Fine Art Museums of San Francisco Hires New Director
The Fine Art Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), which manages both the de Young and Legion of Honor museums, announced Tuesday that it hired a new director. Austrian-born Max Hollein will be filling the...
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Minimal Lines Fill Maximum Space in Ratio 3’s ‘Vanishing Point’
Behind the matte black front doors facing Mission Street, Ratio 3’s gallery space is improbably white and airy. Every single time I visit, I become further convinced the gallery’s interior is larger...
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Oakland-Based Artist Creates Grand Scale Snow Drawings in the Sierra
For the past seven years Sonja Hinrichsen has made snow drawings all over the world. Over time she’s come to terms with the completely unpredictable nature of her work. Though she spends months...
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Cy and David’s Picks: A New Music Hall, a Singer-Songwriter in a Music Box,...
KQED’s Cy Musiker and David Wiegand share their picks for great events around the Bay Area this week. http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/thedolist/2016/03/TDL20160325.mp3 UC Theatre President...
View ArticleArtisanal Plastic: Japan’s Fake Food Is A Real Art
From the windows of restaurants, grocers and department stores, they beckon: Perfectly swirled ice cream in a cone, elaborately whipped cakes topped with red strawberries, a glistening piece of raw...
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DIY Artists Paint the Town Strange, with Some Help From George R.R. Martin
When you step into the House of Eternal Return, it feels a bit like walking into your family home — and finding yourself lost in a PeeWee’s Playhouse on steroids. Or amphetamines. Or better yet, some...
View Article'Pearls on a String' Showcases the Artistic Process through Three Centuries...
A new exhibit at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum takes visitors on a journey of the artistic process through three centuries of Islamic art. The exhibit focuses on a writer from 16th-century Mughal...
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Artist Gabby Miller Journeyed From Oakland to China by Cargo Ship
In August 2015, with funding from the Asian Cultural Council, Oakland-based artist Gabby Miller crossed the Pacific Ocean on the CMA CGM Gemini, a 380-meter-long container ship, to Xiamen, China....
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License to Illma: Naked Trump Portrait Gets Artist Banned from Facebook, eBay
For the past few months, Los Angeles-based artist Ashley “Illma” Gore has learned the power of posting a painting with a prominent penis on the Internet. After her painting became a news sensation and...
View ArticleVideo: Meet the Scraper Bike Team of East Oakland
They have had a presence in Oakland for well over a decade. Elementary and middle school-aged kids, riding in formation through the streets of East Oakland, their bikes festooned in richly colored foil...
View ArticleSFMOMA Giving Away Free Tickets for Opening Day
Bay Area art fans counting down the days until the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) until it reopens in mid-May can sign up for free tickets to the re-opening starting Wednesday, March 30....
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Artful Dodger: Visual Art Happenings for the Cruelest Month
It’s spring. If you’re not succumbing to the miasma of pollen and other allergens flitting through the Bay Area’s air supply (like me), you might want some guidance in terms of where to go and what to...
View ArticleVIDEO: Sneak Peek at Jay Z & Beyonce Collaborator’s Puppet Show, More
Now through Saturday, Apr. 23: A House Tour of the Infamous Porter Family Mansion with Tour Guide Ludlow Londonderry at Z Space, San Francisco The world premiere of a surreal, interactive comedy by...
View ArticleBay Area Artists Fuse Art and Activism To Tackle Environmental Crises
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Artist-Made App Finds the Hidden Body Language in Words
Ever wonder how certain words came into being? Why are there “ears” in wears, “hips” in ships, and “abs” in jabs? Karma, flips, climbs and shine — the English language is full of words containing body...
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Katy Grannan’s First Film Documents Hope and Regret in Modesto
Berkeley-based photographer Katy Grannan’s first foray into filmmaking focuses on Kiki, a charming but deeply troubled drifter who lives in the ravaged community of Modesto’s South Ninth Street. Five...
View ArticleAll-Natural But Still ‘Imitation’? The Strange Case Of The Skim Milk Label
For three years, Mary Lou Wesselhoeft, a 61-year-old Florida Panhandle dairy farmer, had been selling milk at nearby farmers markets and health food stores in an effort to keep her dairy farm afloat....
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Cast Your Vote: Help KQED and Ballet Win a Webby Award
Public media and ballet fans unite! The KQED Arts video A Ballerina Comes of Age has been nominated in the 20th Annual Webby Awards – the Oscars of the Internet. Cast your vote and help us win a Webby...
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Berkeley Art Center’s Agility Projects Support Daring Reflections on Identity
Tucked into a grove of redwood trees, the Berkeley Art Center resembles a yoga studio far more than a contemporary arts venue. But if you enter the heptagonal building expecting to find asanas and sun...
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Bay Area Painting Right Now: Sofie Ramos Is Never Quite Finished
In February, a couple days after making a date to visit Oakland painter Sofie Ramos’ studio, I went to a poetry reading at The Lab. I sat next to Lyn Hejinian, who read that evening, and saw that she...
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