Spiritual Sanctuary in a New Setting
By John Held, Jr. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s “On the Go” project got up and went plein air with …
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“¡Oye, Mira!” CLOSING PARTY tomorrow, Friday June 28th at SFAI
The Walter and McBean gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) will transform for one night only into an underground tropical nightclub to …
Matthias Merkel Hess’s “Anvils” at Acme Gallery, Los Angeles
When one thinks of this object, operated in its originally intended, utilitarian manner, a picture begins to form in the minds eye. A strong-armed …
“With Cinder Blocks We Flatten Our Photographs” group exhibition opens Friday, June 28th at Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco
Opening this Friday June 28th is “With Cinder Blocks We Flatten Our Photographs,” a group exhibition featuring the work of seven local and national …
“Selfless” at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art, San Francisco
“Selfless” at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art in San Francisco, features a thought-provoking range of photographic and video-based portraiture by artists Daniel Arnold, Elizabeth Huey, Senalka …
Brian Standeford’s “Amature Hour” at Land Management, Seattle
Land Management is a multi-purpose arts space in Seattle’s North Capitol Hill Neighborhood. This side of Capitol Hill is like a mixture of subcultural …
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 Privilege Show” at Control Room, Los Angeles
The exhibition “The Privilege Show” started with the efforts of Kickstarter. The campaign, initiated by the curators of the Los Angeles-based artist-run space Control …
“James Turrell” A Restrospective” on view at the LACMA, Los Angeles
Featured in the current issue #13 of SFAQ is an interview with Christine Y. Kim, the Associate Curator Contemporary Art at the LACMA …
GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE “S/HE IS HER/E” at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
I think it’s a good sign that art people can be made uncomfortable in the way Genesis Breyer P-Orridge makes them uncomfortable. S/he doesn’t fit …
“Low Subject” David Bayus, Kate Bonner and Nico Krijno at The Popular Workshop, San Francisco
The work in “Low Subject” interrupts standard assumptions and definitions of sculpture and photography. Through elaborate and multi-faceted process, each artist calls to question …
Harsh Patel’s “Beauty: A Picture To Look At, A Song To Listen To” recently at Young Art, Los Angeles
Locating Harsh Patel can be a challenging endeavor. Born in Nairobi, Kenya and raised in Texas, Patel, currently living in a nondescript neighborhood of …
LOOP Arts Fundraiser tonight, June 22nd at Et al. Gallery in Chinatown, San Francisco
Today Saturday 22nd is the LOOP Arts Fundraiser featuring lectures by artist CHRIS FRASER who just back from exhibiting in the Venice Biennale, and JAMES …
“Exorcism: New Drawings and Paintings by Erik Foss” at Paul Loya Gallery, Los Angeles
“Exorcism: New Drawings and Paintings by Erik Foss” currently on view at Paul Loya Gallery, has nothing to do with a crucifix wielder, battling …
Joel Dean and Adrianne Rubenstein: “The Fruit That Ate Itself” opens tonight at Et al. in Chinatown, San Francisco
Opening at Et al. gallery tonight, June 20th is a two person show with new work by Joel Dean and Adrianne Rubenstein titled “The …
“A Function of Lines” by Sabine Reckewell and “frustrules” by Rachel Abrams at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland
Currently on view at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary in Oakland is the work of two artists that appears minimal in the sense that only one …
Allison Smith artist talk tomorrow, June 21st at THE THING Quarterly, San Francisco
Tomorrow on June 21st is a public talk with artist Allison Smith at THE THING Quarterly in the Mission District of San Francisco. Allison …
MARK SHETABI: “THE GRAND TOUR” at Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York
I must confess that, upon my first turn around Mark Shetabi’s current exhibition “The Grand Tour” at Jeff Bailey Gallery, I wasn’t convinced. I am, …
“Traces and Accumulations” at Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley
“Traces and Accumulations” is a group exhibition featuring work by artists who practice rigorous processes of repeated mark making and layering of minimal gestures. …
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 …