Feature by Peter Dobey     All too often I encounter visual art that has been butchered by theoretical exposition. A particularly egregious variety of …

  Among some of the works currently on view at George Billis Gallery are Sarah Williams’s oil paintings on panels. Characteristically, each is of modest …

  The studio portraits in Ryan McGinley’s solo exhibition “Yearbook” at Ratio 3 Gallery are irreverent and sexy. They build on the artist’s decade-long tradition …

The title “Reason Drifts Far From The Shore” is printed in black acrylic on a grey background, centered on the left side of the 48 …

    I’m not sure whether to be happy or sad that I am getting older within the arts. On one hand I feel like …

  Here’s a scary movie to play at your avant-garde haunted house. Jillian McDonald’s “Valley of the Deer,” recently shown at Ontario College of Art …

  LxWxHx gallery (pronounced Length Width Height, but you probably already gathered that) in Seattle’s isolated Georgetown neighborhood boasts a fitting sense of aloofness, considering …

Two mini exhibitions are currently on view at Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland, Oregon. Nestled in the poetically named Pearl District amongst other galleries, the …

“The Worlds of Bernice Bing” Produced and directed by Madeleine Lim Co-Producer and Project Director, Jennifer Banta Yoshida Presented by the Asian American Women Artists …

  Walking into Danielle Rante’s first exhibition at K. Imperial Fine Art is like stepping inside a personal travel journal. Held In Air is a …

  When a fictional sci-fi future comes into mind the surroundings are likely to be one of two-pronged possibilities: is it a mechanically pristine, totalitarian …

“Grey Band” and “Green Band” (15.25 x 78 inches each) run nearly the length of Gallery 60six’s entryway embracing you as you enter Jenny Bloomfield’s …

“Life Isn’t Always Pretty or in Focus”   By John Held, Jr.       The Sixties were a time of communes and community, but …

  William Emmert’s solo exhibition at Guerrero Gallery creates a diversionary tactic that compels the viewer to ask the age-old question, “what is art”, and …

If you walk down the street in San Francisco, keep an eye out for lop-eared, droopy-eyed figures with or without shirts sporting taut skin on …

By Leora Lutz       As the title suggests, the current exhibition at Gallery Wendi Norris is a group show of contemporary landscape. To …

Strap on your helmet and fasten your seatbelt because we’re going to the 2.5th dimension, a place where the boarder of painting and sculpture merge. …

It’s been nearly ten years since the car driven by Helmut Newton crashed in the driveway at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles, killing …

  Time and space travel is happening, and it’s happening here in San Francisco. In their fifth exhibition, Pier 24 presents A Sense of Place. …

    Haptic –as a direct translation- refers to any one country or region’s customary greeting (think, handshake or double cheek peck). When a secondary …