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Isabella Segalovich

Isabella Segalovich is a Philadelphia-based artist, designer, writer, and TikTokker. Her work focuses on anti-authoritarian art history, on topics such as cultural appropriation and erasure, the racism ingrained in modern design, and underappreciated art forms such as folk art, embroidery, and graffiti. Follow her on TikTok and on Instagram @interstellar_isabellar and visit her website at isasegalovich.com.

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Getting High With the Rabbi

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich March 12, 2023March 13, 2023

Glass artist Jeremy Grant-Levine channels Jewish folk tradition through “Rabbi Bongs” and weed-smoking pipes.

Posted inOpinion

TikTok’s “Corecore” Is Where Men Scream Their Anguish

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich February 22, 2023February 23, 2023

The trend’s throwback to Dada offers a warning about the crisis of men’s mental health and the rise of the far right.

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The Sesame Street of Art History

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

Artist Jayson Musson guides a potty-mouthed, weed-obsessed bunny named Ollie through his version of art history.

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Ye’s Critics Got It All Wrong

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich October 27, 2022January 13, 2023

Treating Kanye West’s latest statements as exceptional, rather than a routine expression of the everyday reality of white supremacy, is only making the problem worse.

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The Artists Amplifying the Voices of Iran’s Protesters

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich September 29, 2022November 23, 2022

As protests rage across the country following the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, Iranian and Kurdish artists are creating work in support of freedom.

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Jean Shin Wants to Change the Tide of Pollution and Extinction

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich September 18, 2022September 16, 2022

The artist’s Freshwater installation at Philadelphia Contemporary features a living, breathing fountain, mussels and all.

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Is Bleak the New Look for a TikTok Childhood?

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich August 14, 2022August 15, 2022

Social media persona Sad Beige Werner Herzog presents a seemingly endless array of sniffling tots stuffed into gray, brown, and tan knits.

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Dancing to the Borscht Beat

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich July 28, 2022July 29, 2022

Aaron Bendich draws from his massive collection of Yiddish records to share an hour of otherwise hidden music on his radio show Borscht Beat. Recently, he also launched an independent Yiddish record label.

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A Contemporary Look at Judaica

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich July 24, 2022July 26, 2022

Artist Zsuzsa Ujj carries the tradition of handcrafted Hungarian ceremonial Jewish artwork to the 21st century.

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An Artist’s Exploration of His Family’s Crypto-Jewish Origins

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich July 19, 2022July 20, 2022

Brazilian American artist Jônatas Chimen Dias DaSilva-Benayon explores his complex family history in irreverent, heavily researched work.

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Reviving the Lost Craft of Jewish Papercuts 

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich July 5, 2022February 9, 2023

Anna Kronick is one of very few Judaic paper cutters practicing today, with a highly contemporary body of work that breathes new life into the sacred tradition.

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What Defines a Queer Space? 

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich June 28, 2022June 28, 2022

Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories records how generations of queer communities have persisted and created familial oases around the world.

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