Rebecca Schiffman – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/rebecca-schiffman/ Sensitive to Art & its Discontents Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:24:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/cropped-Hyperallergic-favicon-100x100.png Rebecca Schiffman – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/rebecca-schiffman/ 32 32 118955609 Setsuko Channels the Magic of Cats https://hyperallergic.com/991088/setsuko-channels-the-magic-of-cats-gagosian/ https://hyperallergic.com/991088/setsuko-channels-the-magic-of-cats-gagosian/#respond Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:00:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=991088 The artist’s felines, sculpted in ghostly white enamel-glazed clay, infuse the space with a quiet vitality, bridging the mystical and the everyday. ]]>

The artist’s felines, sculpted in ghostly white enamel-glazed clay, infuse the space with a quiet vitality, bridging the mystical and the everyday.

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The Visceral Humanity of Ralph Lemon’s Art https://hyperallergic.com/970028/the-visceral-humanity-of-ralph-lemon-art-moma-ps1/ https://hyperallergic.com/970028/the-visceral-humanity-of-ralph-lemon-art-moma-ps1/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2024 21:01:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=970028 Blending and blurring his roles as an artist, choreographer, and writer, a survey of Lemon’s art centers his luminous legacy of storytelling, memory, and transformation. ]]>

Blending and blurring his roles as an artist, choreographer, and writer, a survey of Lemon’s art centers his luminous legacy of storytelling, memory, and transformation.

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How Alvin Ailey Redefined Modern Dance https://hyperallergic.com/957105/how-alvin-ailey-redefined-modern-dance-whitney-museum/ https://hyperallergic.com/957105/how-alvin-ailey-redefined-modern-dance-whitney-museum/#respond Wed, 09 Oct 2024 20:08:48 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=957105 Through his choreography and his company’s performances, Ailey seamlessly interwove narratives of Black, American, and queer identity. ]]>

Through his choreography and his company’s performances, Ailey seamlessly interwove narratives of Black, American, and queer identity.

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An Intergenerational Conversation Between Black Women Artists https://hyperallergic.com/940257/an-intergenerational-conversation-between-black-woman-artists-deli-gallery/ https://hyperallergic.com/940257/an-intergenerational-conversation-between-black-woman-artists-deli-gallery/#comments Sun, 04 Aug 2024 20:03:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=940257 DON’T YOU MISS US? honors the trailblazing women who paved the way, underscoring the ongoing dialogue between past and present artistic expressions. ]]>

DON’T YOU MISS US? honors the trailblazing women who paved the way, underscoring the ongoing dialogue between past and present artistic expressions.

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Chantal Joffe’s Diaries of an Empty-Nester https://hyperallergic.com/920439/chantal-joffe-diaries-of-an-empty-nester-skarstedt-gallery/ https://hyperallergic.com/920439/chantal-joffe-diaries-of-an-empty-nester-skarstedt-gallery/#respond Wed, 29 May 2024 20:15:31 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=920439 A narrative unfolds in Joffe’s My dearest dust that explores motherhood, loss, and individual identity as her daughter leaves home.]]>

A narrative unfolds in Joffe’s My dearest dust that explores motherhood, loss, and individual identity as her daughter leaves home.

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What Do Dolphins and Stress Balls Have in Common? https://hyperallergic.com/910852/what-do-dolphins-and-stress-balls-have-in-common/ https://hyperallergic.com/910852/what-do-dolphins-and-stress-balls-have-in-common/#respond Tue, 07 May 2024 22:13:16 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=910852 At Hunter College’s MFA thesis show in Manhattan, six artists decode modern life through unusual, surprising, and joyful installations.]]>

At Hunter College’s MFA thesis show in Manhattan, six artists decode modern life through unusual, surprising, and joyful installations.

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The Animal Wonderland of Les Lalanne https://hyperallergic.com/910205/the-animal-wonderland-of-les-lalanne/ https://hyperallergic.com/910205/the-animal-wonderland-of-les-lalanne/#respond Thu, 02 May 2024 21:44:42 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=910205 Blending zoomorphic elements with a fanciful aesthetic, the artist duo’s functional animal sculptures evoked a sense of wonder and enchantment.]]>

Blending zoomorphic elements with a fanciful aesthetic, the artist duo’s functional animal sculptures evoked a sense of wonder and enchantment.

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Catherine Opie’s Intimate Los Angeles https://hyperallergic.com/873942/catherine-opie-intimate-los-angeles/ https://hyperallergic.com/873942/catherine-opie-intimate-los-angeles/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:56:20 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=873942 The works in Opie’s harmony is fraught are documents that bear witness, but they also highlight the connection between our public and private lives.]]>

The works in Opie’s harmony is fraught are documents that bear witness, but they also highlight the connection between our public and private lives.

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A Photographer’s Ode to Suburbia’s Teens https://hyperallergic.com/868518/photographer-christina-fernandez-ode-to-suburbias-teens/ https://hyperallergic.com/868518/photographer-christina-fernandez-ode-to-suburbias-teens/#respond Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:50:39 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=868518 Subdivision depicts a uniquely Angeleno experience of adolescence, while also conjuring a shared memory of American suburban childhood.]]>

Subdivision depicts a uniquely Angeleno experience of adolescence, while also conjuring a shared memory of American suburban childhood.

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Stéphane Mandelbaum’s Drawings of Human Depravity https://hyperallergic.com/865944/stephane-mandelbaum-drawings-of-human-depravity/ https://hyperallergic.com/865944/stephane-mandelbaum-drawings-of-human-depravity/#respond Thu, 11 Jan 2024 22:44:48 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=865944 The artist-poet’s drawings tell the story of someone entangled with his own demons and his work to overcome them.]]>

The artist-poet’s drawings tell the story of someone entangled with his own demons and his work to overcome them.

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The Past and Futures of African Metal Arts https://hyperallergic.com/852408/the-past-and-futures-of-african-metal-arts-sightlines-bard-graduate-center/ https://hyperallergic.com/852408/the-past-and-futures-of-african-metal-arts-sightlines-bard-graduate-center/#respond Tue, 24 Oct 2023 21:29:30 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=852408 SIGHTLINES increases the visibility of African art, bringing metal arts from the 19th and 20th centuries together with works by contemporary African artists. ]]>

SIGHTLINES increases the visibility of African art, bringing metal arts from the 19th and 20th centuries together with works by contemporary African artists.

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The Jewish Museum’s Sanitized History of an Opium Dynasty https://hyperallergic.com/831713/the-jewish-museums-sanitized-history-of-the-sassoon-family-opium-dynasty/ https://hyperallergic.com/831713/the-jewish-museums-sanitized-history-of-the-sassoon-family-opium-dynasty/#comments Wed, 05 Jul 2023 20:47:42 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=831713 With The Sassoons, the Manhattan museum missed an opportunity to look more critically at the family’s opium trade, and to delve into the lives of its women.]]>

With The Sassoons, the Manhattan museum missed an opportunity to look more critically at the family’s opium trade, and to delve into the lives of its women.

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A Rear View of Art History https://hyperallergic.com/822631/a-rear-view-of-art-history-lgdr/ https://hyperallergic.com/822631/a-rear-view-of-art-history-lgdr/#respond Thu, 18 May 2023 21:28:51 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=822631 A new exhibition offers a sensitive and probing critique of what it is like to both view and occupy a contemporary female body. ]]>

A new exhibition offers a sensitive and probing critique of what it is like to both view and occupy a contemporary female body.

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Doses of Relief in Ibrahim El-Salahi’s Drawings of Pain https://hyperallergic.com/790063/doses-of-relief-in-ibrahim-el-salahi-drawings-of-pain/ https://hyperallergic.com/790063/doses-of-relief-in-ibrahim-el-salahi-drawings-of-pain/#respond Sun, 08 Jan 2023 21:04:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=790063 His “Pain Relief Drawings” demonstrate how art serves as a way for the artist to cope with strife.]]>

His “Pain Relief Drawings” demonstrate how art serves as a way for the artist to cope with strife.

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