Film
A Film Shows How Important It Is to Name One's Desire
Moonlight is largely about the violence done to Chiron that enmeshes him in silence, against the grain of moments of inexplicable kindness that break through to nurture him towards trust.
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
An Artist Gives Us a Vision of the Future Through Books
Samuel Levi Jones uses books to raise questions about how history is remade and repurposed for the present and future.
Art
The Smithsonian’s African American Museum Tells the Myriad Stories of Black Heroism
Being among such a dizzying selection of uplifting stories, you cannot avoid the conclusion that America would not be what it is without all the people represented here.
Art
Brooklyn Artists Harness the Power of Bodies
The artwork at the BRIC Biennial mostly hinges on corporeal experience, on what it is to be a body.
Art
Captivated by the Performance of Black Masculinity
Zachary Fabri’s exhibition at the Aljira Center for Contemporary Art is a deliberation on what it is to be a black man, always performing, even when one doesn’t intend to perform.
Art
An Artist’s Plots of Earth Decay to Dust
Dineo Seshee Bopape's installation at Art in General is a powerful evocation of what's happening to the earth under our collective care.
Art
Updating Carpets as Art Objects but Missing Their Potential
How does one update this ancient form to make it relevant now?
Art
From a Crash Course in Fake News to a Sign-Making Station, a Fair Fosters Political Action
At the Forward Union Fair, visitors enthusiastically engaged with the fair participants, chatting and asking questions, taking pamphlets and signing up for further follow up.
Art
An Unsettling Room and Feeling Like You Belong
An unusual gallery installation in Manhattan raises questions about belonging.
News
Art Workers Organize a Fair for Political Action
This Saturday's Forward Union Fair intends to connect visitors with nonprofits and community groups, and to help people find ways to become politically active.
Art
Kerry James Marshall and the Politics of Visibility
The retrospective of the work of Kerry James Marshall demonstrates a deep knowledge of blackness and a desire to expand the world of art with it.
Art
At Home in Harlem
The inaugural exhibition at the new Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute is concerned with demonstrating how one comes to belong to a place.