Amanda Curreri’s “The Aunque” at Romer Young Gallery
Amanda Curreri’s “The Aunque,”“even though” in Spanish, at Romer Young Gallery shows pieces of the complicated history of the gay rights movement. A flag with …
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Gallery Crawl NightLife @ The California Academy of Sciences tomorrow night!
Come out and join us at the California Academy of Sciences this Thursday, January 17th for an evening event inviting people 21+ to come see …
Christopher Baird in Conversation with Bob Linder
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Linder <bob******@gmail.com> wrote: On Jan 14, 2013, at 8:00 PM, chris baird <christopher*****@gmail.com> wrote: BAD COMPANY …
A Bump With Javier Peres
On the way to meet Javier Peres I stop into a Turkish deli to buy a juice, the first ounce of nourishment I …
The Unphotographable at Fraenkel Gallery
Survey art shows held together by a vague concept are generally specious, the concern being that a broad subject was chosen to shoehorn an …
“Chester Arnold: A Pilgrim’s Progress” at Catharine Clark Gallery
Afraid of taking a chance on the unknown and its potentially negative consequences, (failure, embarrassment, death), people will always be drawn to art about …
Review: Jann Nunn, et al. “After the Fall: Winter Group Show” at Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland
Jann Nunn, et al. “After the Fall: Winter Group Show” Mercury 20 Gallery Oakland, CA December 6-January 12, 2012 By John Held, Jr. …
Submit to TOM MARIONI’S “Art Etiquette & Funny Stuff column”
Ever have questions about the art world that you think you will be judged about if you asked in public? Complaints about how …
Review: Adam Parker Smith “Forever 21”
By Alexander Bigman There’s nothing serious about Adam Parker Smith’s work in Forever 21, now at Ever Gold Gallery. The exhibition contains, among other …
Rosemarie Trockel at the New Museum, New York
In New York at the New Museum German artist Rosemarie Trockel is currently on view, and truly deserves a visit. The exhibition is “A Cosmos” …
In Conversation with Nina Katchadourian
By Kelly Inouye Part of The Drawing Center’s commitment to emerging and under-recognized artists is realized through the Viewing Program, a curated registry of …
Conrad Ruiz’s “Juice” at Jessica Silverman, San Francisco
“Juice” at Jessica Silverman is an epic display of painterly renditions of liquid textures produced by artist, Conrad Ruiz. Hyperactive in nature, Ruiz presents a …
Interview with Nicolas Torres
I recently enjoyed the opening of New World Old Child, a solo exhibition by Nicolas Torres’s at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. …
Beat Goes On
By John Held, Jr. “Renaissance on Fillmore Street 1955-1965” November 3, 2012 – January 27, 2013 DiRosa 5200 Carneros Highway Napa, CA 94559 …
Turner Prize 2012
If you’re in London and not doing the fun stuff like eating curry in Shoreditch, buying Ketamine in Brixton or brown-bagging beers in Camden (brown-bagless, …
REVIEW: Expressing the Unknown
By John Held, Jr. Jasper Johns: Seeing with the Mind’s Eye SFMOMA November 3, 2012 – February 3, 2013 Jay DeFeo: A …
BILL VIOLA: TRANSFORMATION FROM WITHIN at The Zen Center, San Francisco
If your in San Francisco, go to the Zen Center to celebrate 50 years of wisdom and compassion. Both a spiritual center and supporter of …
Liam Everett at Altman Siegel, San Francisco.
Liam Everett is currently on view at Altman Siegel, and is worth a visit if you’re in San Francisco. A collection of Everett’s stretched triangular …
In Conversation with Chandra Cerrito
Interview by Lucy Kasofsky Chandra Cerrito is an art consultant and gallery owner based in Oakland, California. I went to see her at her …
“Poetic Politic” an exhibition of Vietnamese and Cambodian contemporary artists at KADIST, San Francisco
Kadist has brought a very special collection of artists, that we rarely get to see in San Francisco, by presenting an exhibition composed of Vietnamese …