Posts tagged John Held

New Issues of SFAQ / NYAQ / and AQ hit the streets in the Bay Area and LA this week New York and other national locations by next week Also available online     The …

In the mid-1950s, while yet thirteen years old, Henry Martin haunted the Philadelphia Museum of Art, paying special attention to the Walter C. Arensberg Collection, and in particular, the art of Marcel Duchamp. Fifteen years …

  Dictatorships, deportations, and the disappeared: the dark years of Latin American political and cultural repression were often marked by imprisonment, torture, and worse for those artists challenging the status quo, even in the most …

Joan Brown Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 October 8–November 15, 2014 Joan Brown was a restless soul. She was married four times (Brown, Neri, Cook, Hebel), and in the last …

Japanese Mail Art, 1956-2014 Mail an Octopus with Stamps on its Head By John Held, Jr.   This essay has been pulled from SFAQ print issue 17.       We are constantly adding to the …

    Features GEZI PARK: ONE YEAR LATER by ARIE AMAYA-AKKERMANS / THE INACCESSIBLE OTHER by MARIE MARTRAIRE  /  SÁN ART: VIETNAM’S LEADING CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER by COURTNEY MALICK /NEW SPACES IN CONTEMPORARY ART interviews by COREY ANDREW BARR / CONTEMPORARY ART …

“Jack Wright: A Unified Theory of Painting” Krowswork 480 23rd Street, Oakland, California May 2–June 7, 2014   “Resuscitating Reputation,” by John Held, Jr.       When painter John (Jack) Cushing Wright moved to the …

GUGLIELMO ACHILLE CAVELLINI 1914 – 2014 April 8-June 8, 2014 Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 8th at 6:30 pm Italian Cultural Institute Gallery, 814 Montgomery Street, San Francisco   The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, in …

  Stephen De Staebler died in 2011 at age 78, but not before he was privy to arrangements being made for his retrospective at the De Young the following year, “Matter + Spirit: The Sculpture …

Dohee Lee “Ara Gut (Ritual of the Ocean): Mago” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – YBCA San Francisco, California January 18, 2014 12-8pm   Myth and Mystery in the Grand Lobby       …

  Opening Thursday, January 16th is a massive group exhibition celebrating 5 years of Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco featuring over 80 artists.  Artists include: Aaron Terry, Adam Parker Smith, Alex Braubach, Angie Crabtree, Austin …

Check out Gold Wood’s new single  – they are high!! Check them out at Ever Gold Gallery in San Francisco on January 18th at 8pm, part of the gallery’s 5 Year Anniversary Group Show (jan …

“Solid Concept VI” November 13-December 21, 2013 Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary Street San Francisco, California   “Pointing the Way Toward What May Be”   By John Held, Jr.       The exhibition, “Solid …

Yoshi Wada with Tashi Wada Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive Cosponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media November 17, 2013   By John Held, Jr.       I was just discovering Fluxus art …

Barrish Studio Open House Dogpatch – San Francisco, California November 3, 2013   “Doing the Barrish Bash”   By John Held, Jr.       ‘Tis the season for Open Studios, but nothing prepares one …

By John Held, Jr.     Lou Reed died at the Long Island, New York, home he shared with his wife, Laurie Anderson, Sunday, October 27, at age 71 from complications relating to a liver …

Sight Vision: The Urban Milieu October 9-November 9, 2013 Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary Street San Francisco, CA   Beat Era Maestros by John Held, Jr.       Only Paule Anglim could pull off …

Wa Morrison Memorial Studio Show October 1-31, 2013 1919 Hayes Street San Francisco, CA 94117   Saturdays, October 5, 12, 26, 2-4pm Drop-in hours most any day in the month of October by appointment. (415) …

  -Conducted by John Held, Jr.   Herbert and Dorothy Vogel are concrete proof that one needn’t be rich in amassing a significant art collection. In 1992 the postman and librarian donated nearly 5,000 works …

Uri Tzaig “Sustainable Art” refusalon JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square 500 Post Street San Francisco, California   By John Held, Jr.       When I first washed up on San Francisco’s foggy shores …