Art Review | 'Cézanne and Beyond' - Maverick, You Cast a Giant Shadow

An amazing exhibition will be on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art during our convention. “Cézanne and Beyond,” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, refines that lineage for the 21st century. It builds on the museum’s 1996 Cézanne blockbuster, interspersing the works of 18 modern and contemporary artists among some 40 paintings and 20 drawings and watercolors by the prolific master of Aix-en-Provence. Be sure to check it out while in town... for more information, click the link below to a review by the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/arts/design/06ceza.html?_r=1&scp=1sq=Maverick,%20You%20Cast%20a%20Giant%20Shadow&st=cse

Art Review | 'Dirt on Delight': Crucible of Creativity, Stoking Earth Into Art

PHILADELPHIA — On a surprisingly regular basis, the tiny Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania here mounts exhibitions that make the contemporary-art adventures of many larger museums look blinkered, timid and hidebound. The institute’s current show is a lively case in point, never mind the ungainly, uninformative title: “Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay.” Only the last word hints that this convoluted syntax might signal an exhibition of ceramic vessels and sculptures.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/arts/design/20dirt.html?scp=1&sq=dirt%20on%20delight&st=cse