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Arts Complex Minnesota Street Project to House Displaced Galleries
The much-anticipated Minnesota Street Project, Deborah and Andy Rappaport’s ambitious Potrero neighborhood arts complex, announced its starting line-up of commercial galleries and project spaces...
View ArticleHow Can Artists Help Fight Stereotypes?
Featured Media Resource [VIDEO] “Fred Wilson on degradaria” (SF MOMA)Artist Fred Wilson reflects on his relationship with “degradaria,” or “stereotypical objects,” particularly in his piece Me And It...
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Luxurious Hawaiian Featherwork Makes its Mainland Debut
Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: Nā Hulu Ali’i, on view at the de Young museum and on loan from the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, is a gorgeous collection of 18th to early 20th century objects...
View ArticleSan Francisco City Hall Illustrated by the Playful, Provocative Jeremy Fish
When the San Francisco Arts Commission tapped Jeremy Fish to ink 100 drawings in roughly 100 days to commemorate the 100th anniversary of City Hall, the unconventional choice raised some eyebrows....
View ArticleOakland Man, 20, Charged With Murder in Killing of Muralist
An Oakland man who police say killed Oakland muralist Antonio Ramos has been charged with murder and several counts of robbery. Marquise Holloway, 20, was arraigned in Alameda County Superior Court in...
View ArticleEvah Fan, Folksy Wordplay Artist, What’s Your Style?
KQED Art School is on a mission to find out how artists develop their signature style, and we’re asking some prolific Bay Area artists to tackle this compelling question in order to figure out how one...
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Public Park in the Sky Seeks to Protect Atmosphere
Bay Area artist Amy Balkin doesn’t make paintings or sculptures, and she doesn’t have a photographic practice. In fact, you can’t see her artwork PUBLIC SMOG at all. But that doesn’t mean it’s not...
View ArticleGun Used in Oakland Muralist Killing Belonged to Federal Agent
Homicide investigators with the Oakland Police Department today confirmed that the firearm used in the Sept. 29 fatal shooting of muralist Antonio Ramos had been stolen, and belonged to a U.S....
View ArticleBaseball Bats Littered Across San Francisco: Are They Art?
Late last week, over three days, the San Francisco Police Department responded to 34 reports of citizens finding baseball bats, many full of nails, chained to utility poles around the city, mostly near...
View ArticleDede Wilsey Stands By $450K Payment to Ex-Employee
Dede Wilsey, San Francisco Fine Arts Museums board chair and CEO, is standing by her decision to pay an ailing former museum employee $450,000, despite not obtaining board approval beforehand. In a...
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Artful Dodger: Visual Art Happenings and Last Chances for December
Don’t let KOIT FM’s nonstop Christmas music lull you into an early December holiday laze. There’s so much left to do in 2015! Turn the dial, put on your warm socks and feast your eyes on these Bay Area...
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Ranu Mukherjee Unearths Buried Histories in ‘Extracted’ Trilogy
On the second floor of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, in what is usually a gallery filled with Chinese paintings, local artist Ranu Mukherjee’s exhibition Extracted blends historical research with a...
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Gifts By Creatives, For Creatives: 5 Spots for Hand-Crafted Presents
When you buy something — say a lovingly glazed ceramic cup — do you enjoy gazing deeply into the eyes of the person who made said cup as you fork over your hard-earned cash monies? Do you want to...
View ArticleOne Collective Breath: Janet Cardiff’s ‘The Forty Part Motet’
Canadian artist Janet Cardiff’s “The Forty Part Motet” is deceptively simple in appearance: a spare room occupied solely with a ring of black speakers on stands. But once the first collective breath of...
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Bay Area Painting Right Now: Mahader Tesfai’s Overlapping Faces
One of the things I’ve learned from writing this series is that it’s always better to see a painter’s work in their studio. Yes, the gallery and the museum have their little auras and theatricality,...
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A Special Gift: 5 Pieces of Affordable Art that Everyone Can Enjoy
So you perused the craft fairs, you scoured our books guide and you still don’t know what to get for the loved ones in your life? Never fear. Just throw back some wintry cocktails and look here: five...
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San Jose Lights Up the Night with Psychedelic Public Art
Bemoaning the 4:50pm sunset these days? Then head to San Jose, where a series of new interactive, illuminated public artworks will brighten the dark winter nights. The city plans to unveil the pieces...
View ArticleL.A. Exhibition Showcases Art From Inside Death Row
Right now, 746 inmates await execution in California. We don’t often hear from those inmates, let alone see artwork they make in prison. But organizers of a Los Angeles exhibition of art made by death...
View ArticleBurning Man Challenging Nevada’s Live Entertainment Tax
Organizers of the Burning Man counter-culture celebration are challenging the enforcement of a Nevada state tax that they say could cost them nearly $3 million. Burning Man officials said in a letter...
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Last Week to Remember or Discover Sonya Rapoport at Krowswork
Although in 1949 she was one of the first women to receive an MA in painting at UC Berkeley, Sonya Rapoport (1923–2015) is best known for her conceptual work, made with early computer programs. To...
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