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The Expansive Influence of an Archive: New Publication Honors Steven Leiber
Much has already been written of Steven Leiber’s unique contribution to the artistic landscape of the Bay Area — from the collection and dissemination of arts-related ephemera, as an educator at...
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Spoke Art’s Wes Anderson Tribute Returns
Event Information ‘Bad Dads’ Annual art show tribute to Wes Anderson. Oct. 29-Nov. 22, 2014 Spoke Art Details and tickets If you’re an artist who’s been inspired by Anjelica Huston or Bill Murray...
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‘Alien She’ Exhibit Explores the Connection Between Punk Rock and Fine Art
Even with icons like Lydia Lunch, Crass’ Eve Libertine and Chumbawamba’s Alice Nutter (among many others), the rebellious genre of punk rock was due for its own feminist revolt by the late 1980s. The...
View ArticleElements of Art: Form
Study up on the different ways visual artists create Form in the third installment of our Elements of Art series. Through the eye-fooling genre of Trompe L’oeil, we look at a variety of techniques...
View ArticleNeo-Folk Art with Kristin Farr
KQED’s own Kristin Farr leads several parallel lives. Not only is she the founder and co-producer of Art School but she is also a successful journalist and artist. She regularly interviews artists for...
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Street Artists Chor Boogie and Jet Martinez Explore the Love Factor
Event Information ‘Balance’ New work by street artists Chor Boogie and Jet Martinez. Nov. 7, 2014-Jan. 3, 2015 111 Minna Gallery Details and tickets Even if you’re not looking for it, chances are...
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Radio Show: From the Couch to the Subway
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/2014/11/20141107tdl.mp3 Lewis Watson The venerable...
View ArticleSan Francisco Legend Fred Lyon Defined City Living Through His Photographs
Seven decades after first stepping behind a camera, San Francisco photographer Fred Lyon is still capturing the stories of the city and its people. Although best known for his Mad Men-like photographs...
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The de Young’s ‘Keith Haring: The Political Line’ Revisits A Pop Radical
Event Information Keith Haring: The Political Line Revisiting Haring’s Legacy Nov. 8, 2014 – Feb. 16, 2015 de Young Museum Details and tickets In the late 1980s Keith Haring’s work was ubiquitous to...
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Binh Danh’s 19th-Century Photographs of Contemporary San Francisco
The history of San Francisco is intimately linked with the daguerreotype and other early photographic methods. Daguerreotypes, one-of-a-kind photographs on silver-coated copper plates, were developed...
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Seeing Things in San Jose with Jai Tanju
Scrolling through Jai Tanju’s Film Por Vida blog is addictive. You encounter image after image of people you don’t know, doing things you don’t always understand, in geographical areas you’ve never...
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Art’s Not Dead: 15 New Projects and Spaces in the Bay Area
At the November 6 opening of Kiria Koula, a brand new art space in the Mission, the atmosphere was undeniably optimistic. “It feels like things are good, right?” a friend asked. With its well-executed...
View ArticleElements of Art: Texture
We tend to think of art as just something to look at. However, many artists spend a lot of time and effort trying to stimulate other senses. In this fourth installment of our Elements of Art series, we...
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Radio Show: It’s Your Choice — Tigres or ‘Girl’
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/2014/11/20141121tdl.mp3 Los Tigres del Norte Appearing...
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Inside The Battery’s Quest to Cultivate Art Patrons and Philanthropists
Last fall San Francisco saw the debut of The Battery, a private social club in the Financial District with the usual amenities, including a spa, a bar and a restaurant — it also offers a widely...
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Page Turners: A 2014 Art Book Gift Guide
It’s that time of year. Time to think about what to get the special people in your life. Here in the Bay Area, chances are your loved ones don’t have a lot of space (physically and temporally) for...
View ArticleVideo: Margaret Keane, the Painter Behind Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’
Napa, California-based painter Margaret Keane is the subject of the newest film from director Tim Burton, Big Eyes, which opens December 25, 2014. The director had collected the artist’s work for many...
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A First Timer’s Take on Art Fair Week in Miami
Installation by Urs Fischer at Art Basel, Miami; Photo by Cherri Lakey Sculpture by Anish Kapoor at Art Basel, Miami; Photo by Cherri Lakey Every December the art world buzzes about Art Basel, the main...
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Bear Walker Society: Exploring Norval Morrisseau’s Influences
Norval Morrisseau. Bear Walker Society, 1992; screenprint. Courtesy of the Cantor Arts Center. Bear Walker Society: Explorations in Global Modernism, at the Cantor Arts Center, is a small exhibit...
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The Archive of Modern Conflict: ‘Collecting Shadows’ at Pier 24
Frank Coster, Spirit photograph, c1890; Courtesy The Archive of Modern Conflict and Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco Imagine a constellation of images that span the last one hundred years,...
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