Thanks for visiting my website. I am currently Associate Curator at the University Art Museum at the State University of New York at Albany, and a Contributor to The Brooklyn Rail. 

This website has not been updated since 2021, and I am working on a new one. You can, however, still reach me through the contact form on this site.

In the meantime, at this link you can see what we are working on at the University Art Museum: https://www.albany.edu/museum

At this link you can you read my interviews and past reviews in The Brooklyn Rail: https://brooklynrail.org/contributor/Robert-R-Shane

And here is the link to follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert_r_shane/

Thanks!
Robert
15 October 2023


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Professional Biography

Robert R. Shane received his Ph.D. in Art History and Criticism from Stony Brook University where he studied with Donald Kuspit.  Dr. Shane's art criticism has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail and his scholarly research has been published in Hypatia.  His current book project in process is Mirroring Mothers: Witnessing Maternal Subjectivity in Contemporary Art.

THE VISION OF CARE, juried & curated by Robert R. Shane, is on view at WAAM - The Woodstock Artists Association & Museum through May 23, 2021. Tap or click to follow the exhibition on Instagram and Facebook.

Dr. Shane is Associate Professor of Art History at the Center for Art & Design at the College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York;  former Managing Editor of the journal Art Criticism published by Stony Brook University;  and a frequent contributor of essays and entries on art for books published by Phaidon Press, London. 

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