Henkels Award Winner Nathan Pankratz will be showing his provocative abstract work at Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia this March. . .

Bridgette Mayer Gallery is pleased to present Costa Rican artist and Venice Biennale Golden Lion Award winner Federico Herrero’s first major solo show at a U.S. gallery, opening Friday February 3.

Artist Gerry Tuten’s work is on display at Commerce Square on Market Street.

Contemporary artist Steven Baris’ reception at Pentimenti Gallery is February 3. . .

At last week’s Zoe Strauss opening gala, the Philadelphia Museum of Art was bustling with hip-hip hipsters mixing in with the ‘art set’ and museum mavens alike.

A Sticky Muse:
Mark Khaisman’s muse is his medium.
The artist who has proven that duct tape can be as versatile and beautiful as it is useful as a packing agent is showing this January at Shipley’s Speer Gallery in Bryn Mawr.

Friday was ‘First Friday’ in Old City and other Philadelphia art havens. City Paper’s Holly Otterbein recommended stopping at the Asian Arts Initiative.

EXHIBITION OF ART ON PAPER CELEBRATES CITY’S ARTISTIC DIVERSITY
Here and Now: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs by Ten Philadelphia Artists
(September 10 – December 4, 2011)

Members of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’ Women’s Board met last week to conclude a series of note-writing and invitation addressing events over the last month. 

Bridgette Mayer Gallery, on hiatus from Philadelphia due to extensive renovations and expansion of its Walnut Street location, continues to promote a stable of artists that keep the gallery and this city on the destination lists of contemporary art types.