One of the things that surprises me to no end, and this is an operation of power, is that people feel unable to just go …

In early February 2015, I met with UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive adjunct curator Constance Lewallen and assistant curator Stephanie Cannizzo in …

Following World War II, the Red Menace mentality held a death grip over U.S. foreign policy. In the 1950s it fomented U.S.-backed clandestine coups, by …

White Ladies of the Canyon In February, Joni Mitchell told New York Magazine that she has an affinity for black men. In fact, she went …

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 …

In February, the artist Sarah Meyohas invented her own currency called “BitchCoin,” which she presented in collaboration with Where Gallery in Brooklyn, as part of …

It is not pleasant to contemplate the thoughts that must be passing through the mind of the Owl of Minerva as the dusk falls and …

At first sight, the city is nowhere as inebriating as the neighboring Dubai, with its maximalist now-iconic skyline, particularly sugarcoated for the Art Week and …

SFAQ is tickled to introduce Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz, GOP candidate for president of the United States of America. That might sound like a shocker to some …

Much of Internet culture uncritically frolics in an ecology greatly affected by the unique opportunities and affordances of the Internet and the web while ignoring …

In its 56th edition, the Venice Biennale showcases over 136 artists from 53 countries, including 89 artists exhibiting there for the first time. All the …

When NSA documents released by Edward Snowden first went public, one extremely pointed and particular angle of outrage came not from privacy activists but from …

By the time any of you are reading this, I will have already given my eulogy for Richard Berger, and only time will tell if …

To encounter ambitious contemporary art, you must also encounter the world of the international curator, the most prominent member of the global art world. He’s …

Originally an annual art fair held each fall in London, Frieze expanded to New York in 2012 and found its home on Randall’s Island, a …

After a catastrophic opening last weekend that resulted in a small-scale riot, two births, and one death, we at the Sunday Edition were finally able …

After seven years in the making, the new Whitney Museum made the leap downtown to the Meatpacking District, leaving its home of nearly 50 years …

With her marriage finished and perhaps her artistic reputation to boot, the esteemed Icelandic beauty is on the skids. Björk offers an exhaustive survey of …

The following is an excerpt from the third and final chapter of my book Logro, Fracaso, Aspiración: Tres Intentos de Entender el Arte Contemporáneo (2014). …

1. “In 1982, Louise Bourgeois became the first woman to be celebrated by a retrospective at the MoMA, and now at the age of 96, …