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February 28, 2010
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February 21, 2010
"Philagrafika presents works in some surprising venues"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Edith Newhall
...Philagrafika 2010 has given artists historic venues and invited them to adapt their projects to those spaces.
February 21, 2010
"The News at Temple Gallery"
The Art Blog, Roberta Fallon
This kiosk has all the news a Philadelphian would need
February 21, 2010
"Mourning: Osorio and Munoz at PAFA and PMA"
The Art Blog, Libby Rosof
The juxtaposition of confetti and death and dying stopped me in my tracks...
http://theartblog.org/2010/02/mourning-osorio-and-munoz-at-pafa-and-pma/
February 17, 2010
"Philagrafika: Our international print festival"
Broad Street Review, Anne R. Fabbri
This is it: the Alpha and Omega of printed art today.
February 16, 2010
"Philagrafika 2010 Hits the Print Center"
Philadelphia Weekly, Roberta Fallon
Activist themes are prominent in the large arts festival.
February 15, 2010
"Lost? Confused? Pamphlets can help!"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Lisa Anne Auerbach
Lisa Anne's Op-Ed about her current Philagrafika 2010 project, The Tract House:A Darwin Edition
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/84368417.html
February 14, 2010
"Galleries: Printmaking's everywhere, and this festival shows it."
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Edith Newhall
In its three venues besides the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philagrafika 2010's main exhibition, "The Graphic Unconscious," offers more dramatic examples of printmaking's omnipresence in contemporary art.
February 14, 2010
"Art: Philagrafika: Varied Impressions"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Contributing Art Critic Ed Sozanski
A sampling of the giant print festival reveals innovation, tradition, and way out there.
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20100214_Art__Philagrafika__Varied_impressions.html
February 8, 2010
"PAPER CHASE"
Artnet, Deborah Ripley
Five years in the making, Philagrafika 2010 -- a Venice Biennale-sized event devoted to the printed image in contemporary art -- burst onto the city of Philadelphia this week...
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/ripley/philagrafika2-1-10.asp
February 4, 2010
"What Is Printmaking Today? Philadelphia Dares to Ask"
The New York Times, Art Critic Ken Johnson
The fine art of printmaking is not what it used to be...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/arts/design/05philagrafika.html
February 4, 2010
"The Duke of Riley Meets the King of Petty's Island"
The Art Blog, Libby Rosof & Roberta Fallon
Here’s our chat with Duke Riley...
http://theartblog.org/2010/02/the-duke-of-riley-meets-the-king-of-pettys-island/
January 31, 2010
"Art: Graphic Breadth and Depth"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Contributing Art Critic Ed Sozanski
Philadelphia's ideal for Philagrafika 2010, an international printmaking festival. The city has put it's stamp on the art for 200 years.
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/83023767.html
January 29, 2010
"It's where to hang: PHILAGRAFIKA 2010 showcases cutting-edge prints"
Philadelphia Daily News, Reporter Kitty Caparella
PRINTMAKING is not just that lithograph hanging on your wall anymore.
January 27, 2010
"Opening Weekend of Philagrafika 2010 Festival Nears"
KYW Newsradio, Reporter Karin Phillips
An international festival -- one of the largest arts events in the country -- has been launched in Philadelphia.
January 26, 2010
"The Island"
Philadelphia City Paper, Holly Otterbein
Hugo Chavez owns it. New Jersey controls it. Developers and environmentalists covet it. And one brazen trespasser wants us to pay homage to its forgotten king.
http://citypaper.net/articles/2010/01/28/duke-riley-pettys-island-philagrafika
January 25, 2010
"Museum Presents Installations by Two Contemporary Artists"
Artdaily.org
The printed image lies at the heart of the work of many contemporary artists...
January 1, 2010
"Print Matters"
Arrive Magazine, Caroline Tiger
An ambitious new art biennial debuts.
November 1, 2009
"The Graphic Unconscious, Peter Nesbett talks with Philagrafika 2010 artistic director José Roca"
Art on Paper
On January 29, 2010, Philadelphia will become the host of a new biennial-type event devoted to the graphic arts...
February 2, 2009
"Philly bids to be World Champs… of Printmaking"
WHYY, 90.9FM, Arts and Culture Reporter, Alex Schmidt
Philadelphia will attempt to become the worldwide nexus of contemporary printmaking when a new art biennial, Philagrafika 2010, commences next year.
Listen Here: http://whyy.org/cms/news/arts-entertainment-sports/2009/02/06/philly-bids-to-be-world-champs-of-printmaking/834
December 7, 2007
"Director Appointed for First Print Quadrennial
The Art Newspaper, J.E.K.
José Roca, a Bogotá-based curator and critic, named artistic director of Philagrafika 2010.
http://philagrafika.org/pdf/articles/Phila%20Weekly_Jose%20Roca_March%20...
March 13, 2007
"Clash City Roca, Philly scores a world class talent."
Philadelphia Weekly, Roberta Fallon
Jose Roca, who co-curated the 2006 Sao Paulo Biennial, joins Philagrafika as its newly appointed artistic director.
http://philagrafika.org/pdf/articles/Phila%20Weekly_Jose%20Roca_March%20...
December 6, 2006
"Fit to Print"
Philadelphia City Paper, Rachel Frankford
Curator José Roca gives us the early word on the ambitious "Philagrafika 2010" print odyssey.
http://www.philagrafika.org/pdf/articles/PhilaCity%20Paper%20Dec06%20Art...
December 1, 2006
"Comings and Goings- José Roca"
The Art Newspaper, Jason Edward Kaufman, Charmaine Picard, and Emily Sharpe
José Roca, a curator and critic based in Bogotá, Colombia, has been named artistic director of
Philagrafika 2010.
http://www.philagrafika.org/pdf/articles/Art%20Newspaper%20Dec06%20Artic...
November 20, 2006
"Rumblings: Philly Is The Center Of The Aesthetic Universe"
Philebrity
Philagrafika announces artistic director, Jose Roca.
http://www.philagrafika.org/pdf/articles/Philebrity_Nov06_article.pdf
September 1, 2006
"Philagrafika 2010"
Art on Paper, Jane Brown
Philagrafika, the Philadelphia-based nonprofit formerly known as the Philadelphia Print Collaborative, has
announced ambitious plans for a city-wide contemporary art quadrennial, slated for 2010.
http://www.philagrafika.org/pdf/articles/PressArtonPaper.pdf
July 1, 2006
"Print Documenta for Philadelphia: Quadrennial aims to put the city on the international art map"
The Art Newspaper, Jason Edward Kaufman
A consortium of Philadelphia print curators and artists will launch a city-wide international festival of printmaking in 2010.
http://www.philagrafika.org/pdf/articles/print_documenta.pdf
"Art: Philagrafika: Varied Impressions
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Contributing Art Critic Ed Sozanski
A sampling of the giant print festival reveals innovation, tradition, and way out there.
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20100214_Art__Philagrafika__Varied_impressions.html
