ALTAR this Friday at The Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, San Francisco
Coming into 2013 is an exciting curatorial project by Nikki Mirsaeid, and Taj Robinson titled ALTAR. Everyone who is involved in the arts has …
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Jay Howell’s “Enthusiastic Person” at FFDG
The prolific artist Jay Howell makes zines, animations, paintings, comics, ceramic sculpture, and designs skate decks. His chinless dudes are skaters, in motorcycle gangs, …
Small Gems: A Winter Group Show at Crown Point Press
Intaglio prints often look reserved because the process of making them is precisely sequential, with acid baths, scratching into grounds, and paper placement. In books …
The Passing of a Gutai Master: Shozo Shimamoto (1928-2013)
By John Held, Jr. On August 10, 1988, I found myself laid out in a wetsuit atop a plank of wood in …
One Too Many
Going for walk yesterday I light a cigarette and get a glance of a long out of use synagogue on Eldridge street. It looked like …
Punch Card at Catharine Clark Gallery
At the opening of the group show “Punch Card” at Catharine Clark Gallery, artist Andy Diaz Hope said he and co-creator Laurel Roth wanted to …
Christopher Baird’s “Bad Company”
Christopher Baird wrote to Bob Linder that his new show, “Bad Company” at Park Life’s gallery, was inspired by the same sort of paperbacks …
THE BENSONS exhibition opens tonight at Royal NoneSuch Gallery, Oakland
Second of three shows at Royal NoneSuch Gallery: THE BENSONS Featuring works by Mark Benson and Jason Benson. Opening Tonight: Friday, January 18, 7-10pm …
Amanda Curreri’s “The Aunque” at Romer Young Gallery
Amanda Curreri’s “The Aunque,”“even though” in Spanish, at Romer Young Gallery shows pieces of the complicated history of the gay rights movement. A flag with …
Gallery Crawl NightLife @ The California Academy of Sciences tomorrow night!
Come out and join us at the California Academy of Sciences this Thursday, January 17th for an evening event inviting people 21+ to come see …
Christopher Baird in Conversation with Bob Linder
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Linder <bob******@gmail.com> wrote: On Jan 14, 2013, at 8:00 PM, chris baird <christopher*****@gmail.com> wrote: BAD COMPANY …
Kathryn Andrews at David Kordansky, Los Angeles
Kathryn Andrews is having her first solo show, “D.O.A. | D.O.B.” (dead on arrival / date of birth) , at David Kordansky, Los Angeles, …
A Bump With Javier Peres
On the way to meet Javier Peres I stop into a Turkish deli to buy a juice, the first ounce of nourishment I …
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 …
Review: Makoto Aida “Sorry, I’m a Genius” at The Mori Art Museum (MAM)
Makoto Aida “Sorry, I’m a Genius” The Mori Art Museum (MAM) Nov. 17, 2012 – Mar. 31, 2013 Reviewed by Gianni Simone …
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 …
AQUA 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 …
Abraham Cruzvillegas at Regen Projects, Los Angeles
When visiting Regen Projects in Los Angeles, you will encounter a collection of new sculptural works by Abraham Cruzvillegas, an artist originally from Mexico City. …