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2024

  • ‘Black Like That,’ a new Temple art exhibit bridges Black history and contemporary life," The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 31, 2024
  • "Black Like That," An interview with Curator Jova Lynne, ArtBlog, August 19, 2024

2022

  • "Temple Contemporary Presents Rajni Perera’s Beyond the Words of Earth," Hyperallergic, December 2, 2022
  • "Art exhibit portrays first-generation experiences," Temple News, September 13, 2022
  • "Tyler School of Art and Architecture Selects Jova Lynne as New Gallery Director," Hyperallergic, January 26, 2022.

2019

  • "Temple Contemporary resurrects the silent bell of the great Stetson fire of 1980," The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 29, 2019 
  • "Citywide Effort Grants Music Teachers with 'Instrumental' Repair Kits," KYW Newsradio, August 26, 2019  Click here to read more.
  • "Once-Broken Instruments Now Making Beautiful Music in Philly Schools," Nonprofit Quarterly, July 8, 2019  Click here to read more.
  • "Never-Before-Seen Photos Reveal Some of Hannah Wilke's Dreamiest Feminist Vulva Images," Artspace, June 19, 2019  Click here to read more.
  • "Listening and Curation: A Talk with Tyler School of Art and Architecture’s Robert Blackson," Streets Dept Podcast, May 23, 2019  Click here to listen.
  • "Hannah Wilke—Art in the Landscape," Flaunt, May 14, 2019  Click here to read more.
  • "Temple photo exhibit of chewing-gum genitalia is a revival for a Philadelphia provocateur," The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 8, 2019  Click here to read more.
  • "Unknown Photos by Feminist Artist Hannah Wilke Debut at Temple University," WHYY, April 26, 2019  Click here to read more.
  • "On View Now: Never Before Seen Works by Provocative Feminist Icon Hannah Wilke," Art Daily, April 2019  Click here to read more.
  • "Philadelphia Has a Whistling Orchestra: Watch Them Rehearse," The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 15, 2019  Click here to watch video.
  • "Will Whistle for Work: Orchestra Whistles Tribute to Philly’s Labor History," WHYY, March 15, 2019  Click here to read more.
  • "Calling All Whistlers: Auditions Are Being Held for a Unique Orchestra in Philly," KYW Newsradio,  February 1, 2019  Click here to read more.
  • "Marvel Universe, This is Not. A Peek Inside Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Moundverse," Los Angeles Times, January 22, 2019  Click here to read more.

 

2018

  • "Playing a Different Tune, Repaired Instruments Return to Philly Classrooms," WHYY, September 10, 2018  Click here to read more.
  • "Trenton Doyle Hancock Designs Dolls for a New Era," Hyperallergic, June 25, 2018  Click here to read more.
  • "This Temple Doll Exhibit Separates Dolls by Race, and Reminds Us That We're All the Same," The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 16, 2018  Click here to read more.
  • "An Artist's Alternative Universe And His Warehouse Full Of Dolls," NPR's All Things Considered, May 12, 2018  Click here to read more.

 

2017

  • "A Smashed and Splintered Music," The New York Review of Books, December 19, 2017  Click here to read more.
  • "A Symphony Breathes Life Into 400 Broken School Instruments," The New York Times, December 4, 2017  Click here to read more.
  • "How To Build an Orchestra From Broken Instruments," The Atlantic, December 3, 2017  Click here to read more.
  • "What Can We Learn From an Orchestra of Broken Instruments?" The Guardian, December 1, 2017  Click here to read more.
  • "The Healing Sound Of A Broken Orchestra," NPR's All Things Considered, November 30, 2017  Click here to read more.
  • "Symphony for a Broken Orchestra Breathes New Life Into More than 800 Damaged Instruments," WRTI, November 27, 2017  Click here to read more.
  • "One Way to Fix Broken School Instruments: Call a Composer," The New York Times, November 6, 2017  Click here to read more.
  • "A Symphony Scored from a School District's 1,000 Broken Instruments," Hyperallergic, May 5, 2017 Click here to read more.

 

2016

 

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2014

  • "Photos: Funeral For a Home in Philadelphia." Al Jazeera America, June 1, 2014  Click here to see photos.
  • "In Nod to History, A Crumbling Philly Row House Gets a Funeral," NPR's All Things Considered, May 30, 2014  Click here to read more. 
  • "Funeral to be Held for Philadelphia House," NPR's Here & Now, May 29, 2014  Click here to read more. 
  • "Death of a Rowhome," Philadelphia Magazine, May 13, 2014
  • "Polly Apfelbaum and Dan Cole," ArtForum, May 2014  Click here to see more.

 

2013

  • "With Vacant Land in the News, Funeral for a Home Takes a Nuanced Look at the Demolition Epidemic," Flying Kite, November 9, 2013  Click here to read more.
  • "Philly Ghost Signs Being Repainted." Philadelphia Magazine, May 14, 2013  Click here to read more.
  • "Painters Brush New Life Into Philadelphia 'Ghost Signs,'" Associated Press, May 14, 2013  Click here to read more.
  • "The Rebranded Temple Contemporary Probes the Social Function of Art—and Might Even Know What Happy People Smell Like," Philadelphia City Paper, January 10, 2013

 

2012

  • "Temple Gallery Gets Contemporary, From Whirr to Wurlitzer to Buzz." Flying Kite, October 23, 2012  Click here to read more. 
  • "Temple Contemporary Offering Expanded Gallery & Events," Hidden City Philadelphia, October 23, 2012
  • "Wild Imaginings: ICA @ 50," Miranda, Institute of Contemporary Art, August 3, 2012  Click here to read more.

 

2010

  • "Yevgeniy Fiks." Artforum, October 18, 2010
  • "Communist Tour of the Philadelphia Museum of Art," WHYY, October 18, 2010
  • "'Communist Conspiracy' gets the space it deserves," The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 26, 2010
  • “Fall Arts Preview," Artblog, September 15, 2010
  • "The Open Print," Art in America, April 14, 2010
  • “'Philagrafika' Printmaking: No Paper? No Problem,” NPR's All Things Considered, April 6, 2010  Click here to read more.
  • “Philagrafika at Temple University,” Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine, March 31, 2010.
  • “Last Chance Catch it or regret it,” Philadelphia City Paper, March 23, 2010
  • "Fine Print: Carl Pope at Crane Arts Building and other locations," Critical Mass, March 18, 2010
  • "The Graphic Unconscious," The Brooklyn Rail, March 1, 2010
  • “The News at Temple Gallery,” Artblog, February 21, 2010  Click here to read more.
  • "Gay Spaniard’s Newsworthy Art," Philadelphia Gay News, February 19, 2010
  • “Fine Print: Thomas Kilpper at the Temple Gallery,” Philadelphia City Paper, February 10, 2010
  • “PAPER CHASE," artnet, February 8, 2010  Click here to read more.
  • "What Is Printmaking Today? Philadelphia Dares to Ask," The New York Times, February 4, 2010  Click here to read more and here to see images.
  • "Art: Graphic Breadth and Depth," The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 31, 2010
  • “Philagrafika 2010: Temple Gallery,” Printeresting, January 30, 2010  Click here to read more
  • "Philagrafika celebrates diversity, collaboration," The Philadelphia Tribune, January 14, 2010

 

2009

  • “The $150,000 Question,” ARTINFO, October 8, 2009
  • "Field Trip to the Meadowlands." Center for Land Use Interpretation Newsletter, Spring 2009
  • "Field Reports: Documents and Strategies from Land Arts of the American West," Art Lies, Spring 2009
  • "Do this!" The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 24, 2009
  • "Treasures of North Philadelphia," WHYY, April 23, 2009
  • "North Philly arts scene gets boost from Tyler School of Art and Architecture," Philadelphia Daily News, April 13, 2009
  • "Spring for grand openings everywhere," Artblog, March 24, 2009  Click here to read more.
  • "Temple Gallery opens amid hoopla and discussion of horses (Trojan), Artblog, March 20, 2009  Click here to read more.
  • "New Temple art gallery opens," WHYY, March 19, 2009
  • "Under the Bridge," Philadelphia Weekly, February 4, 2009
  • "Temple University students are bringing the Ben Franklin Bridge indoors," WHYY, February 3, 2009

 

2008

  • "Volume Attempts: The Space of Books." Art on Paper, September/October 2008
  • "Make Room for Books," Artblog, September 25, 2008  Click here to read more.
  • "By the Book," Art Matters, August 2008
  • "First Friday Focus." Philadelphia City Paper, June 5-12, 2008