Curatorial Assistant of  YBCA Thien Lam sat down with a few Bay Area Now 6 artists and asked them a few questions about their experience with the major Exhibition as well as about thier individual …

SFAQ’s Kristin Delzell reports from the opening night Gala at SF 20/21  Art and Design show and sale which benifited SF MOMA. Featuring 40 premier nation and international exhibitors presenting decorative and fine arts from …

Part Four:   The days slipped quickly past us as we became more and more transient – so part four is a selection of footage from New Orleans to Tucson. As we entered the deeper …

SF20/21: san francisco art and design show & sale   september 16-18, 2011 festival pavilion at fort mason center open to the public – show hours: friday & saturday: 11am – 7pm sunday:  noon – …

L.A. KEEPS ITS FINGER ON THE PULSE –Meredith MacKenzie   The end of September marks an important weekend for contemporary art in Southern California. This month, Los Angeles will host a number of art happenings …

The Bicycle Film Festival is coming to San Francisco September 22nd-25th!!  

  What is the role of auctions in the art community/economy? Auctions can play a huge role in fundraising for non-profit organizations, especially in the visual arts. Especially at an economic time when people are wanting …

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: MALLICK WILLIAMS & CO. -Meredith MacKenzie “The art world can be so serious at times.  We take our work seriously, but we also really want to inject a sense of …

The Celebrity Written and Illistrated by: Whit Brayton   The room was very still. I sat in a small, uncomfortable chair that looked inviting until I actually sat down in it. The chair was a …

SFAQ Editor Andrew McClintock reports from the last leg of the June 2011 North West Tour with Two Gallants. Untitled from San Francisco Arts Quarterly on Vimeo.   Interview with Adam SFAQ: Can you talk …

We had a bit of a problem with this page in the new issue – so here it is nice and clear. Sorry Austin!!!!

The Gamificiation of Everyday Life: Cao Fei’s COSplayers, 2004 Written By: Charlotte Miller “Artists born after 1980 are more cartoonish, less critical, uninterested in grand events; they like to withdrawal into their little worlds and …

ART FAIR FEVER: artMRKT reaches San Francisco Written by: Meredith MacKenzie Summer in San Francisco, for art lovers, started off with a bang this year in mid-May.  The buzz around town among collectors, dealers and aspiring …

“ArtPadSF Makes a Splash at the Phoenix Hotel”   In the afterglow of “art fair fever,” we touched base with Maria Jenson, Director of ArtPadSF, to get a sense of the buzz around the Bay …

Steve Girard’s films, animations, and comics show his insecurity, perverse thoughts, and astute observations of other people’s psyches. His work is beautifully surreal, funny, satirical and R. Crumb-like. But it’s loveable and resonant because Steve …