Tetsuya Ishida Saving the World with a Brushstroke Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 14 November 2014 – 22 February 2015 …

A while ago I came across Makoto Aida while changing trains at my station in the Yokohama suburbs. He was wearing his trademark green camouflage …

Branded delivery systems are Takashi Murakami’s stock in trade. He’s got his own production company, Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., and a tiered sales system that …

Simon Starling: Pictures for an Exhibition The Arts Club of Chicago 201 E. Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611 June 6–September 26, 2014   Simon Starling: …

Japanese Mail Art, 1956-2014 Mail an Octopus with Stamps on its Head By John Held, Jr.   This essay has been pulled from SFAQ print issue …

Shunya Hagiwara Interviewed by Aaron Harbour and Jackie Im   This interview has been pulled from SFAQ print issue 17.     We received an email …

Currently on view at Altman Siegel, San Francisco is “so far so close,” a solo exhibition by Tokyo based painter Shinpei Kusanagi. The exhibition features …

“Hi-Red Center: Traces of Direct Action” February 11 – March 23, 2014 Shoto Museum, Tokyo, Japan   By Gianni Simone       The Shoto …

Currently on view at Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo is “Mouth Wave,” a solo exhibition of Glasgow-based artist Victoria Morton. The exhibition will present an installation …

Currently on view at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles is a large survey exhibition of works by Nobuo Sekine, one of the key figures of …

Currently on view at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco is “Proximities 3: Import/Export,” a group exhibition that considers trade and commerce. Some of the …

  Opening today, November 2nd at Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles is a solo exhibition by Erik Parker, “New Magnetic Destiny”. Like Ray Yoshida, one …

Lecture by Rinko Kawauchi Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 7pm Timken Lecture Hall, California College of the Arts 1111 Eighth Street, 
San Francisco, CA 94107 …

By John Held, Jr.       When I first arrived in San Francisco in 1995, one of the first calls I made was to …

    Currently on view at Green Gallery, Milwaukee is a two-person exhibition “The Future is Stupid” featuring new works by Ken Kagami and Scott …

By John Held, Jr.   Asian American Women Artists Association “underCurrents and the Quest for Space” May 2-May 25, 2013 SOMArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan …

Reviewed by Gianni Simone       When Snow White appears from the maze of boxes and wires that crowd a corner of the Tokyo …

Eleanor Coppola: “Scrolls” April 10-May 4, 2013 Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary Street San Francisco, CA   -by John Held, Jr.     There is …

  “Early Works and The Angel” by deceased artist James Lee Byars will be closing March 16th at Michael Werner Gallery.  You should make your …

By John Held, Jr.       On August 10, 1988, I found myself laid out in a wetsuit atop a plank of wood in …