Interview
Danh Vo's "Tiny Diasporas" at the Guggenheim
Seph Rodney and Nile Davies discuss the retrospective of Danh Vo in a global context, scrutinizing the politics of belonging, objects, and history.
Seph Rodney
Seph Rodney, PhD, is a former editor for Hyperallergic, and is now a regular contributor to Hyperallergic and the New York Times. He received the Rabkin Prize for arts journalism in 2020 and an Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant in 2022.
Art
The Stories of African Contemporary Art Are Everywhere at the 1-54 Art Fair
From Ralph Ziman's massive Ziman sculpture to Uthman Wahaab's painterly critiques of technology, this art fair devoted to contemporary African art is packed with fascinating projects of every kind.
Art
Wandering the Artist Studios of Dumbo
Open studios events allow a type of intimacy with an artist's work that is rare.
Art
Beauty and Disunity in Two Visions of the United States
The work of Teresita Fernandez and Nari Ward presents two contradictory views of the United States — one of the most hopeful, and one of the least.
Art
The Deathless Aponte and Black Freedom
The Spanish empire beheaded Aponte in 1812 because of his dangerously egalitarian ideas, and in his possession authorities found what they described as a “book of paintings.”
Art
A Show of Luminous Paintings, Overshadowed by Crowded Curation
Tara Sabharwal can make objects float in the neither-here-nor-there ether.
Art
Wearing Camouflage as an Allegory for Otherness and Belonging
Joiri Minaya presents a series of color photographs along with poetically descriptive texts that reflect on the immigrant experience.
Books
The Enduring Power of Barbara Chase-Riboud’s Malcom X Sculptures
In a new book about the 48-year-long series, the artist offers insights into her process and her remarkable life.
Art
Watering the Imagination at the Spring Break Art Show
Even if the overall theme seems unrelated to much of the work on display, this art show has a way of allowing curators and artists to realize their own unique visions.
Art
Louise Nevelson, Kehinde Wiley, and Artists Worth Discovering at the ADAA Art Show
The 30th edition of the Art Dealers Association of America's annual art fair features works by many of the familiar blue-chip names, but there are also some surprises to be found ambling the aisles.
Film
The Square Pushes Beyond the Frame of the Art World
Ruben Östlund’s deadpan film follows a contemporary art curator who repeatedly makes bad situations worse by deviating from the socially accepted script.
Art
The Permanence of Toyin Ojih Odutola's Invented World
In Ojih Odutola's conception of the world, its inhabitants never fell — not from divine grace, not from political autonomy, and certainly not from self-regard.