Carrie Galbraith In the SF Chronicle, Julian Guthrie reports that dozens of artists converged on a small underground gallery off a dark and narrow alley […]
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Critic on critic: Jerry Saltz tells DC blogger to get a grip
In a Vulture post about the New Museum’s questionable curatorial practices, Saltz assesses the quality of the vociferous debate and courageously suggests that prickly blogger […]
R.H. Quaytman: “There is an answer. There is meaning.”
R. H. Quaytman, “Chapter 13, Constructivismus,” 2009. R.H Quaytman, “Chapter 12: iamb (Double Exposed Lamp),” 2008. R.H. Quaytman, “Chapter 12: iamb,” 2008. For “Momentum 15,” […]
Quote of the Day: Nicole Eisenman
Nicole Eisenman, “The Triumph of Poverty,” 2009, oil on canvas, 65 x 82.” Installation view at Leo Koenig. Nicole Eisenman, “Beer Garden with Ash,” 2009, […]
Grounded in India
Charlotte Cain, “Chandra Lila Chandra Ma # 6,” wax and acrylic on antique paper, 8 1/4 x 8 1/2.” Julie Evans, “Radiadiate,” acrylic, gouache, pencil […]
Heavy reading
Artkrush (Flavorwire? Flavorpill? I’m not sure exactly what blog I’m reading) declares that, “in the hierarchy of art, painting has always been at the top […]
Heather Brown: Cartoonish, but carefully observant
Heather Brown, “Calendar,” 2009, ink on paper, 18 x 20.5″ Installation view Heather Brown�s drawings remark�often obliquely�on the devices of drawing by revealing or collapsing […]
Travis Somerville’s response to the Gettysburg Address
Travis Somerville was born in 1963 in Atlanta, GA, and grew up along the eastern sea board in towns throughout the southern United States. His […]
Sign up for free artist’s proofs
Here is my pile of rejects, er, I mean artist�s proofs for the kork Advent project. kork curator Chris Albert, who writes the best press […]
Street artist stabbing in San Francisco
San Francisco street artist Chor Boogie was working on a project on Market Street between Sixth and Seventh street (in image at right) when he […]
Medical rights advocate Regina Holliday paints murals about our inadequate healthcare system
A detail of Regina Holliday’s mural showing her husband, Fred, in his hospital bed receiving a blood transfusion. NPR had a devastating story yesterday about […]
Why we write
Carol Diehl, “All These Things That I’ve Done,” 2008 oil on panel, 15 x 23″ At Art Vent, artist/writer Carol Diehl articulates why writing is […]
Sharon Horvath: Condensed visionary fictions
Sharon Horvath, “Nightbed,” 2002-09, dispersed pigment, ink and polymer on canvas, 70″ x 76″ Sharon Horvath, “About the Car,” 2006-09, dispersed pigment, ink and polymer […]
Hyperallergic, Jason Andrew, Brooke Moyse, and me
On Hrag Vartanian’s new blog, Hyperallergic, I contributed a short interview with Jason Andrew this week about Jack Tworkov and the New York School. Andrew […]
Seeing
Matthew Miller, “Self Portrait,” studio view, 2008, oil on canvas. Annie Wildey, details unknown. Phillip Thomas, details unknown. “Social Curiosities: Matthew Miller, Phillip Thomas, […]
