Eight contributing writers explore themes of kinship, nostalgia, and intimacy in a new catalogue that reveals the process behind Chase’s first solo show at The Fabric Workshop and Museum.
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Samara Golden’s Memento Mori Give Shape to Grief
When experienced as a portrait of the artist’s psyche alone, Upstairs at Steve’s is a piercing representation of individual grief.
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Philadelphia Mayor Proposes Arts Budget of Zero, a Crushing Blow to Local Institutions
As statewide cultural grants are rescinded, Mayor Jim Kenny introduces a 2021 budget proposal that totally eliminates the city’s $4.4 million allowance for the arts.
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A Monumental Cloth That Tells a New Truth About the US Civil War
Contemporary artist Sonya Clark asks, “Who said monuments have to be steel?”
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Women’s Tense Relationship with Fabric Artfully Unfolds
Poorly Watched Girls is Suzanne Bocanegra’s largest exhibition to date and the culmination of her collaboration with the Fabric Workshop and Museum.
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Process and Practice, an Exhibition of Rarely Seen Artists’ Boxes at the Fabric Workshop and Museum
On display are notes, sketches, tests, and models from over one hundred boxes, including those of such celebrated artists as Laurie Anderson, Chris Burden, Cai Guo-Qiang, and Kara Walker.
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Ann Hamilton Pays Tribute to Philadelphia’s Frayed Textile Industry
PHILADELPHIA — Started around 1907, Municipal Pier 9 was built as part of a comprehensive plan to upgrade the Delaware River as a shipping channel.
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The Fabric Workshop and Museum Unveils Ann Hamilton’s habitus
Ann Hamilton’s latest large-scale installation transforms Philadelphia’s Municipal Pier 9 through Monday October 10 and three floors of The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) through early January.
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Tactile Performances that Probe the Body and Its Aging
PHILADELPHIA — Ally, an exhibition at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, is a collaboration between artist Janine Antoni, choreographer Stephen Petronio, and movement artist and activist Anna Halprin.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art & The Fabric Workshop and Museum Present a Joint Exhibition, ‘Allora & Calzadilla: Intervals’
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) and the Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) will present Allora & Calzadilla: Intervals, the largest solo exhibition in the United States to date by the Puerto Rico–based collective.
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Philadelphia’s The Fabric Workshop and Museum Presents New Work by Sarah Sze
The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) presents new work by Artist-in-Residence Sarah Sze. Celebrate her first solo exhibition in the Philadelphia area on Friday, December 13th with an artist lecture at 5:30PM and reception until 8PM. This show, on view through April 6, 2014, will culminate with a publication.
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Four Art Shows to See in Philadelphia: Mario Ybarra Jr, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, KAWS, The Barnes
One of our critics travels to Philadelphia to report on a few shows that should be on your radar.