Art
Parsing a Performance Art Festival in Terms of Labor and Ritual
The exuberant and enigmatic artists at the International Festival of Performance Art in Fort-de-France either approached performance as physical labor or abstract ritual.
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
A Sports-Inspired Exhibit That’s Not Quite a Slam Dunk
March Madness at Fort Gansevoort cleverly presents the appurtenances of sports: the equipment, trophies, and objects that adorn athletic bodies.
Art
A New Performance Art Festival in Martinique Is Refreshingly Themeless
At the International Festival of Performance Art in Fort-de-France, performers are given free reign to do what they want without thematic direction or much curatorial oversight.
Art
Collaged Paintings with Presence
Dona Nelson's works are literally made to stand up for themselves, bolted to wooden platforms and staged in coteries of pictorial bodies.
Art
Romare Bearden’s Mythic Collages, Rooted in the American South
The characters of Romare Bearden's collages, on view now at DC Moore Gallery, form a kind of pantheon, a great mythological scheme particular only to the black American South.
Art
Our Political Furor Rendered in Ceramic and Fire
Here’s a story: Once upon a time there was a nation. Then it caught on fire. The end.
Art
Immersed in the Discrete Realities of the Sharjah Biennial
The 13th Sharjah Biennial, titled Tamawuj, immerses you in distinctly crafted and compelling realities through sound, video works, and maze-like installations.
News
We Buy Gold Joins a Growing Cluster of Galleries in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
A new gallery is the latest to join a growing cluster of art spaces in the quickly gentrifying neighborhood.
News
Cultural Organizations Improve Quality of Life in NYC’s Low-Income Neighborhoods, Report Finds
Among the report's surprising findings is that the city's cultural sector is phenomenally informal and extensive, with more than 4,700 nonprofit cultural providers and more than 17,000 for-profit cultural entities.
Art
Feminist Sculptures That Don’t Pull Punches
Zoe Buckman takes issue with the voice of command, teasing out how patriarchal authority permeates our ideas of femininity and the ways we deal with women’s bodies.
Opinion
George W. Bush's Paintings Cannot Redeem Him
A piece in the New York Times about the former president's book of paintings is part reputation rehab, part art review, and part audition for the job of Bush’s headstone writer.
Art
A Biennial in Sharjah Offers Worlds Enough
The latest Sharjah Biennial features over 50 international artists, many of whom have created impressive installations in the Emirate.