SFAQ Pick: “Gorgeous,” Now On View at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.
“Gorgeous” Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 June 20 – September 14, 2014 Friday, June 20, the Asian Art Museum opened “Gorgeous,” a new group exhibition organized in...
View ArticleSFAQ Pick: “LA Likers,” video screening at South of Sunset, Los Angeles.
“LA Likers” South of Sunset 1218 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 June 26, 8 pm Thursday, June 26, South of Sunset hosts an evening of artist-selected internet videos curated by Justin...
View ArticleSFAQ Pick: “Green Circle, Black Diamond,” group exhibition at Ratio 3, San...
Al Held, Barry McGee, Jim Lee, Laeh Glenn, Michael Rey, Mitzi Pederson, Noam Rappaport and Ron Gorchov “Green Circle, Black Diamond” Ratio 3 2831A Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 June 27 –...
View ArticleSFAQ Pick: Marcel Duchamp at Gagosian Gallery, New York.
Marcel Duchamp Gagosian Gallery 980 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10075 June 26 – August 8, 2014 Now on view at the Madison Avenue exhibition space, Gagosian Gallery presents an exhibition of...
View ArticleSFAQ Pick: “Summer Highlights,” group exhibition at John Berggruen Gallery,...
Helen Frankenthaler, Tom Friedman, Donald Judd, Anish Kapoor, Yayoi Kusama, Julian Lethbridge, Robert Mangold, Suzanne McClelland, Julie Mehretu, Sarah Morris, Sterling Ruby, and Joel Shapiro “Summer...
View ArticleSFAQ Pick: “The History of Technology,” group exhibition at Jessica Silverman...
Simon Denny, Samuel Levi Jones, Dashiell Manley, Philipp Timischl, and Margo Wolowiec “The History of Technology” Jessica Silverman Gallery 488 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 Reception: July...
View ArticleSFAQ Pick: “New,” solo exhibition by Yung Jake at Steve Turner Contemporary,...
Yung Jake “New” Steve Turner Contemporary 6026 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Reception: July 12, 7-9 pm July 12 – August 23, 2014 This Saturday, July 12, Steve Turner Contemporary hosts...
View ArticleSFAQ Pick: “Way Out West” Launch Party at Heron Arts, San Francisco.
Brett Amory, APEX ONE, Pakayla Rae Biehn, Anthony Discenza, Double Zero (Annie Vought and Hannah Ireland), Jeremy Fish, Casey Gray, Desiree Holman, Chris Johanson, Jet Martinez, Alicia Mccarthy, Alia...
View ArticleSFAQ Pick: “Actions (1969 – 2014),” solo exhibition by Tom Marioni at...
Tom Marioni “Actions (1969 – 2014)” Kunstsaele Berlin Bulowstrasse 90, 10783 Berlin, Germany Reception: July 18, 7-9 pm July 19 – September 6, 2014 Friday, July 18, Kunstsaele Berlin opens...
View ArticleSFAQ Pick: “Hood Pass,” solo exhibition by Stephen McClintock at Louis B....
Stephen McClintock “Hood Pass” Louis B. James 143B Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002 Reception: July 31, 6-8pm July 31 – August 28, 2014 Thursday, July 31, Louis B. James hosts a reception for...
View ArticleSFAQ Pick: “Fashionfashion, 2002-2006,” solo exhibition by K8 Hardy at Higher...
K8 Hardy “Fashionfashion, 2002-2006″ Higher Pictures 980 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10075 Reception: September 17, 6-8pm September 17 – October 11, 2014 For a new exhibition at Higher Pictures, K8...
View ArticleSUMMER VACATION #2: Carolee Schneemann on “Blue”
My ideal morning begins by swimming in the ocean, emerging from the sea every day like life at the very start. IMPOSSIBLE GOAL: learn to write the full-body pleasures of swimming—rhythms,...
View ArticleBORN TO KILL FANZINE: Pat McCarthy, Philadelphia to Antwerp
BORN TO KILL FANZINE “CHEESEBIKE AT SEA — B-SIDES FROM ISSUE 7” BY: PAT McCARTHY FOR: SF ARTS QUARTERLY PHILADELPHIA —> ANTWERP APRIL 2014 … Been peddling one dollar grilled cheese...
View ArticleSUMMER VACATION #3: Cookie Mueller on a Nude Beach
With no car in Miami my choices are to walk, or to bum rides from friends I haven’t met. I’ve already earned a reputation as the only non-methhead walking the streets—at my opening there were four...
View ArticleCRAPSTRACTION: Investor’s identity-politics art
Make-it-rain-type Crapstraction I’ve been thinking about Peter Lamborn Wilson telling me: “The trouble with all these ideas that we take seriously is that they can be immediately commodified and...
View ArticleSummer Vacation #4: Tess & Cyanotype Blues
Christy Gast is back from her Kadist residency in Paris and yesterday morning we went to the beach together. There was a storm cloud in the distance over the water heading straight for us—a dark...
View ArticleZombie Formalist Art Criticism
RANDOM SCREEN GRAB We’re all used to limp conversations about “practice” which can mean anything to anyone without marble-plinthed pressure. As a student I used to think “practice” was nice: viewing...
View ArticleSUMMER VACATION #5: Weeki Wachee & Salvador Dali
On the Fourth of July my family had a small reunion—parents, brothers, grand parents, great-grand mother, aunt, cousin, nephew—all met on Manasota Key on the west side of Florida. The drive across the...
View Article“What is Art”—On My Birthday
One year ago on my birthday I tried to define “art” for Carter Ratcliff’s guest editorship of The Brooklyn Rail “What is Art—Why Even Ask?” On this birthday morning I’ll add a few more points: * * *...
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