Some Considerations Towards an Understanding of the Worlds of Art and Tech.
This piece is selected from SFAQ Issue 15. By Peter Dobey In my last essay for San Francisco Arts Quarterly I …
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In Conversation with Curator, Santi Vernetti
Santi Vernetti, who recently graduated from USC’s Master’s of Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere program, has curated an enticing and whitty group …
SFAQ Review: “Art Work Makes You Free” solo exhibition by Paul Mavrides at Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco.
Now that we live in a world where everybody is a hipster, that means that nobody is a hipster anymore, because by definition, to be …
A Timeline of Important Events in the Art World of the Last Six Months, or A Farewell Postcard from the Summer When Contemporary Art Was Digitized, Bought Out, Boxed Up, and Shipped Away.
This piece is selected from ISSUE 14 of SFAQ. By Peter Dobey This article began as a simple exercise in cataloging the major …
SFAQ Review: Visiting Paramount Ranch, Los Angeles. February 2014.
Tucked in Agora Hills, a meandering road leads way to this former Hollywood back lot. Since its inception in 1927, the versatile terrain of …
In Conversation: Glen Helfand, curator of “Proximities” a three-part exhibition at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.
Glen Helfand interviewed by Sarah Thibault How did you first get interested in art and writing about art? My interest in writing about art …
SFAQ Review: Valerie Keane and MacKenzie Katter at Important Projects, Oakland.
As the name of the space alludes, Important Projects is showing just that. Now, how is one to denote what is truly important or …
SFAQ Review: Los Angeles Art Fairs 2014 – Art Los Angeles Contemporary and Paramount Ranch
This past weekend in Los Angeles was packed with action for art-goers. Not only did Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC), host the fifth edition of …
SFAQ Review: “Trapper Keeper” group exhibition at City Limits, Oakland.
For their second show at the new location near Oakland’s Jack London Square, City Limits is starting off their new space with solid curatorial focus, …
Art World in Review: L.A., Dave Hickey gets the ole’ once over from East Coast lurkers.
It would seem that everyone under the sun, sleet, snow, and hail is talking about Los Angeles lately. There was the Art Los Angeles Contemporary art …
SFAQ Review: “Vertical Vistas” solo show by Genevieve Quick at Royal None Such Gallery, Oakland.
“Vertigraphy in 90°” is a large hand-made camera constructed out of styrene, foam core and lenses. The piece is large – approximately 6 feet tall …
SFAQ Review: “rio grande/rio bravo” solo exhibition by Tony de los Reyes at Angles Gallery, Los Angeles.
How does one define a divide? How does one make visible the invisible? In his new exhibition at Angles Gallery in Los Angeles, Tony …
SFAQ Review: “The Optimists” group exhibition at Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco.
“He was alone. He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life.” That quote is an excerpt from James Joyce’s “A Portrait …
SFAQ Review: Dohee Lee’s “Ara Gut (Ritual of the Ocean): Mago” at the YBCA, San Francisco.
Dohee Lee “Ara Gut (Ritual of the Ocean): Mago” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – YBCA San Francisco, California January 18, 2014 12-8pm …
SFAQ Review: Liz Larner solo exhibition at Regen Projects, Los Angeles.
“Liz Larner” January 11 – February 15, 2014 Regen Projects 6750 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90038 California (Sacremento to be exact), native, …
SFAQ Review: “Artwork Makes You Free” solo exhibition by Paul Mavrides at Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco.
I am not one to write about art exhibitions in the first person, but it feels right to do it in this case. There is …
SFAQ Review: “A Vulgar Proof” solo exhibition by April Street at Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles.
It is early Saturday morning when I enter into the modest gallery space of Carter & Citizen to encounter the newest body of work …
Artist Highlight: HOLLY HERNDON
I leave home just as Terminal starts. iPhone in my pocket, earbuds snake out from under a black toque and dart into the front of …
SFAQ Review: “Beatnik Meteors” group exhibition at di Rosa in Napa, CA. Curated by Amy Owen.
“Beatnik Meteors,” the most recent exhibition at the di Rosa and the first in new curator Amy Owen’s collaboration-focused program, is an energetic mish mash …
SFAQ Review: “Composition” solo exhibition by Maria Park at Toomey Tourell, San Francisco.
Maria Park’s solo exhibition “Composition” at Toomey Tourell is inspired by Francois Truffaut’s 1966 film “Fahrenheit 451” which is based upon the science fiction novel …