Jessica Aguilar
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Jessica Aguilar
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Thinking/reading/writing/crying about art in Philly.

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Lots of feelings after viewing Taller Puertoriqueño’s exhibition Shifting Realities. Here is 5% of them.✍🏽
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Reality is as you make it, but what if reality is a 6-eyed crochet monster?
Shifting Realities: Artists Finding Place in Uncertain Times at Taller Puertoriqueño
fijatebien.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I encountered the gorgeous and at times gruesome work of McCarthy during (Re)FOCUS at Moore last year. I was looking forward to seeing more of her work and was excited to experience her first solo. 🤲🏽📝?

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Changing with the Seasons
D'shon McCarthy at Mission in Arts
substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Reposted by Jessica Aguilar
Carmen Herrera’s “Dia Feriado (Holiday)” (2011) is the first work by a Hispanic or Latine artist to join the White House’s permanent art collection. The painting was acquired under former First Lady Jill Biden.
Carmen Herrera Becomes First Latine Artist to Enter White House Collection
Acquired under former First Lady Jill Biden, the painting “Dia Feriado (Holiday)” (2011) is now hanging in the East Wing.
hyperallergic.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM