by Paul J. Karlstrom   The Legacy:   Given its relative youth, the San Francisco Bay Area can justifiably boast a remarkable art history going …

Lessons from Egypt:  “Revolution Is Art!” A Western Fantasy?   By Peter Dobey       One year ago Egyptians were not fighting, but celebrating …

  The six Romanians accused of committing one of the largest art thefts of the last century will begin trial in Bucharest Tuesday.   In …

By John Held, Jr.       When I first arrived in San Francisco in 1995, one of the first calls I made was to …

By Shana Beth Mason       Standing in the main courtyard of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, three wings are joined end-to-end, …

By Maria Nicolacopoulou   On January 31, 2013 Roberta Smith wrote an article in the New York Times titled Curator, Tear Down These Walls, where …

by John Held, Jr.       If I were a major contemporary exhibiting artist, even I might be impressed if a work of mine …

By Ariel Rosen     I open Albert Camus’s The Fall to a random page and read these words:   “A doll’s village, isn’t it? …

By John Held, Jr.     It’s really difficult to successfully show printed works as opposed to strictly visual works of art in a gallery …

by Mark Van Proyen       “Avalanche” published their last number in the Summer of 1976. The previous Spring, the inaugural issue of “October” …

Interview by Alberto Cuadros       Alberto Cuadros: Let’s talk about the last show.  The first show and it’s not the last show, but …

    Mark Benson’s installation in the Hallway Space at the entrance of Eli Ridgway Gallery is dying. When I arrived less than a week …

I first met Severine von Tscharner Fleming when she was a student at UC Berkeley. Her bubbling, nay BOILING energy was a pleasant surprise for …

By Glen Helfand       It’s difficult to resist cinematic seduction, and Michael Mersereau doesn’t bother to try. His primary art interest is in …

By John Held, Jr.       Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are normally cited as the originators of collage in modern art, a term …

By Ashley Stull       The 1960s and 70s were the championing era for initiatives that localized artist efforts outside of the institution. Conceptual …

By Andrew McClintock       The first time I met Guy he asked me if he could drive his Trans-AM through the front of …

July 10,2013   The Artist in Public Life: Lessons from Istanbul, in context and uncertainty.   By Peter Dobey       Monday evening marked …

by Daelyn Farnham       With only thirty years under his belt, the San Francisco based Nate Boyce balances an artistic practice that jumps …

by Paul Kos       In 1998, I met young French artist Julien Berthier, (born 1975, right handed and left brained).   He had …