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West Prize 2008–apply online now!
Drew Leshko, 2006, Negro Church, South Carolina, 1936 after Walker Evans, Lambda print. 18×13 1/2″ Leshko’s piece is included in the West Collection. This just in (and thanks Drew Leshko for the heads...
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And the winner is – West Prize to Ryan McLennan
We tooled out to the West Collection at SEI with Cate on Friday afternoon to see the 10 finalists for the 2010 West Prize. It was the day on which the big prize would be announced, so we used the...
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News roundup – West Collection and Tiger Strikes to move, Jennifer Levonian...
Imagine the Rubell Collection or the Scholl Collection, two of Miami’s premier private museums, right here in Philadelphia. We just learned that The West Collection is actively searching for a big...
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West Prize winner rides for cows
When the West Collection decided to change up the West Prize and give the $25,000 purse to a project and not just to an artist, they truly changed the nature of the prize. The winner of the grand...
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News: West Collects (with the mayor), 3rd Ward in Philly,Tina Barney lecture...
News West Collection launches $300,000 art acquisition project–$100,000 set aside for Philly artists It was all about money outside City Hall the other day as Occupy Phladelphia protested economic...
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News: The Other Art Fair, Gallatin and #Occupytheory, Art Writing at AUX, and...
News Other Art Fair cuts out middleman The Other Art Fair launches in London on November 25 and bills itself as a direct way for artists to sell to collectors. The fair is unlike others because it...
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News – Nichols Berg, Cambridge Street Studios, Divine Lorraine,Data Garden,...
NEWS Gallery classes – Beginning this spring and continuing through the summer, Nichols Berg Gallery will host workshops in the gallery taught by Clarissa Shanahan (teaming up with Scott Nichols of...
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News post – JJ Tiziou’s 1st lightbox relit, Gravy moves to Cecil B. Moore...
News It’s no secret that Philly is a coworking and shared space boomtown. The Cedar Works is West Philly’s latest entrant into this scene. Featuring 15,000 sq. feet of reclaimed warehouse space, the...
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News post – CandyCoated Wonderland, remembering Sidney Goodman, cross-country...
News ‘mini-house/pavillion’, in progress installation shot of “CandyCoated Wonderland.” We first sounded the call about Candy Coated Wonderland back in dreary wintertime, and now the weather is balmy,...
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Sponsored Post – West Collection at PULSE New York
This post is sponsored by The West Collection at SEI PULSE New York has invited the West Collection to curate the lobby installations at the Metropolitan Pavilion, May 9-12, 2013. In the lobby, the...
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Strange beauty — West Collection artists debut in New Orleans at Jonathan...
—>Our New Orleans correspondent tells us of a show of gritty works by Philadelphia artists on view now in her home town. We should note that another group of Philly artists showed work in NOLA...
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Sponsored post – Urban Landscape at the Shipley School features West...
In this loaned exhibition from the West Collection, eight artists are working with ideas around the urban landscape: population growth, migrant workers coming into the cities, and human impact on...
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Sponsored Post – Long-Bin Chen’s Composers, from the West Collection, visit...
Internationally acclaimed Taiwanese artist Long-Bin Chen is known for his large-scale sculptures comprised of discarded paper publications. Upon carving paper items such as out-of-date phone books, the...
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Sponsored Post – West Collection shows work of 8 Philadelphia artists in...
The West Collection will feature eight Philadelphia artists in their mobile gallery project at the Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Oct 10-13 in Houston. Drew Leshko Mark Stockton Erin Riley Jacque Liu Dan...
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News post – Highwire closing, Pentimenti at CONTEXT, PAFA President goes to...
News Dr. David Brigham, PAFA President and CEO, has been invited as an honorable guest and presenter at the Second International Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia! December 2-5, 2013. One of 14...
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News post – Josette Urso in Italy, celebrating 15 years of Schuylkill Center,...
News A shot from Mary Mattingly’s Inhabiting the Edge. Photo: JJ Tiziou. 2015 marks an even 15 years since the Schuylkill Center began its one-of-a-kind environmental art program. Their upcoming show,...
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News roundup – West Collection and Tiger Strikes to move, Jennifer Levonian...
Imagine the Rubell Collection or the Scholl Collection, two of Miami’s premier private museums, right here in Philadelphia. We just learned that The West Collection is actively searching for a big...
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West Prize winner rides for cows
When the West Collection decided to change up the West Prize and give the $25,000 purse to a project and not just to an artist, they truly changed the nature of the prize. The winner of the grand...
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News: West Collects (with the mayor), 3rd Ward in Philly,Tina Barney lecture...
News West Collection launches $300,000 art acquisition project–$100,000 set aside for Philly artists It was all about money outside City Hall the other day as Occupy Phladelphia protested economic...
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News: The Other Art Fair, Gallatin and #Occupytheory, Art Writing at AUX, and...
News Other Art Fair cuts out middleman The Other Art Fair launches in London on November 25 and bills itself as a direct way for artists to sell to collectors. The fair is unlike others because it...
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