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The Unphotographable at Fraenkel Gallery
Survey art shows held together by a vague concept are generally specious, the concern being that a broad subject was chosen to shoehorn an …
“Chester Arnold: A Pilgrim’s Progress” at Catharine Clark Gallery
Afraid of taking a chance on the unknown and its potentially negative consequences, (failure, embarrassment, death), people will always be drawn to art about …
Los Angeles artist Sam Falls at Luce Gallery, Torino, Italy.
Luce Gallery in Torino, Italy recently had an American artist on view from California, named Sam Falls. For those who aren’t familiar …
Joseph Beuys, “Iphigenie” at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Joseph Beuys – I Like America And America Likes Me from Ana Fernandes on Vimeo. According to Curator Jorg Schellmann one of Joseph Beuys’ …
Seth Price’s recent exhibition at Petzel Gallery’s new location, New York
Earlier this month at Petzel Gallery’s new location in New York, Seth Price executed an amazing show that consisted of various paintings and …
The Elsewhere Philatelic Society
There are fascinating happenings all around you. Sometimes it takes meeting someone new or an extraordinary event to see them, to teach you a …
Viva Ruiz
One of our NYC staff writers Dean Dempsey just interviewed NYC based video artist/ performer/ director Viva Ruiz for our upcoming Feb, March, April issue …
GIF a .gif
The American version of the Oxford Dictionary chose GIF as its word of 2012, on the file format’s 25th anniversary. Confoundingly, the dictionary chose …
Michael DeLucia at Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
At Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris an American artist, Michael DeLucia has “Projections” on view, exhibiting a group of amazing works that question the necessity of …
Private Frontiers: Chris Ballantyne & Michael Light at Hosfelt Gallery
Map making and map collecting represent self-control in an environment—you know the lay of the land. In Hosfelt Gallery’s “Private Frontiers: Chris Ballantyne & …
Art Movies: Believe it or not, Basquiat could actually act.
Film: Downtown 81, a.k.a. New York Beat Movie (1981, released 2001) Choosing between movies about Jean-Michelle Basquiat is incredibly difficult …
ITALIAN SPIDERMAN (again)
So I have posted this amazing short film before, actually is was only 6 months ago, but on this rainy SF day, the first day …
Henry Gunderson’s “ Apocalypse Shelter” at Ever Gold Gallery
So the world did not end…well it still might according to some sources…the day/ evening of 12/21/12 has to pass across the whole earth before …
THE END: 2012 Apocalypse
I don’t believe in the Mayan Apocalypse, but I’ve been looking forward to it (and its parties) since I first learned about it two …
The 2012 SECA Art Award Recipients
The Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA) Art Award winners were announced yesterday by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), …
Submit to TOM MARIONI’S “Art Etiquette & Funny Stuff column”
Ever have questions about the art world that you think you will be judged about if you asked in public? Complaints about how …
Robert Hughes’ “The Shock of the New”
Before PBS’s accessible and entertaining lesson in contemporary art, “Art 21,” there was Robert Hughes’ distillation of modern art, “The Shock of the …
Matthieu Ronsse’s “Cheap Imitations” at Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
Belgium artist Matthieu Ronsse is currently on view with his solo exhibition at Galerie Almine Rech, Paris. When viewing the works in his exhibition “Cheap …
PULSE Miami Highlights
Our good friend Nate Hooper from The Popular Workshop, San Francisco is currently in Miami covering selected fairs for SFAQ. Miami is home base for …