares for their upcoming performance at the Kimmel Center, Kim Bears-Bailey looks back on her illustrious career with the company. Bears-Bailey joined the company in 1981 and rose through the ranks to her current position as Artistic Director. She shares with Phindie the creation of PHILADANCO! RE and highlights of the past 41 years.
View More RE!flecting on a career with PHILADANCO!: Interview with Kim Bears-Bailey
The Northman (dir. Robert Eggers): Film review
“The Northman” might be Robert Eggers’ most accessible film and yet it never compromises itself as a Robert Eggers film, complete with old-world authenticity and forbidding weirdness. I
View More The Northman (dir. Robert Eggers): Film review
You Won’t Be Alone (dir. Goran Stolevski): Film Review
“You Won’t Be Alone,” Goran Stolevski’s writing-directing feature debut, is something special. More than just “arthouse horror,” Stolevski’s film is a haunting meditation on identity, humanity, and how everything is relative, but also a sensory experience with some bloody innards. It’s unsettling, yet challenging and magical, and if you just let it wash over you, the spell is rewarding.
View More You Won’t Be Alone (dir. Goran Stolevski): Film Review
How To Hone Your Skills To Be A Comic Book Artist (If That’s What You Want To Do)
There’s something very special about your first comic book.
View More How To Hone Your Skills To Be A Comic Book Artist (If That’s What You Want To Do)
Oil Painting: What Should a Beginner Start With
One of the things that bind people and brings them together is art. The passion of emotions and imagery is a by-product of association with art or love for any artform.
View More Oil Painting: What Should a Beginner Start With
Olyvia Kwok Art Investments: identifying and accounting for investments in artwork
Similar to any other market, the art market is always hustling, with buyers and sellers trading in different art commodities, services, and art pieces
View More Olyvia Kwok Art Investments: identifying and accounting for investments in artwork
Remembering Veterans and War Through Art
Today we are celebrating the lives of those who have fought for our country.
View More Remembering Veterans and War Through Art
13 Beneficial Resources for Students to Survive Art School
Navigating art school
View More 13 Beneficial Resources for Students to Survive Art School
Plough’s Passages: New exhibition at Muse Galley
A exhibition of solo painting work by Jean Plough comes to Old City’s Muse Gallery July 31–September 1, 2019
View More Plough’s Passages: New exhibition at Muse Galley
90 Years of Artists Through Academy of Art University
Academy of Art University has been molding and shaping imaginative minds for 90 years.
View More 90 Years of Artists Through Academy of Art University
Barbies Before the Fact: A dilettante at large sees new exhibitions at the PMA
A dilettante at large considers two exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
View More Barbies Before the Fact: A dilettante at large sees new exhibitions at the PMA
A dilettante at large considers Philly After Dark at the Athenaeum
A whimsical and educational show combining images of the city by moonlight, gaslight, electric light, fire and lightning.
View More A dilettante at large considers Philly After Dark at the Athenaeum
Without Peer: The Cherry Street Pier opening is an unqualified success
An anticipated cultural attraction opens along the Delaware River.
View More Without Peer: The Cherry Street Pier opening is an unqualified success