Review: “An Opening of the Field: Jess, Robert Duncan and Their Circle.” Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
“Life Isn’t Always Pretty or in Focus” By John Held, Jr. The Sixties were a time of communes and community, but …
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My Ruth Asawa (1926-2013)
By John Held, Jr. When I first arrived in San Francisco in 1995, one of the first calls I made was to …
Alfredo Jaar, Rashid Johnson and Al Taylor at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta
By Shana Beth Mason Standing in the main courtyard of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, three wings are joined end-to-end, …
55th Venice Biennale: In & Out
By Maria Nicolacopoulou On January 31, 2013 Roberta Smith wrote an article in the New York Times titled Curator, Tear Down These Walls, where …
LaToya Ruby Frazier’s “A Haunted Capital” at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
I’ve been a fan of LaToya Ruby Frazier’s work for a few years now, and her current show, “A Haunted Capital” (her first solo show …
“Kota Ezawa: Boardwalk” at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.
Kota Ezawa, best known for remaking images from popular culture and history, has created a sculptural tribute to Funtown Pier, the Seaside Heights, New …
“Confronti” at Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy
On view till July 21st at Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy is the exhibition, “Confronti” featuring works by Enrico Castellani, Dan …
Nicole Eisenman: MATRIX 248 at BAM/PFA in Berkeley
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 …
Patrick Caulfield and Gary Hume exhibiting at the Tate Britain
Patrick Caulfield and Gary Hume are brought together in two exhibitions displayed back to back in separate galleries at the Tate Britain on London’s …
The Diebenkorn is in the Details
By John Held, Jr. Richard Diebenkorn was something of a painting prodigy, having his first major exhibition at the Legion of Honor, while attending …
Paul McCarthy: “White Snow” at the Armory, New York
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 …
Yelena Zhelezov: “Ghost Development” at The Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles
“Ghost Development” was an intimate, participatory lecture/performance by Yelena Zhelezov recently performed this month at The Fowler Museum at UCLA in Los Angeles. The …
“Proximities 1: What Time Is It There?” at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
“Proximities 1: What Time Is It There?” May 24-July 21, 2013 Curated by Glen Helfand Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street San Francisco By …
Flying with Agent Ruby: Lynn Hershman Leeson at SFMOMA, San Francisco
By William J. Simmons In 2001-2002, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art commissioned the prolific new-media and performance artist Lynn Hershman …
“Dancing with the Art World” Day 1 at the HAMMER Museum, Los Angeles
Dancing with the Art World, a two-day symposium at the Hammer Museum, as organized by Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly, MFA candidates, Interdisciplinary Studio, …
Visiting Mexico City and the Zona Maco Art Fair
Mexico City is a city of full mouth kissing, dirty air, hundreds of book stores, endless cups of espresso, heavy eye make-up, hair gel, guitarists, …
“Silence” exhibition at Berkeley Art Museum and sound performance by Celli
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 …
Christian Marclay’s video installation “The Clock” on view at SFMOMA
Currently at SFMOMA is Christian Marclay’s video installation”The Clock” (2010) which is composed of thousands of clips from various films that are used to …
Panel Discussion with Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson at the deYoung, April 5th ay 7pm
Tomorrow evening, April 5th at 7pm at the deYoung is a special panel discussion in conjunction with the 10 year anniversary of the war …
SECA at SF MOMA next week!
The 2010 SECA (Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art) award and the 50 year celebration / exhibition of SECA opens next week. If you haven’t …