Cate Giordano makes short films that are simultaneously Americana period pieces and unnervingly contemporary. They are melodramatic, funny, transcendent and surreal, sometimes in quick succession, …

    On my first vacation home from studying art conservation—restoration to Europeans, or, applied to American work, a term that is basically code for “back …

  When journalists interviewed artist, novelist, and poet Dorothea Tanning—who passed away in January of 2012—they couldn’t resist asking her about her late husband Max …

  Survey art shows held together by a vague concept are generally specious, the concern being that a broad subject was chosen to shoehorn an …

  Afraid of taking a chance on the unknown and its potentially negative consequences, (failure, embarrassment, death), people will always be drawn to art about …

  There are fascinating happenings all around you. Sometimes it takes meeting someone new or an extraordinary event to see them, to teach you a …

  The American version of the Oxford Dictionary chose GIF as its word of 2012, on the file format’s 25th anniversary. Confoundingly, the dictionary chose …

  Map making and map collecting represent self-control in an environment—you know the lay of the land. In Hosfelt Gallery’s “Private Frontiers: Chris Ballantyne & …

  I don’t believe in the Mayan Apocalypse, but I’ve been looking forward to it (and its parties) since I first learned about it two …

  The Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA) Art Award winners were announced yesterday by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), …

  There are art books and then there is book art. As much pretension there is in that statement, there’s differentiation between the two: art …

  Steve Girard’s films, animations, and comics show his insecurity, perverse thoughts, and astute observations about other people’s psyches. His work is beautifully surreal, funny, …

  I didn’t learn about apartheid in grade school; in college, William Kentridge’s animated films inspired some Wikipedia reading, but my understanding of South Africa …

The Popular Workshop is hosting an opening reception tomorrow, Thursday, November 29 from 6-10pm for a whole constellation of art books/ book artists curated by …

AJ Fosik’s “Lamplighter to the Promised Land” at Guerrero Gallery has been covered by nearly every San Francisco-based online art publication. Most articles reiterate that …

  Ihearttransylvania is the screen name of photographer Jason Nocito’s (now) wife and the title of Jason’s photo series about their long-distance relationship. She went …

  Video art can be wonderful, but it can also be exhausting. Good video art requires a lot of attention and thought—for which you are …

  Material carries meaning, especially if it’s a relatively uncommon one, like pâte de verre. If you’re not an art nerd or the sort of …

24k Studios opens tomorrow night in the Mission with the exhibition “Unstuck in Time,” paintings and collage by Kristin Texeira. Texeira’s paintings resemble the Bay …