[This article was published in Spanish in DFAQ] “You have, I suppose, dreamt of finding a single word for designating difference and articulation. I have …

[See Alexandre Arrechea’s contribution to SFAQ[Projects]] Let’s start at the beginning, your childhood. I know your parents were very supportive of you becoming an artist and …

COVER and CENTERFOLD of Issue 18 “During my last trip to Havana, I created a new series of photographs that will be printed on many materials …

Many New York exhibitions close in the next few days, in anticipation of the holiday lull. Listed below are some of our suggestions for last minute …

All Exit Jennifer and Kevin McCoy 25 October 2014–3 January 2015 Johansson Projects 2300 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA By Kate Haug and Kelly Inouye All …

  Dictatorships, deportations, and the disappeared: the dark years of Latin American political and cultural repression were often marked by imprisonment, torture, and worse for …

Milk & Oysters Ed. Varie 618 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009 Reception: December 11, 6-9 pm December 11 – 21, 2014 Thursday, December …

José León Cerrillo and Ilja Karilampi + Bookstore curated by Paul Chan Kiria Koula, San Francisco 3148 22nd Street, San francisco, CA 94110 (A performance …

Ashes Steve McQueen Thomas Dane Gallery 3 & 11 Duke Street St James’s, London SWIY 6BN, United Kingdom “I knew Ashes, he was a friend.” …

Sean Raspet Residuals Jessica Silverman Gallery 488 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA November 14 – January 3, 2015 Now on view at Jessica Silverman Gallery, …

Reigning Cats and Dogs Rena Bransten Gallery 1639 Market St, San Francisco, CA November 14 – January 10, 2015 Now on view at Rena Bransten …

Somewhere along la frontera and deep in Latin America are missives of tears and starvation aplenty, but what is missing from the discussion among the …

The previous issue of SFAQ contained an excerpt from the first chapter of my little book Achievement, Failure, Aspiration: Three Attempts to Understand Contemporary Art. …

Paul Wackers and Jessica Hans Earth Wizard Park Life Gallery 220 Clement St, San Francisco, CA November 8 – December 20, 2014 Paul Wackers Paul …

The question, unresolved from part one, remains: how does a developer or a gaming community initiate a folk tradition with video games? By looking at …

Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin Regen Projects 6750 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038 October 22–November 26, 2014 We have by now come to expect …

Hugh Scott-Douglas Promises to Pay in Solid Substance Jessica Silverman Gallery September 5–November 7, 2014 488 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 9410 What does it …

Tetsuya Ishida Tetsuya Ishida: Saving the World with a Brushstroke Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 November 14 – February 22, …

While culture is in fact fluid and ever evolving, more hybrid than absolute, more transitional than determined, by our need to define and understand it …

“For surely we shall pay for using this most powerful instrument of communication to insulate the citizenry from the hard and demanding realities which must …