Art
Skill Wins Over Vision at the Art Students League Instructors’ Exhibition
Founded in 1875, the Art Students League of New York mounts an annual exhibition of art by their instructors, so we took a look.
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.
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Dwelling on the Metaphor of Home
Artist Gigi Scaria looks carefully at our sense of belonging and home and the uncertainty that accompanies each.
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Exploring Blackness in Enigmatic, Black-and-White Fragments
Kameelah Janan Rasheed’s exhibition on Governors Island is overwhelming in its maximalism as it attempts to address the enormous issue of blackness.
Books
Considering the Clarity of X-ray Photography
Ultimately, in the collection of images, one can see the painter and contemporary image maker that is Miller vying against the Miller who is more sentimental.
Art
An Artist Invites Visitors to Remake Historical Protest Signs
At Hunter East Harlem Gallery, Jason Lazarus demonstrates how our political needs persist over time.
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How to Create a Butterfly
In her exhibition at Five Myles, Roya Amigh demonstrates how simple materials can metamorphose into storytelling.
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How to Embed a Shout: A New Generation of Black Artists Contends with Abstraction
A new wave of black abstract artists are exploring ways to push the language of abstraction and still retaining their cultural specificity. And they're not doing it alone.
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Seeking Escape in Paintings of a Childhood Home
In her exhibition at Sargent's Daughters, Brandi Twilley depicts windows as portals beyond the bleak circumstances of her family's house.
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A New School Trains Artists to Be Politicians
The Artist Campaign School, a new initiative from Fractured Atlas, will train artists in the practical skills necessary to successfully run for elected office.
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Nari Ward Spotlights the Gap Between Poverty and Privilege
Nari Ward's exhibition TILL, LIT at Lehmann Maupin gallery alludes to and signifies those key systems of social organization that we can't seem to escape: race and class.
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Times Square Phone Booths Call Up Immigrants' Stories
It has been said that we humans live in our contradictions; these speakers prove that.
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A Vision of US Immigration Beyond the Melting Pot
At the Queens Museum, Ronny Quevedo uses the rules of sports as metaphors for the boundaries drawn in public space.