Seph Rodney, PhD, is a senior editor and writer for Hyperallergic, writing on visual art and related issues. He has also written for the New York Times, CNN's op-ed pages, American Craft magazine, and NBC Universal. He has penned catalogue essays for Joyce J. Scott, Teresita Fernandez, and Meleko Mokgosi and can be heard on the podcast The American Age. His book, The Personalization of the Museum Visit, was published by Routledge in May of 2019.
A Post-Pandemic Manifesto on Looking
“If the general shutdown of galleries and museums, studios and parks has taught me anything about my relationship to art, it’s that being in its actual presence is wholly different from experiencing it through the mediation of a screen.” Preparing for that moment, critic Seph Rodney considers four “convictions” for ensuring he never takes art for granted again.