Reviews and features

2025

Raw Vision No. 122, Spring 2025
Raw Vision magazine No. 122 cover
Raw Vision No. 122, Spring 2025
'Man On A Mission: Anderson Johnson,' artist feature, pp. 22-29.
'Queen Nancy Bell: Fingertips of Jesus and Feathertips of Jehovah'
(review: Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, 9 Nov-21 Dec, 2024), pp. 74-75.

2024

'The House of Barnes: The Man, the Collection, the Controversy, by Neil L. Rudenstine,' Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society Press, November 2024.
​Book review, Dec. 16, 2024, Broad Street Review.
Book cover of 'The House of Barnes' by Neil L. Rudenstine (2024)
'The House of Barnes' by Neil L. Rudenstine (2024)
Raw Vision No. 121, Winter 2024/2025
Cover of Raw Vision magazine No. 121, Winter 2024/2025
Raw Vision No. 121, Winter 2024/2025
'L’Esprit Singulier: Collection Treger Saint Silvestre'
(review: La Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, 12 March-14 Aug, 2024), p. 67
'Dan Miller: Light Bulb, Socket, Outlet, Fan'
(review: Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, 6 Sept.-19 Oct, 2024),
​p. 70
'Walking Round My Head: Works By Stephen Wright'
(review: Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, Philadelphia, PA, 20 Sept., 2024-12 Jan., 2025), p. 71
'Thesentür/The Thinker: Nina Simone and the Politics of Music, by Theodore A. Harris,' 
Nov. 18, 2024, Broad Street Review.
(Exhibition up 14 Nov.-20 Dec, 2024.)
Image of an artwork by Theodore Harris, 'Who teaches you to make art under a dictatorship?'
Installation view
Raw Vision No. 120, Autumn/Fall 2024
Cover of Raw Vision magazine No. 120, Autumn/Fall 2024
Raw Vision No. 120, Autumn/Fall 2024
'The Bold Gaze of Mary T Bevlock,' artist feature, pp. 56-61.
'Francesc Tosquelles: Avant-Garde Psychiatry and the Birth of Art Brut' (review: American Folk Art Museum, 12 April-18 Aug. 2024), p. 74.
Raw Vision No. 119, Summer 2024
Cover of Raw Vision magazine, No. 119, Summer 2024
Raw Vision No. 119, Summer 2024
ART IS ART: Collaborating with Neurodiverse Artists at Creativity Explored, edited by Ann Kappes. Chronicle Books, San Francisco: 2023. Book review, p. 76.
​'In Pursuit: Artists' Perspectives on a Nation'
at National Liberty Museum, 
June 24, 2024, Broad Street Review.
(Exhibition up 10 May-28 Oct., 2024.)
Image of art review in Broad Street Review
Broad Street Review
'Excursions and Other Journeys for PAFA Artists
Nasir Young and other PAFA graduates at Philly’s Gross McCleaf Gallery open up about the end of PAFA’s degree programs,'
Feb. 13, 2024, Broad Street Review.
(Nasir Young: Excursions exhibition up through March 2, 2024.)
Artist Nasir Young with one of his sketchbooks, Photo: Emily Schilling
Artist Nasir Young with one of his sketchbooks on display at Gross McCleaf Gallery. (Photo: Emily)
Raw Vision No. 117, Winter 2023/2024
Cover of Raw Vision magazine No. 117, Winter 2023/2024
Raw Vision No. 117, Winter 2023/2024
Ken Grimes: Evidence for Contact, by Seth Shostak, Alejandra Russi and Frank Maresca. Anthology Editions, New York: 2023. Book review, pp. 70-71.
'Ken Grimes: Evidence for Contact' (review: Ricco/Maresca Gallery, 6 Oct.-9 Dec. 2023), pp. 70-71.
'Leopold Strobl: Views' (review: Ricco/Maresca Gallery,
​ 14 Sept.-21 Oct. 2023), p. 73.
'A Citywide Celebration of 50 Years of Impact
(Re)FOCUS: Then and Now honors a historic 1974 Philly feminist arts festival,' Feb. 7, 2024, Broad Street Review.
(Through May.)
Installation view at Moore College of Art, with video by Howardena Pindell in foreground, Photo: Emily Schilling
Installation view at Moore College of Art, with video by Howardena Pindell in foreground. (Photo: Emily)
'Hospice, History, and Honesty
Arden Theatre Company presents Lorene Carey's Ladysitting,'
​Jan. 29, 2024, Broad Street Review.
(Through March 10, 2024.)

2023

'Satire wanted
1812 Productions presents This Is the Week That Is,' Dec. 4, 2023, Broad Street Review.
​(Through Dec. 31, 2023.)

Why include a screengrab and link to 'Henry Kissinger: The Declassified Obituary' from National Security Archives' website? 
Because an SNL-type of news program spoof included an offensive item about the man's death. "The premise of the joke: the US hasn’t learned to stay out of unwinnable wars, despite Kissinger’s example of negotiating the end of the Vietnam War. Representing that guy as a peacemaking do-gooder? Inexcusable."
'Henry Kissinger: The Declassified Obituary' screengrab from the National Security Archives, a nonprofit organization. Image links to the National Security Archives' website page on Kissinger.
'Henry Kissinger: The Declassified Obituary' screengrab from the National Security Archives, a nonprofit organization. Image links to the National Security Archives' website page on Kissinger.
'A pioneering artist, activist, and teacher
Woodmere Art Museum presents Barbara Bullock: Fearless Vision,' Oct. 24, 2023, Broad Street Review.
​(23 Sept. 2023-21 Jan. 2024.)
Barbara Bullock. 'Transformation II,' 2019. Acrylics and matte medium on watercolor paper, Photo: Emily Schilling
Barbara Bullock. 'Transformation II,' 2019. Acrylics and matte medium on watercolor paper. (Photo: Emily)
Raw Vision No. 116, Autumn/Fall 2023
Screenshot of cover Raw Vision No. 116 magazine
Raw Vision No. 116, Autumn/Fall 2023
'William Edmondson: A Monumental Vision' (review: Barnes Foundation, 25 June-10 Sept. 2023), p. 68.
'The Living World: Center for Creative Works' (review: Woodmere Art Museum, 27 May-27 Aug. 2023), p. 70.
'Philly Fringe 2023: IRC presents Samuel Beckett's All That Fall,' Sept. 9, 2023, Broad Street Review.
​(Sept. 5 - 24, 2023.)
'UArts presents Dan Levenson: SKZ Monochrome Classrooms and L’école at the Philadelphia Art Alliance,' Aug. 29, 2023, Broad Street Review. (Exhibitions up 25 Aug.-14 Oct. 2023.)
Dan Levenson. Detail from ‘SKZ Monochrome Classrooms’ oil on linen painting; Photo: Emily Schilling)
Dan Levenson. Detail from ‘SKZ Monochrome Classrooms’ (2017-present), painted plywood furniture, oil on linen paintings. (Photo: Emily)
'Hunger in Philadelphia and corner stores are focus at Da Vinci Art Alliance’s Corner Stories,' 
Aug. 7, 2023, Artblog. (Exhibition up 2 Aug.-20 Aug. 2023.) 
Installation view of painting by Jake Weiss. 'THANK YOU,' 2023. Acrylic on panel, 8”x8”; Photo: Emily Schilling
Jake Weiss. 'THANK YOU,' 2023. Acrylic on panel, 8”x8”. (Photo: Emily)
Raw Vision No. 115, Summer 2023
Cover of Raw Vision magazine, No. 115, Summer 2023
Raw Vision No. 115, Summer 2023
RAW CLASSICS:
​ Minnie Evans (Untitled Abstraction, 1948), pp. 66-67.
'Bill Traylor: Plain Sight' (review: Ricco/Maresca Gallery, 27 April-3 June 2023), p. 72.
(see Ricco/Maresca's online viewing room here)
'Visibility can be a lifeline: MUSE Gallery presents Seeking Freedom: Portraits of Mass Incarceration,' June 13, 2023, Broad Street Review. (Exhibition up 31 May-2 July 2023.)
Photo of the MUSE gallery from the street
Carolyn Harper’s ‘Don’ (2022-23), seen from the street through MUSE Gallery’s windows, invites people in. (Photo: Emily)
'Machines Dream in a Post-Worker World: The Print Center presents Rodrigo Valenzuela: Workforce,' May 22, 2023, Broad Street Review. (Exhibition up 15 April-15 July 2023.)
Installation view of a work by Rodrigo Valenzuela, photo by Emily Schilling
Installation view of Rodrigo Valenzuela's "Afterwork#5" (DETAIL). 2021, gelatin silver print, 32” x 40”, edition 1 of 3. (Photo: Emily)
'Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America at African American Museum in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,' May 3, 2023, Artblog. (Exhibition up 23 March, 2023-Dec. 31, 2023 at PAFA; March 3, 2024 at AAMP.) 
Screenshot of the writer's Instagram post about the exhibition's extension
"... Originally supposed to close in October. Let's make this landmark, collaborative exhibition permanent, yes?"
'New Windows of Perception: Museum for Art in Wood presents The Mashrabiya Project: Seeing through Space,' May 1, 2023, Broad Street Review. (Exhibition up 3 March-23 July 2023.)
Installation image of artworks by Majida Khattari and Hoda Tawakol
Installation view of Majida Khattari’s 'L’orientalismes revisités à Philadelphie,' with (right) partial view of Hoda Tawakol's 'Mashrabiya #9.' (Photo: Emily)
'Undoing the Visual Tools of Oppression: Twelve Gates Arts presents Numb Images,' March 22, 2023, Broad Street Review. (Exhibition up 3 Feb.-21 April 2023.)
Installation view of Farideh Sakhaeifar's ISIS/NASA artwork
Farideh Sakhaeifar’s 'ISIS/NASA' series (2015), a collection of photographs housed in a small, official-looking aluminum box, is displayed on the gallery’s wide, low windowsill. (Photo: Emily)
'One Painting, Many Stories: UPenn’s Arthur Ross Gallery presents At the Source: A Courbet Landscape Rediscovered,' March 14, 2023, Broad Street Review.
​(Exhibition up 4 Feb.-28 May 2023.)
Close-up photo of Courbet's La Source
Detail of rediscovered painting, UPenn’s 'La Source du Lison' (1864), shows Gustave Courbet's use of palette knife. (Photo: Emily)
'An Enigmatic Trip: UArts’s Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery presents Alex Da Corte’s The Street,' Jan. 17, 2023, Broad Street Review. (Exhibition up 13 Jan.-16 March 2023.)
View from the street of Da Corte's 'The Street'
'Alex Da Corte: The Street,' UArts's Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, 13 Jan.-16 March 2023, viewed from the street. (Photo: Emily)

2022

Raw Vision No. 113, Winter 2022/23
Magazine cover of Raw Vision, vol. 113
Raw Vision No. 113, Winter 2022/23
'Communicating with the Rest of Me' (feature about artist Jeanne Brousseau), pp. 36-41. See an excerpt here.
Dorothy F. Foster (review: Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, 15 Sept.-5 Nov. 2022), p. 73.
Raw Vision No. 112, Autumn/Fall 2022
Raw Vision magazine cover, vol. 112
Raw Vision No. 112, Autumn/Fall 2022
'Philadelphia Wireman' (review: Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, 9 June-19 Aug. 2022),  p. 70.
'The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents Rose B. Simpson: Dream House,' Oct. 24, 2022, Broad Street Review. 
​(Exhibition up 7 Oct. 2022-7 May 2023.)
Installation view from Rose B Simpson's 'Dream House'
Installation detail from 'Rose B. Simpson: Dream House,' The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, 7 Oct. 2022-7 May 2023. (Photo: Emily)
'Expanding the Modigliani Canon? The Barnes Foundation's Modigliani Up Close will feature newly examined paintings,' Sept. 29, 2022, Broad Street Review.
​(Exhibition up 16 Oct. 2022-29 Jan. 2023.)
View of a self-portrait by Modigliani at start of exhibition
'Modigliani Up Close,' Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (photo: Emily).
'Art History as Human History: Jayson Musson: His History of Art and the Philadelphia Wireman are worth exploring together,' 
​July 19, 2022, Broad Street Review.
Artist Jayson Musson on the set of 'His History of Art'
Jayson Musson on the set for 'His History of Art,' July 2022. (Photo: Emily)