Meme of the Week: Canine Or Cuisine?
We here at The Salt like to bring you serious journalistic tails from the world of food. But hey, we like to unleash our silly side, too — and like the rest of the world, we’ve got a soft spot for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Golden Thread Champions Middle Eastern Artists Who Build Community
If you Google “what do the women say?”, you get a fever of listicles like “30 Things Women Say And What They Really Mean” and “25 Things Women Say That Men Misunderstand”. Undeterred by such inanities,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dalí in Monterey: Alchemy of a Museum Makeover
The Museum of Monterey is about to become home to the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí on the West Coast. Does that sound bizarre? What connection, you ask, does the Spanish Surrealist...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Two Prominent San Francisco Galleries Setting Up Shop Around SFMOMA
Two major art galleries announced Friday that they are opening new galleries across the street from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). San Francisco’s John Berggruen and international...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Carrie Hott Unlocks a Mysterious ‘Key Room’ at the Headlands
In the Headlands Center for the Arts’ Building 944, artist Carrie Hott’s Key Room is nearly complete. Behind a red door, every surface in the room is a cool light blue — from the walls to the top of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Redwood City Sidewalk Stencils Draw Your Eyes to Your Feet
Walking through downtown Redwood City? Look down to be pleasantly surprised. The non-profit Redwood City Improvement Association is spending $30,000 on public art installations. The first half of the...
View ArticleSpanish Town Looks to Revive Success of Botched Fresco Restoration
More than three years after a botched fresco restoration by an octogenarian painter became a major tourist attraction for a northern Spanish town, local officials looking to inject new life into the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Dogpatch Arts Complex Fuels Hope Amid Evictions and Closures
The challenges facing San Francisco’s art community are myriad, and their causes range from the actions of individual landlords to global economic trends. Many individuals and organizations are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Audio Diary: 11-Year-Old Graffiti Artist’s Passion Starts with Street Signs
Cave is an 11-year-old graffiti writer in San Francisco. He wants to keep his identity secret, just like the graffiti masters.“They don’t want people to know who they are,” Cave says. “Sometimes they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Video: Learn Graffiti Lettering Basics from Apexer
Apexer is a street artist who creates colorful, spray-painted murals around the world. Using a visual foundation based in graffiti art and Chinese calligraphy, Apexer abstracts letterforms to create...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Silicon Valley Comic Con Brings an Eyeful to San Jose
Thor, Spock and other assorted sci-fi and fantasy characters are wandering the halls of the San Jose Convention Center this weekend for Silicon Valley Comic Con. As you’d expect, the people-watching...
View ArticleYou’re a Street Artist Now! Apexer Shows You How
Apexer is a street artist who creates colorful, spray-painted murals around the world. Using a visual foundation based in graffiti art and Chinese calligraphy, Apexer abstracts letterforms to create...
View ArticleDaniel Clowes On Time Travel, a Changing Oakland, and ‘Patience’
It’s a cliché because it’s true: Life can change in an instant. Often, of course, we can’t tell which choices will shape our lives until they’re years away in the rearview mirror, given weight and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Curator Gravity Goldberg On Museum Life and the Art of Slowing Down
‘Backstage Heroes’ is a series spotlighting the many movers and shakers working behind the arts scenes to make magic happen in the Bay Area. Guiding us is Hiya Swanhuyser, a veteran fan and all-around...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Take This Hammer’ Reveals Power of Art and Activism at YBCA
At my very first direct action training some 20 years ago, I clearly remember the facilitator emphasizing the importance of using creativity to get our messages about capitalism, deforestation and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Taraneh Hemami Creates a Sense of Place for Displaced Iranians
Visual artist and curator Taraneh Hemami found herself at a crossroads after moving from Tehran, Iran to the U.S. to attend college nearly 20 years ago. “After the first decade, I wanted to go home,”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
More Than Mosh Pits, ‘Void California’ Displays the Art of a Punk Scene
Punk rock is a rare music genre. It becomes the identity of its fans; they don’t just listen to punk, they become punks, and many stay that way well into adulthood. I became a punk at 12. Two decades...
View ArticleSocial Media Users Share Crying Tintin in Brussels Aftermath
A tearful, beloved cartoon adventurer, Tintin, quickly emerged as a symbol of solidarity in the chaotic aftermath of the Brussels bombings as social media users worldwide took to Facebook and other Web...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SF Ballet’s ‘Sensorium’ Combines Dance with VR and Instant Bed Sheet Couture
One of the most tantalizing films I’ve ever seen is The Swimmer, a surreal masterpiece from 1968 based on a John Cheever short story. It stars a middle-aged but still very buff and tan Burt Lancaster...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cid Pearlman’s ‘Economies of Effort: 3’ Serves Up Warming Art and Soup
“Drink wine. Eat soup. Ask questions.” These are choreographer Cid Pearlman’s instructions to the audience before curtain at Economies of Effort: 3. These words are far from the soothing “silence your...
View Article