001 - The What & The Why
An introduction to The Radius — and why it exists.
It’s been difficult to specify exactly what I wanted The Radius to be.
It started as a members club for art collectors based in Philadelphia — a space to build community around art and welcome the art-curious. But a members club felt intimidating, and honestly, a little premature. So I had to figure out how to pivot.
What I kept coming back to was a feeling I had when I first moved back to Philadelphia after living in London. I remember typing “galleries in Philadelphia” into a search bar and sitting with the results for a long time. Not because there was nothing there, there was, but because something felt missing. A connective tissue. A way in. London, and frequent trips to New York, had made me used to walking into a gallery on a Tuesday and encountering work from artists I’d never heard of, from places I’d never been, and leaving with the sense that the world had gotten a little larger. I wanted that feeling here.
Philadelphia has real collectors, genuine curiosity, and a creative energy that doesn’t get enough credit. What it lacks — at least for now — is a consistent, direct line to the global art world. No galleries with major international outposts. Few shows featuring artists working across borders. A scene that, for all its strengths, can feel turned inward.
The Radius is my attempt to change that. Not by leaving Philadelphia behind, but by expanding what it’s connected to. This newsletter is for first-time collectors, for the art-curious, for anyone who has ever walked through a gallery and thought I could live with that — and didn’t know where to begin. It’s a place to encounter artists, ideas, and works from across the world, with someone you can trust to help make sense of it.
The community piece hasn’t been forgotten either. The writing lives here, but I hope to show up beyond the page through studio visits, curated events, or simply a coffee and a conversation about what we’ve been seeing and what we’re excited about next.
Consider this an open invitation. We’re happy to have you.