Telling stories and examining history with this week’s gallery picks

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1. Emily Spivack’s Sentimental Value connects the age-old desire to tell stories through special objects at Philadelphia Art Alliance
2. Under street influence, HUSH paints the imagery of “Unseen” as an inward vision, revealing layers of urban histories and figurative dimensions at Cory Helford Gallery
3. Carmel Seymour’s “Romance Hero” explores the notion that actions change emotions at Helen GoryHelen Gory
4. Ronny Quevedo de-constructs the spaces in which sports are played at Carol Jazzar
5.”The Gesture and the Sign” features recent works by a range of international artists that take their cue from pictorial aspects of lyrical abstraction at White Cube
6. The artists involved in “Wilder Than a Postcard” have been asked to produce up to three works each based on the traditional postcard format at Breeze Block Gallery