Yang Fudong: Estranged Paradise, Works 1993-2013 Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive August 21 – December 8, 2013   As the Berkeley Art Museum …

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

Interviewed by Sarah Thibault   Zarouhie Abdalian and I met for drinks recently to discuss her current show MATRIX 249 at the Berkeley Art Museum, her …

  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 …

Is Doug Aitkens’ “Station To Station” a cool art project or a fancy ad campaign?     September 18, 2013 By Peter Dobey     …

  Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 16th at Et al. gallery is “Shame Folder” a reading with Matthew David Rana and Matthew Gordon.  This event is one …

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 …

-Interview by Charles Desmarais   Paul Schimmel, one of the world’s most respected curators of up-to-the-minute contemporary art, lives at the northernmost edge of the …

AN OPEN LETTER TO EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO HAVE FUN AND MAKE GOOD ART RIGHT NOW IN NEW YORK CITY (for Penny Arcade):   Every …

The Sea Project, by Sperry Top-Sider, is an on-going series of culture-driven projects that fuels the exploration of the surf, sun and soul of the …

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 …

Tonight, Thursday, September 5th (7-10pm) at Ever Gold Gallery is the opening reception for New York based artist, Sandy Kim featuring a selection of new …

  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 …

  Opening Thursday, September 5 (5:30-7:30 PM) at Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco is “A Dialogue with Tradition”, a solo exhibition of new works …

OK, I am firmly opposed to talking about any aspect of Marina Abramovic because I find it banal and irrelevant. However I like sci-fi kitsch …