Art
Surreal Scenes of the American West Ingeniously Rendered in Wood
Alison Elizabeth Taylor's intricate marquetry yields uncanny scenes and complex visual effects.
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
When Beauty Is a Draw and a Diversion
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones has discovered the benefits of unique stylization: objects and figures can be made in such a mannered way that they become visual metaphors, flexible in their vagueness.
Art
Eloquent Photo-portraits of 60 Contemporary Artists of Color
Elia Alba’s photo-portraits act as a kind of measure of the intimacy she has earned with her subjects.
In Brief
Guggenheim Announces Shortlist for 2018 Hugo Boss Prize
The artists being considered for one of the most prestigious and substantial prizes in contemporary art are “exploring urgent social issues, and providing new artistic vocabulary through which to examine personal and universal themes.”
Art
Grim Vistas of Present and Future Dystopias
In Anna Conway's paintings, subtle evocations of the past highlight the tensions of our current moment.
Art
Moving Forward with a Fair About Resistance
The second edition of the Forward Union Fair brought together artists and activists for a symposium around themes of social, economic, and environmental justice.
Art
Works Whose Resonance Overcomes Its Everyday Setting
An exhibition at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts is installed in an office space. But the fact that the artworks hold up and make me want to spend time with them speaks to their powers.
Art
Making Out the Black Body in Swirling Images
When looking at the pieces in William Villalongo's Keep On Pushing exhibition, the question I'm faced with is: How do these bodies cohere?
Art
A Painted River of Gold Links a Group of Portraits
Marcia Marcus's paintings at Eric Firestone Gallery, which span the late 1950s to early '70s, are connected by a thread of iridescent material.
Art
A Dreamy Carnival at the Children’s Museum in Harlem
Derek Fordjour’s impish and touching installation is so chock-a-block with the minute details of Fordjour’s making that I feel I’m inhabiting his dreamscape
Interview
Dread Scott Reenacts a Slave Revolt to Radically Reconsider Freedom
Scott's project reenacts the 1811 German Coast Uprising, the largest slave revolt in North American history.
Film
Water as a Cinematic Metaphor for the Tides of Time
In Kambui Olujimi’s short film Where Does the Time Go..., water is an apt analogy for the concept of time.