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Art in The Age interviews Best Coast Best Coast came through Philadelphia a few weeks ago and played a sold out show at The Church. Art in the Age caught up ... Read More
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.

Philadelphia seems to foster subversive capitalists. Phila icon Ben Franklin has become a textbook cliche of lawful American ingenuity, but the real BF was ... Read More
Art in the Age Featuring an Exhibit Entitled Nix BesserThis Friday, September 3rd head down to Old City for First Friday and the new exhibit at the Art in the ... Read More
Philadelphia Weekly Style – 7.30.10
What To Do This Weekend Good morning everyone! Tonight, Art in the Age is hosting the opening reception for Jessica Hische’s Illustrative Initials from 5-7pm. The exhibit also includes letters from her ... Read More
Jessica Hische letterpress drop caps Typographer extraordinaire Jessica Hische has selected her favourite letters from her Daily Drop Caps series and had them beautifully letterpressed in bold red and black. I ... Read More
Jessica Hische at Art in the Age in Philadelphia Jessica Hische is currently hanging her show “Illustrative Initials” at Art in the Age in Philadelphia. The show will feature Jessica’s typographic ... Read More
The Weekend Guide Philadelphia Events and Diversions SEE Illustrative Initials What: Jessica Hische displays her innovative typography from the Daily Drop Cap project. Why: Free Root liquor. When: Thru Aug. 29. Reception, Fri., 6-8 p.m. Where: Art ... Read More
New AITA Artist Spring/Summer Tees are in!
Art in the Age is pleased to announce the arrival of the Rec Room Collection! Our new Spring/Summer 2010 Artist tees feature Alex Paik, Jeremy Tinder, Lauren van Haaften-Schick and ... Read More
Bust Magazine- April/May, 2010
...If that inspires you to shop for modern threads, head to Art in the Age (116 N 3rd St.) a unique art/craft/design store that sells lady-run labels like Lauren Moffatt ... Read More
COPY JAM! Thursday, March 25, 2010 6-9pm sign in to add to calendar @ Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 116 N. 3rd St. 215-922-2600 As a sidenote to the Philagrafika festival, Art in the Age ... Read More
Philadelphia Weekly.com – 03.25.10
Copy Jam Tonight! Neat-idea art party tonight at the most-appropriately titled venue: “COPY JAM!” will be an interactive print event. During the party, fifty works by fifty artists will be displayed in ... Read More
Free art tonight: Copy Jam! In keeping the spirit of the print alive and as part of Philagrafika 2010 and the Southern Graphics Council Conference, Printeresting–a website dedicated to presenting manifestations ... Read More
Trick Go Clothing.com – 03.24.10
Copy Jam! A Printeresting Curatorial Project Just had the pleasure of meeting some folks up from Austin from Printeresting and they told me about an awesome event happening here in Philly ... Read More
Juxtapoz.com Hypes Copy Jam Event at Art in the Age – 02.25.10
Copy Jam: Curated by Printeresting at Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction This event will coincide with Mark Remarque, the 2010 conference of SGC International, and the city-wide festival Philagrafika ... Read More
Copy Jam: Curated by Printeresting at Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. his event will coincide with Mark Remarque, the 2010 conference of SGC International, and the city-wide festival Philagrafika ... Read More
Not Cot.org – February 2, 2010
The ghost of Walter Benjamin walks the streets of Philadelphia! Interview with Steve Grasse of Philly's Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. --- Not Cot.org Read More
Printeresting – February 1, 2010
Benjamin’s Ghost: An Interview with Steve Grasse of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Jason Urban The following interview appears at Printeresting courtesy of the Mid America Print Council. ... Read More
It seems like only yesterday Printeresting was busy planning One Every Day, our first curatorial project. Ahhh, memories! But time stops for no blog so here we find ourselves in ... Read More
The Mid America Print Council Journal – Volume 17, Numbers 3 & 4, 2009
Benjamin’s Ghost: An Interview with Steve Grasse of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Jason Urban For better or worse, our notions of democracy and capitalism are often intertwined. ... Read More
Elegance in Action T-shirt We make no New Year’s resolutions here – or to put it another way, we make resolutions for each other which are immediately broken. I resolved that ... Read More
Local Chocolatiers John & Kira’s Team Up With Art in the Age Posted by Eric Smith Recently our buddies over at Art in the Age announced a partnership with John & Kira’s, ... Read More
For Me – For You.com – 12.8.2009
Gift Idea: AITA Pretty much anything at Art In The Age makes a good gift, but the AITA Holiday Gift Pack is probably your best bet. It includes 1 Walter Benjamin ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper – 12.3.2009
T-Shirt Gifts Or, if you're all thumbs ... by Nicole Saylor Published: Dec 2, 2009 Character Bank Tee By Chris Kline Snatch up this tee for the animated guy or gal ... Read More
First Friday @ Art in the Age: Beth Beverly & Ole Bye Posted by Eric Smith Piece by Old Bye, Photo courtesy Art in the Age First Friday! It’s tomorrow! I’ve got a ... Read More
The Examiner.com Philadelphia – 12.2.2009
New holiday collaboration: Root plus John & Kira's chocolates What better accessory to have on hand for a Holiday party than chocolate? Local chocolatiers, John & Kira, strive to use local ingredients ... Read More
Philadelphia Weekly Style Blog – 12.2.2009
Wednesdays @ AITA and Reward Aw, two of our favorite boutiques are friends! And are giving away booze! Wednesdays in December Reward will be open late to serve all your holiday shopping ... Read More
Antenna Magazine – Winter 2010
( R ) ROOT A Quaff of the first American liqueur made in a century? Make mine a double. By Matt Bean Cordial Encounter I NEEDED a drink. ... Read More
Not sure exactly... However... we are beyond flattered! --- GQ Deutsch Read More
Art In The Age Of Mechanical Reproduction Tote If you haven’t been able to stomach Walter Benjamin’s manifesto on art and aura by text, create the illusion that you have through ... Read More
NBC Philadelphia.com – 11.23.2009
FINE SCENTS: For the first time ever, Le Labo, the most selective perfume brand in the world, has made their cult candles available to a small group of hand-selected fine ... Read More
Daily News on Philly.com – 11.11.2009
CNBC's Jim Cramer picked up a T-shirt and two soaps, root and lemongrass, at Art in the Age (116 N. 3rd) during a shopping trip through Old City this weekend. ... Read More
“Impermanent Bliss” at Art in the Age, Philadelphia Opening tomorrow night, “Impermanent Bliss” helps to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Philadelphia store/gallery Art in the Age. The assembled trio of ... Read More
“Impermanent Bliss” at Art in the Age, Philadelphia Opening tomorrow night, “Impermanent Bliss” helps to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Philadelphia store/gallery Art in the Age. The assembled trio of ... Read More
First Friday @ Art in the Age: Impermanent Bliss Posted by Eric Smith Filed in: Arts Tomorrow, Art in the Age presents a new group exhibition featuring works from Eric Amling, Kirkland Bray, ... Read More
Philadelphia Weekly’s Style Blog – 10.05.2009
Impermanent Bliss Cool exhibit alert! I’ll have a guide up with plenty to do this First Friday, but I thought I’d feature one that really caught my eye a day early: Art ... Read More
The SALE REPORT: More Than 15 Sales & Events in the City and 'Burbs Our latest batch of reasons to get out there and shop By Carrie Denny Art in the Age of ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper Critical Mass Blog – 10.4.2009
Happy 1st birthday, Art in the Age! We here at Critical Mass are big fans of the boutique/gallery/booze proprietor Art in the Age (116 N. Third St., 215-922-2600). (Have you been ... Read More
Wild River Review.com – 11.02.2009
Wild Drink: It is feeling more like Fall/ A Root Redux I visited Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction on Friday in Philadelphia and was astounded at what I found ... Read More
Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction Moving Into Alcohol I’ve always liked Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction clothing and just recently heard that they’ve come out with a ... Read More
End Hits The Mercury Music Blog – 10.29.2009
Three Things 1.) One of our very favorites, Nurses are touring and have been for some time. The trio recorded a set of live videos in Chicago, produced by Art In ... Read More
Asobi Seksu at Art in the Age and JB's Posted by Leah KauffmanBrooklyn shoegazers Asobi Seksu gave a special in-store performance at Art in the Age last weekend to promote their ... Read More
Designer T-Shirts @ Art in the Age Art in the Age, that wonderful Old City boutique known for its unique artistic product offerings just launched their Fall/Winter 2009 collection featuring seven ... Read More
A Continuous Lean.com – 10.15.2009
Shopping | Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Oct 15th, 2009 | ... Read More
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction A Continuous Lean recently took a look at Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, a store located right here in Philadelphia. The store ... Read More
Chester County Dwell.com – 10.14.2009
Taste Test: Root By Margaret Gilmour If you like the taste of root beer, there is no question that you will like the taste of ROOT, a novel root-beer liqueur made from ... Read More
T-shirts Online Store.com – 10.12.2009
Okay, so these tees aren’t ‘new’ as they were released at least a week ago now, but if I haven’t seen them, they’re new to me! In typical Art In The ... Read More
Hide Your Arms.com – 10.12.2009
New Tees from Art In The Age Okay, so these tees aren’t ‘new’ as they were released at least a week ago now, but if I haven’t seen them, they’re new ... Read More
Art in the Age Fall Artist T-Shirts Following the notion that the t-shirt serves as the perfect mobile canvas, Art in the Age has released its fall series of artist tees. ... Read More
AR-TEE-STE: For Fall/Winter 2009, Art in the Age has tapped artists Richard Colman and Caleb Neelon to design a line of original art tees. Colman, known for his background in ... Read More
XLR8R – September/October 2009
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 116 N. 3rd St. Named after a line in a Walter Benjamin essay, local company Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction started as a ... Read More
The Tell Tale Heart @ Art in the Age: Opens Tomorrow! Posted by John Steele Filed in: Arts People say a picture is worth a thousand words. Fortunately for us, no one ever ... Read More
Tyler Fiber Blogspot – 10.01.2009
Amanda Bowers, in Tell-Tale Heart Exhibition at Art in the Age of Mechanical Production, and named zombie prom queen. --- Tyler Fiber Blogspot Read More
Green Parot Bar Blogspot – 09.28.2009
ROOT ROOT, a new, artisanally-produced root liqueur, recently released as a small-batch spirit by crafty collective Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction in collaboration with the producers of Hendrick’s ... Read More
Undercover Zero Blogspot – 09.27.2009
EDGAR ALLAN POE GALLERY SHOW! Well, been a few weeks since an update was made. I submitted something to Art In The Age for their open call exhibit on Edgar Allan ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper – 09.24 – 10.1.2009
Honorable Mention: Visual Arts Art in the Age of Mechanical ReproductionThe gallery/boutique churns out thoughtful, Philly-centric exhibits. They also employ local artists to screen print T-shirts. --- The Philadelphia City Paper Read More
Liquid History Sep 21 2009, POSTED BY Jon FILED UNDER: Philadelphia, Retail, Spirits In high school we drank Natural Light (aka Natty Light). In college, it was Magic Hat #9 ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper – 09.17 – 09.24, 2009
Tell-Tale Heart Art in the Age is hopping on the seemingly never-ending Edgar Allan Poe bandwagon in October, but we must trust their instincts (after all, the Old City darling's Abraham ... Read More
ROOT liqueur gets a shout-out in October’s Vanity Fair. It’s the skewing young one with Jackie O on the cover. --- FooBooz.com Read More
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction No, I'm not about to wax poetic about the state of art in this day of mass production, although I probably have a thing ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper’s Meal Ticket Blog – 09.14.2009
Quaker City Mercantile was known in its former life as Gyro Worldwide, a Philadelphia advertising firm operating on the mantra “consumption, free living, and hedonistic disregard”. Gyro founder Steven Grasse ... Read More
Bonjour Bruxelles Blogspot – 09.10.2009
I discovered this - what I think I can only call a amalgam or compendium or simply a collection of coolness - when I was researching my bit on Hendrick's.This ... Read More
I Think You’re Swell WordPress – 09.08.2009
Art in the Age I recently relocated to Philly to work on “art stuff”, you know, personal projects and the like. Yeah. I didn’t tell most people because I hate having to ... Read More
Inside The Rock Poster Frame Blogspot – 09.04.2009
Batman want ad poster -Craigslist ?? The Successor-AITA Ltd By Alex Lukas22" x 30", two color screen print on an off white, 250gsm archival ... Read More
Daly Essentials Blogspot – 08.27.2009
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Another one of our fab finds in Philly was this boutique slash art gallery located in Old City on North Third Street. Art in the ... Read More
The Tao of Change.com – 08.26.2009
Tao Oliveto, Carrboro, NC…more on art and culture: “Our story begins in Philadelphia, a city of Brotherly Love, do-it-yourself initiatives, and collectives of inspired artmakers. Since 2006, Art In The Age ... Read More
Philadelphia and its Manufactures— Jacob Hellman, Phillip Taylor By brandon joyce | August 26, 2009 August 20th, Art in Age of Mechanical Reproduction.– Pretty tickled by this presentation. Jacob [i.e. speaker Jacob ... Read More
Philadelphia Weekly Calendar – 08.25.2009
Thursday August 27 Philadelphia and Its Manufactures 1859 & 2009: Photographs and Objects From Factories Here and Gone One hundred years ago Philadelphia was a manufacturing mecca—“the workshop of the world,” ... Read More
Oregon Live Blog.com – 08.20.2009
Booze Find: The ROOT of Root Beer Posted by Jen McCabe August 20, 2009 13:31PM I am not the biggest drinker, but I do have my weaknesses. Top shelf ... Read More
The Philadelphia City Paper’s Critical Mass Blog – 08.18.2009
Got any tales of terror up your sleeve? Do you think Philly will ever get sick of its literary legend/creeper Edgar Allan Poe? By the looks of it, hells no: There’s ... Read More
Looking Back At Philadelphia’s Past As “The Workshop Of The World”: Take That Trenton! If you’ve stopped by Olde City art collective/local clothing boutique/alcohol producer Art In The Age Of Mechanical Reproduction ... Read More
Learning from the past–lecture on Philadelphia manufacturing By roberta | August 17, 2009 artblog contributor Jacob Hellman will be giving a lecture this Thursday about a project he’s been “mildly obsessed” about ... Read More
Post by Deni Kasrel Back in the 1800’s through early turn of the last century, Philadelphia was known as “the workshop of the world,” due to the amount of mills and ... Read More
Philadelphia and its Manufactures, 1859 & 2009: Photographs and Objects from Factories Here and Gone 150 Years ago a little known book, Philadelphia and its Manufactures, was published. It surveyed the ... Read More
Philadelphia and its Manufactures, 1859 & 2009: Photographs and Objects from Factories Here and Gone 150 Years ago a little known book, Philadelphia and its Manufactures, was published. It surveyed the ... Read More
Philadelphia Magazine’s Best of Philly – 08.2009
PLACE TO FIND ORIGINAL STUFF / Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 116 North 3rd Street, 215-922-2600, artintheage.com Not only does it commission artists (most of them local) to design the ... Read More
Blog De Camisetas – 08.01.2009
Art in the Age A banda novaiorquina Asobi Seksu criou uma estampa para a grife Art in the Age. As camisetas têm edição limitada e custam US$ 32 (cerca de R$ ... Read More
The Culture of Me.com – 07.22.2009
Fashion: Asobi Seksu collaborate with Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction In another of their series of special edition tee shirts designed by musicians (which has included rare tees from ... Read More
Hide Your Arms.com – 07.22.2009
‘Tour Doodles’ Asobi Seksu x Art In The Age Collaboration Tee Regular readers will be aware of my trip to the US earlier this year to be an intern in Philadelphia, ... Read More
Eight Items or Less: Emma Watson Heads to Brown & Warp Celebrates Its 20th By Jonah Wolf 1. Brooklyn indie duo Asobi Seksu has designed a T-shirt for Art in the Age ... Read More
If you find yourself near Philadelphia, PA you must visit the shop, Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Located in an historic brick building in the Old Town ... Read More
Hex Yes! @ Art in the Age Posted by Allison StaddTo hex with it! Summer is the time to soak in the rays of sunshine, let your heart rate decelerate a ... Read More
ART IN THE AGE116 N THIRD STRun by a collective of artists, this gallery features everything from paintings to collections of tomato seeds. “I took my two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, and had ... Read More
Hex Yes! 03 July 2009 For July, Art In the Age of Mechanical Reproduction celebrates the history of the Hex sign. A common motif in Pennsylvania German decorative arts, the Hex sign ... Read More
Sympathetic Magic At Art In The Age Opening tonight during Philadelphia’s First Friday is Sympathetic Magic. The exhibition hinges on action (and video) and is curated by Courtney Daily. The artists ... Read More
Oktavia Live Journal – 06.05.2009
ART IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION So my friend Jaimie told me about this place a little while ago, but i re-came across this place when doing research for ... Read More
June 4th, 2009 Sympathetic Magic @ Art in the Age Posted by Karina Kacala Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction unveils its latest exhibit this Friday, June 5th at First Friday. ... Read More
Consumer Review on Yelp – 05.20.09
AITA feels like Lancaster, salt of the earth type people merged with an instrumentally-forward, progressive indie rock band (No Age) and had an orgy with say, a high-fashion designer. Then, ... Read More
Art in the Age Artist Robin McDowell in the Philadelphia City Paper’s The Clog
Our Girl Robin McDowell is witty, charming, and loves letterpress! The Philadelphia City Paper's The Clog posts about her prints and a common love for fonts. --- "Girl Crushin’: Font artist Robin ... Read More
Art in the Age SNAG Shirts on Metasmith
Metasmith writes about the Art in the Age designed SNAG tees! --- "Art in the Age...sponsors SNAG Volunteer Shirts Art in the Age...sponsors SNAG Volunteer Shirts Art in the Age (www.artintheage.com) ... Read More
Art in the Age May Exhibition on Curated!
Curated posts about the Art in the Age May Exhibition, opening tonight, featuring the bontanical illustrations of Rev. Michael Alan. "Rev. Michael Alan at Art In The Age For the month of ... Read More
Printeresting Posts All about Art in the Age
Great post! But we always get the best from PRINTERESTING! --- "A Recent Visit to Art in the Age On a recent First-Friday in Old City Philadelphia a Printeresting correspondent made their way over ... Read More
Juxtapoz Writes about Art in the Age May Exhibition!
Take a look at the article on Juxtapoz featuring the May Exhibition at Art in the Age displaying the Botanical Illustrations of Rev Michael Alan, AND also, a sneak preview ... Read More
Art in the Age “Roller & Hammer” on Tees.ms
T-shirts and communism. What else is there to talk about? Check out the post on Tees.ms about the one of the featured Art in the Age Spring Tees, "Roller & ... Read More
Art in the Age on Clothing Wire!
Check out the press release post on Clothing Wire about two of the featured tees for Art in the Age spring! --- "New Private Label Artist Tees from Art in the Age ... Read More
Hide Your Arms Hype Art in the Age Spring!
Our feelings for Andy and Hide Your Arms are not a secret! So now that spring has sprung, Hide Your Arms hypes up some of the new tees Art in ... Read More
Art in the Age Spring Group Show on Curated!
Spring is in! And it's on Curated! Check out the post on Curated about Art in the Age's Spring Group Show and some images of our new spring tees. --- "Art in ... Read More
Tcritic Posts about the New Art in the Age Shirts
Oh that Karl! Always the best from him. Check out the post on T-ciritc about the two new tees released for Art in the Age Spring. --- "New T-Shirts from Art in ... Read More
Art in the Age Philadelphians for Egg Farming in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Check out Amy from Citizen Mom's article in today's Philadelphia Inquirer, "Chicks and the City" on the cover of the "Food" section to learn more about urban egg farming and ... Read More
