This interview was originally published in SFAQ issue 11 (November 2012–January 2013). Legendary filmmaker and video artist, poet, critic, and founder of Anthology Film Archives, Jonas Mekas, often called the ‘godfather’ of American avant-garde cinema, …
Kour Pour is a Los Angeles-based artist. Our conversation started via DM on Instagram while Pour was in Berlin and was then followed by a series of emails, phone calls, and studio visits back in …
Deborah Kass: No Kidding Paul Kasmin Gallery 515 West 27th St., New York, NY 10001 December 9, 2015 – January 23, 2016 When someone says “no kidding,” it can generally be interpreted three ways: one, as …
Disney and Dalí: Architects of the Imagination July 10, 2015–January 3, 2016 The Walt Disney Family Museum 104 Montgomery Street, The Presidio, San Francisco CA 94129 The headline in the April 7, 1946 edition of …
Julian Wasser: Duchamp in Pasadena Revisited… June 21 – September 23, 2015 Robert Berman/E6 Gallery 1632 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94102 Much came before and more was to follow, but a pivotal swing in …
Sentenced to 18 months for kidnapping and skinning dozens of neighborhood cats, Judy Abrahams was granted parole earlier this month, having been deemed “cured” by Judge Lee Galloway in Waco, Texas. Ms. Abrahams authored Kitty …
Presented at Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, 2013 (Edited) I’m going to tell some stories off the top of my head—is this thing on? Okay. All right. Some of these stories are in my …
‘I was stuck on a remote island for five weeks with Dave Hickey—’ I started telling my friend when I got back in New York. Her face was dismayed, ‘—and it was paradise,’ I went …
Many New York exhibitions close in the next few days, in anticipation of the holiday lull. Listed below are some of our suggestions for last minute visits, including the much-discussed Andy Warhol drawings at Anton Kern, meticulous …
Many see Miami Art Week as a challenge to see every contemporary art experience the city has to offer. The desire to see everything can result in experiencing nothing, so my mantra for the largest …
At the invitation of SFAQ’s magnificent publisher Andrew McClintock, I have made the following selection from my little book Logro, Fracaso, Aspiración: Tres Intentos de Entender el Arte Contemporáneo [Achievement, Failure, Aspiration: Three Attempts to …
Audio-video: A Suite of Media – Paul Kos at the deYoung Museum Written by: Howard Junker October, 1974 San Francisco (a previously unpublished manuscript) It has been increasingly difficult for …
Opening today, November 2nd at Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles is a solo exhibition by Erik Parker, “New Magnetic Destiny”. Like Ray Yoshida, one of the Chicago Imagists, and Tadanori Yokoo, described as the …
I think it’s a good sign that art people can be made uncomfortable in the way Genesis Breyer P-Orridge makes them uncomfortable. S/he doesn’t fit into any category, which is exactly what s/he intends, making …
After around 40 years of gathering dust, San Diego Surf debuted for the first time at MoMA this year. Paul Morrissey, co-director with Andy Warhol, completed editing the film in 1996, a …
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. de Young, Golden Gate Park. March 24-August 19, 2012 During his remarks at the press opening, Gaultier told of his first …
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