by A. Will Brown   Emma Spertus’ work can be found just around the corner from the Lake Merritt Bart station at “Real Time and …

By Chris Rusak   There has been a lot of talk about George Orwell’s classic book 1984 recently and for good reason. Edward Snowden catalyzed …

  July 1, 2013   By Peter Dobey       In the past decade or so, the art world has worked hard to portray …

By John Held, Jr.       The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s “On the Go” project got up and went plein air with …

  Bright, natural, clean light fills the pristine, white room. A bed with a white duvet is nestled in the back, the kitchenette to the …

By Chris Rusak   Hard, it is, to stare beyond brandished, half-naked pinups and ponder the effects of an over-saturated visual culture slathered across streets …

By John Held, Jr.   Richard Diebenkorn was something of a painting prodigy, having his first major exhibition at the Legion of Honor, while attending …

  Speeding around the Matterhorn, that beautiful fake mountain, in a run-away mining cart, I was thinking of Paul McCarthy. I spent a large part …

Juan Downey: “Una utopía de la comunicación” Museo Rufino Tamayo Mexico City, Mexico March—June 2013       The invisible architect becomes one with the …

Susan Parker, “Recent Paintings.” Ronald Chase, “New Painting.” June 1 – July 20, 2013 Don Soker Gallery 80 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA   By …

Interviewed by Alberto Cuadros       Alberto Cuadros: Here we are, May 25th, Mount Washington, California, Los Angeles. Michael Ray-Von is here to talk …

Swarm gallery will be closing it’s doors this summer after 8 long years of providing progressive programming of exhibitions and affordable artist studios in Oakland’s …

Celebrations, Broken Hearts and Autopsies   My friend, artist Michelle Grabner has recently been tasked with being one of three curators of the upcoming 2014 …

“Proximities 1: What Time Is It There?” May 24-July 21, 2013 Curated by Glen Helfand Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street San Francisco   By …

  Currently on view at Invisible-Exports are several dozen small and at first glance amateur wire sculptures.  A concise selection from about 1,200 other wire …

Kala Art Institute has been continuing their endeavors of awarding fellowships for Bay Area artists for a while now.  I started to interview the fellows …

By Chris Rusak   What can you remember? Memory — ethereal, disruptive, deceptive — fools and assuages. A product of watching and listening, this faculty …

I had the opportunity to talk with Chris Duncan about his publishing endeavor “Land and Sea” which he does with his wife Maria Otero, in …

  Interview by Nikki Greene   Ramon’s Tailor is an unexpected surprise in the heart of the Tenderloin. More unconventional than your typical four white-walled …

Corwyn Lund: “Word Count” Koffler Gallery Off-Site, Toronto April 25 – June 30, 2013 Curated by Mona Filip   By Heather White   The 1929 …