Local Expeditions, the first major NY solo show by artist Matthew Jensen, opened recently at Third Streaming, a decidedly un-sparkly yet beautiful second floor gallery …

  On view through August 3rd at Thomas Solomon Gallery is Vishal Jugdeo‘s “That Thing That Precedes The You.” This latest solo venture from 2012’s “Made …

  Nicole Eisenman’s show at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive presents a fundamental reshaping of a beguiling, simple word that we use …

Can everyone stop panicking and calm down, the future of art is in safe hands I have just discovered, and I can tell you it’s …

  As a lifelong resident of Southern California, Alexis Smith has said she considers herself a product of Hollywood. Her current solo exhibition titled “Slice …

  When one thinks of this object, operated in its originally intended, utilitarian manner, a picture begins to form in the minds eye. A strong-armed …

“Selfless” at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art in San Francisco, features a thought-provoking range of photographic and video-based portraiture by artists Daniel Arnold, Elizabeth Huey, Senalka …

  The exhibition “The Privilege Show” started with the efforts of Kickstarter. The campaign, initiated by the curators of the Los Angeles-based artist-run space Control …

  Currently on view at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary in Oakland is the work of two artists that appears minimal in the sense that only one …

  Tomorrow on June 21st is a public talk with artist Allison Smith at THE THING Quarterly in the Mission District of San Francisco.  Allison …

I must confess that, upon my first turn around Mark Shetabi’s current exhibition “The Grand Tour” at  Jeff Bailey Gallery, I wasn’t convinced. I am, …

  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 …

    JJJJound, the scarcely worded, image based blog founded by Justin R. Saunders in 2006, is an internet treasure trove of the hip, off …

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

  Schlesinger’s press release is comprised of mostly this quote: “…It is not surprising that it is among solitary ‘travellers’ of the last c e …

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

  As part of Gallery 16’s 20th Anniversary Conversation series, G16 will present a rare opportunity to hear about events that led to the turbulent …

For my first official SFAQ post, I’m happy to report on Jeff Ladouceur’s exhibition AMEN, recently opened at ZieherSmith in New York. Ladouceur, a Canadian-born …

  The recent William Powhida show “Bill by Bill” at Charlie James Gallery in LA acts as both survey and critique of certain neo-formalist trends …