The media this week was rightfully preoccupied by the ongoing conversations surrounding Wednesday’s tragic murders of the cartoonists at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. In …

Like everyone, I am entranced by the videos of Pelé as a mover. He seems to bend space and manipulate gravity. At 72, the age …

Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers Seoul Museum of Art September 1-November 23, 2014 It shakes out like this: on the odd-numbered years, we have the big …

Art Basel, as is to be expected, blends the young, bright, and opulent, with the well known and proven names of galleries and artists whose …

Like every year in Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach, the heat is on and the hotels are buzzing with activity. This year’s NADA art …

Ashes Steve McQueen Thomas Dane Gallery 3 & 11 Duke Street St James’s, London SWIY 6BN, United Kingdom “I knew Ashes, he was a friend.” …

The previous issue of SFAQ contained an excerpt from the first chapter of my little book Achievement, Failure, Aspiration: Three Attempts to Understand Contemporary Art. …

Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin Regen Projects 6750 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038 October 22–November 26, 2014 We have by now come to expect …

Hugh Scott-Douglas Promises to Pay in Solid Substance Jessica Silverman Gallery September 5–November 7, 2014 488 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 9410 What does it …

While culture is in fact fluid and ever evolving, more hybrid than absolute, more transitional than determined, by our need to define and understand it …

“For surely we shall pay for using this most powerful instrument of communication to insulate the citizenry from the hard and demanding realities which must …

I still don’t know what identity means, and it is possible that I never will. With that much said, I can now confess that I …

Joan Brown Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 October 8–November 15, 2014 Joan Brown was a restless soul. She was married …

Korakrit Arunanondchai is a multi-media artist from Thailand who now lives and works in New York. As I am writing these words, Korakrit is filming …

When one thinks of the buzzing interest of Asian contemporary art hot spots, Ho Chi Minh City is rarely at the top of the list. …

Deborah Iskandar was born in the United States but has lived in Indonesia for many years. She established the first Indonesian international auction house for …

On June 18, 2014, I was invited to deliver a lecture at Hangzhou’s China Academy of Art, one of China’s two premier national art schools. …

Katsuhiro Saiki and Jennifer Williams WHIRL Gallery HO 547 West 27th Street #208, New York, NY 10001 Reception: October 2, 6-8 pm October 2 – November …

BAN7 opened in mid-July, and was immediately panned by some local critics as a watered down massive group show lacking criticality and focus. Before the …