Sport for Indoor Kids: Art Auctions
I never understood following sports I didn’t participate in until I watched an art auction online. It makes sense: auctions move fast; prices are volatile …
“Post Hope” at LVL3, Chicago
Oh Chicago, how I wish I was there to see this exhibition in person, but due to pockets with eternal holes at the bottom …
About Face at Pier 24 Photography
Portraiture is only as good as its ability to capture personality, culture, and era. In great photographs, a complete world is presented, even if it’s …
Pick up Locations: February 1st
The new issue #12 of SFAQ is now available at the locations below. More locations will be updated as soon as copies are delivered. If …
Jeremy Shaw at Macaulay & Co. Fine Art, Vancouver
Jeremy Shaw “Trancendental Capacity ” Macaulay & Co. Fine Art, Vancouver January 17 – February 28, 2013 Last year, during Art Basel 43 …
Interview with Jay Howell
Interview by Nikki Greene It’s easy to recognize Jay Howell’s unique style and awkwardly funny characters, and with an artist as prolific as Jay, …
transmediale 2013
The art, technology, and culture festival transmediale is underway in Berlin, and this year’s theme is Back When Pluto Was a Planet. transmediale describes …
ALTAR this Friday at The Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, San Francisco
Coming into 2013 is an exciting curatorial project by Nikki Mirsaeid, and Taj Robinson titled ALTAR. Everyone who is involved in the arts has …
Jay Howell’s “Enthusiastic Person” at FFDG
The prolific artist Jay Howell makes zines, animations, paintings, comics, ceramic sculpture, and designs skate decks. His chinless dudes are skaters, in motorcycle gangs, …
Small Gems: A Winter Group Show at Crown Point Press
Intaglio prints often look reserved because the process of making them is precisely sequential, with acid baths, scratching into grounds, and paper placement. In books …
The Passing of a Gutai Master: Shozo Shimamoto (1928-2013)
By John Held, Jr. On August 10, 1988, I found myself laid out in a wetsuit atop a plank of wood in …
Jordan Kantor at Ratio 3, San Francisco
Artist: Jordan Kantor Venue: Ratio 3 Exhibition Dates: January 11 – February 9, 2012 Ratio 3 has a great solo exhibition …
Punch Card at Catharine Clark Gallery
At the opening of the group show “Punch Card” at Catharine Clark Gallery, artist Andy Diaz Hope said he and co-creator Laurel Roth wanted to …
Opening tomorrow night at Vessel Gallery, Oakland
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:30-8pm Tomorrow night is the opening reception for “Re/Surfaces” an exhibition featuring works by Sanjay Vora, Nancy …
Claire Fontaine at Queen’s Nails
Claire Fontaine, the Paris-based art collective with a readymade name taken from notebooks, will open the exhibition “Sell Your Debt” at Queen’s Nails tonight …
Christopher Baird’s “Bad Company”
Christopher Baird wrote to Bob Linder that his new show, “Bad Company” at Park Life’s gallery, was inspired by the same sort of paperbacks …
THE BENSONS exhibition opens tonight at Royal NoneSuch Gallery, Oakland
Second of three shows at Royal NoneSuch Gallery: THE BENSONS Featuring works by Mark Benson and Jason Benson. Opening Tonight: Friday, January 18, 7-10pm …