Experiments in Environment: The Halprin Workshops, 1966-1971 California Historical Society 678 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94105 January 22-May 1, 2016 The finale of the television series, Mad …
The David Ireland House January 15 – March 19, 2016 500 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 Reservations required Anglim Gilbert Gallery DUMBBALL: David Ireland …
Yoko Ono: One Woman Show (1960-1971) May 17-Spetember 7, 2015 The Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019 Yoko Ono: …
The following is an excerpt from the third and final chapter of my book Logro, Fracaso, Aspiración: Tres Intentos de Entender el Arte Contemporáneo (2014). …
Presented at Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, 2013 (Edited) I’m going to tell some stories off the top of my head—is this thing on? Okay. …
Dictatorships, deportations, and the disappeared: the dark years of Latin American political and cultural repression were often marked by imprisonment, torture, and worse for …
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 …
Today seemed particularly cacophonous as I walked the galleries at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacifica Film Archive (BAM/PFA) the L@TE Friday Nights performance series in …
Written by John Held, Jr. There are many aspects accounting for the successful career and life of Kathan Brown. I don’t think luck …
By John Held, Jr. Jasper Johns: Seeing with the Mind’s Eye SFMOMA November 3, 2012 – February 3, 2013 Jay DeFeo: A …
There are three types of white men who consult the I Ching: intellectual psychedelic drug-using Ken Kesey-types, owners of General Mao lamps, and …
Well eveyone is talking about the master John Cage – it’s his 100 year birthday today. I thought that I would instead post a vido …
Eli Ridgway always has some strong programing going on – tomorrow night looks like a really interesting exhibition that makes me want to touch all …
A look back at the classic collaborative 9 evening performance headed by John Cage, Lucinda Childs, Merce Cunningham, Öyvind Fahlström, Alex Hay, Hay Deborah, Steve Paxton, …
“Tables of Contents: Ray Johnson & Robert Warner: Bob Box Archive” Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive University of California, Berkeley January 27-May 20, …
American Mavericks (Cage, Foss, Cowell, Ruggles) San Francisco Symphony Davies Symphony Hall March 14, 2012 By mavericks we are referring to composers, who …
