Don’t miss Ernestine Betsberg: A Retrospective, which opened at Philip Slein Gallery, 4735 McPherson on February 23. It’s delightful. Betsberg (1909-2007) and her husband, artist Arthur Osver (1912-2006), met at the Art Institute in Chicago, and subsequently lived in New York, Italy, Florida and eventually moved to St. Louis in 1960 when Osver accepted a one-year…
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Philip Slein’s “Magical Museum of Stuff” at Dragon, Crab and Turtle in Midtown
When I received the press release announcing Philip Slein’s latest venture, an exhibition titled Philip Slein’s Magical Museum of Stuff, The Art and Soul of a MAJOR Collector, I realized that this man is full of surprises and has at least 9 lives. His latest adventure is being shown at Dragon, Crab, and Turtle, a…
Philip Slein returns to political cartooning during the pandemic
Continuing my ongoing series of what CWE-based artists are creating during the pandemic, I reached out to the neighborhood’s gallery owners, surmising that since they are in the business of selling art, they might well dabble in creating it as well. I reached out to three of them, Duane Reed, Charlie Houska, and Philip Slein,…