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Seph Rodney

Seph Rodney, PhD, is a senior critic for Hyperallergic and has written for the New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, and other publications. He is featured on the podcast The American Age. His book The Personalization of the Museum Visit was published by Routledge in 2019. In 2020 he won the Rabkin Arts Journalism Prize. Find him at sephrodney.com.

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The Sounds That Get Lost in the Shuffle

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney October 15, 2021October 19, 2021

We are waiting for spectacle and when the quotidian, yet incongruous actions occur I wonder whether there is any real payoff coming.

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Mourning a Tree That Has Lain Down

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney October 11, 2021October 12, 2021

Jean Shin’s “Fallen” bids goodbye to the longevity we thought we had and mourns it, so that we might let it go.

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Cloaked in Power and the Tutored Gaze, the Medici Portraits at the Met

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney October 7, 2021October 12, 2021

My sense is that people come to this museum and this show wanting to learn other histories by having their way of looking tutored and trained.

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The Galactic Visions of Leonardo Drew

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney October 3, 2021October 1, 2021

This exhibition could use some more acreage to convey the feeling of standing at a doorway leading to a universe sparkling with abundant energies.

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Pulling the Caribbean into Conceptual Focus

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney September 29, 2021October 4, 2021

Six artists provide distinct ways of seeing the Caribbean in its proper orientation.

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The Urgency and Resonance of Chakaia Booker

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney September 26, 2021September 24, 2021

The intentionality of Booker’s abstraction gives me the impetus to discuss something about the current zeitgeist that’s been on my mind for a while.

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Call My Agent and the Crisis at Work

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney September 19, 2021September 17, 2021

The French television program does a good job exploring how people cope with work-related drama and its impact on relationships.

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Shahzia Sikander Draws the Immeasurability of Women

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney September 14, 2021September 21, 2021

The artist uses her technical and artistic gifts to render a clear vision of women who defy stereotypes.

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Seeing the Armory Art Fair as a Chance to Reconnect

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney September 10, 2021September 14, 2021

Art fairs always seem to privilege and fete consumptive behavior. But they also give me an opportunity to reconnect, to revisit, to see an artist’s work, and share the brilliance of my community.

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Breathing More Deeply With Art in the Hudson River Valley

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney September 5, 2021September 3, 2021

The second edition of the Upstate Art Weekend offered glimpses of some of the myriad flavors of art in the Hudson River Valley.

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Painterly Visions of Zimbabwe Emerge in Soho

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney September 1, 2021September 2, 2021

In this small art exhibition, the rich figural painting tradition of this southern African nation shines through.

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Art! Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are!

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney July 18, 2021July 19, 2021

In Art Hiding in New York, you can explore the art all around a city that can’t seem to get enough of it.

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Mohawk Artist Shelley Niro’s First Major Retrospective Opens at the National Museum of the American Indian
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Mohawk Artist Shelley Niro’s First Major Retrospective Opens at the National Museum of the American Indian

Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch confronts the challenges of being Indigenous and female in the United States and Canada. On view in NYC.

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