Tag Archives: San Francisco

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Straight from the Source

by Kristin Farr | Jul 8, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Straight from the Source

by Kristin Farr | Jul 8, 2009

New media tools are a rich addition to an art teacher’s toolbox and the Web is overflowing with opportunities to discover new artists and art forms. Here in San Francisco, …

Flash Points

Practical propaganda: Amy Franceschini reinvents the Victory Garden

by Paul Schmelzer | Mar 1, 2009

Flash Points

Practical propaganda: Amy Franceschini reinvents the Victory Garden

by Paul Schmelzer | Mar 1, 2009

Amy Franceschini is my favorite kind of propagandist: she creates enticing imagery you can’t help but rally around, but backs it up with dirt-under-the-fingernails pragmatism in service of a nearly …

Kerry James Marshall: Visible Means of Support

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 27, 2009

Kerry James Marshall: Visible Means of Support

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 27, 2009

Kerry James Marshall, “Visible Means of Support: Mount Vernon”, 2009. Acrylic latex on canvas. Courtesy of the artist; © Kerry James Marshall. Yesterday, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art …

Maya Lin & Martin Puryear at the de Young Museum

by Seth Curcio | Dec 2, 2008

Maya Lin & Martin Puryear at the de Young Museum

by Seth Curcio | Dec 2, 2008

Currently on view at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco are two new exhibitions by Art21 artists. The museum is presenting Maya Lin (Season 2) in Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes, …

All the News We Hope to Print

by Marc Mayer | Nov 13, 2008

All the News We Hope to Print

by Marc Mayer | Nov 13, 2008

Living in the afterglow or wake (depending on your political leanings) of the 2008 presidential election, we are left to wonder where this talk of hope and change might lead …

Martin Puryear in the Bay Area

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 8, 2008

Martin Puryear in the Bay Area

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 8, 2008

The traveling exhibition of sculptures by Season 2 artist Martin Puryear (organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York) has made its way to San Francisco. On view at the San Francisco Museum of …

New Lydia Fong Video

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 10, 2008

New Lydia Fong Video

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 10, 2008

The fine folks at San Francisco’s KQED just released a brand-new film and interview with Art21 artist Lydia Fong, on the occasion of her current show at Ratio 3 Gallery. …

New Maya Lin film on Spark

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 19, 2008

New Maya Lin film on Spark

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 19, 2008

Our friends at KQED’s Spark have just released a brand-new film on renowned Art21 artist and architect, Maya Lin. The film follows her as she plans, constructs, and installs her …

Arturo Herrera at Gallery 16

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 10, 2008

Arturo Herrera at Gallery 16

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 10, 2008

  On view from September 12 through November 7, 2008, 15 years of Gallery 16: These Are the People in Your Neighborhood celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of Gallery 16 in San Francisco’s SoMA district.  Artists from the …

Mel Chin’s FUNDRED in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr - SPARK | Aug 20, 2008

Mel Chin’s FUNDRED in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr - SPARK | Aug 20, 2008

Last Saturday, San Francisco Bay Area educators came together at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park to learn about FUNDRED/PAYDIRT, an important and compelling project initiated by Mel …

Contemporary Jewish Museum Opens in San Francisco

by Marc Mayer | Jun 10, 2008

Contemporary Jewish Museum Opens in San Francisco

by Marc Mayer | Jun 10, 2008

On Sunday, June 8th, San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum welcomed visitors for the first time in their new building designed by Daniel Libeskind, architect of the Jewish Museum in Berlin. …

Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 25, 2008

Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 25, 2008

In 1998, internationally renowned architect Daniel Libeskind was selected to design the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) in San Francisco. On June 8, the CJM will at last open its doors …

Barry McGee video on ArtTalk

by Kelly Shindler | Apr 22, 2008

Barry McGee video on ArtTalk

by Kelly Shindler | Apr 22, 2008

Watch this two-part conversation between artists Aaron Rose and Barry McGee(Season 1) on VBS’s ArtTalk. While the video features live shots of McGee’s artwork and installations, the interview subjects are …

Art21 and Mel Chin’s “Fundred” team in overdrive at NAEA

by Kristin Farr | Apr 18, 2008

Art21 and Mel Chin’s “Fundred” team in overdrive at NAEA

by Kristin Farr | Apr 18, 2008

  Last month, Art21 and Mel Chin (Season 1) took arts educators from around the world by storm as they presented two of the most dynamic sessions the National Arts …

An-My Lê at SFMOMA

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 14, 2008

An-My Lê at SFMOMA

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 14, 2008

Through May 4, 2008, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is showing the traveling exhibition Small Wars by Art21 artist An-My Lê (Season 4). The exhibition consists of …

The Missing Peace at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 11, 2008

The Missing Peace at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 11, 2008

Currently on view at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama is a traveling multimedia exhibition that brings together 88 artists whose …

Gilbert & George in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr | Mar 7, 2008

Gilbert & George in San Francisco

by Kristin Farr | Mar 7, 2008

A huge retrospective of work by dynamic artist duo, Gilbert & George, has landed in San Francisco at the de Young Museum. Organized by the Tate Modern in London, the …

Political Cartoonist Mark Fiore on Spark

by Kristin Farr | Mar 5, 2008

Political Cartoonist Mark Fiore on Spark

by Kristin Farr | Mar 5, 2008

Mark Fiore was a featured artist on the Season 6 premiere of Spark. Fiore takes cartooning a step further by creating timely animations for The Washington Post, The Los Angeles …

Trevor Paglen on Spark

by Kristin Farr | Mar 4, 2008

Trevor Paglen on Spark

by Kristin Farr | Mar 4, 2008

Art21 guest bloggers Eva and Franco Mattes recently mentioned San Francisco Bay Area artist, Trevor Paglen. Paglen is a PhD candidate in Geography at UC Berkeley, and a photographer who …

Zhan Wang: On Gold Mountain

by Kristin Farr | Mar 3, 2008

Zhan Wang: On Gold Mountain

by Kristin Farr | Mar 3, 2008

Renowned sculptor Zhan Wang’s newest installation, On Gold Mountain is currently on view at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum. Wang spent four days interpreting the cityscape of San Francisco through …

Next guest blogger: Kristin Farr, Spark*

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 2, 2008

Next guest blogger: Kristin Farr, Spark*

by Kelly Shindler | Mar 2, 2008

Thanks to Seth Curcio for all the great posts. Follow his various projects and musings on DailyServing and Redux Art Center‘s site. Up next on the guest blog is Kristin …

Photos from Apocalypse Now at CCA Wattis Institute

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 3, 2008

Photos from Apocalypse Now at CCA Wattis Institute

by Kelly Shindler | Jan 3, 2008

Art21 curatorial intern Mary Cook recently visited Apocalypse Now: The Theater of War, currently on view at the California College of the Arts’ Wattis Institute. The show was curated by …

Allora & Calzadilla’s Apocalypse Now opens Friday at CCA Wattis Institute

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 26, 2007

Allora & Calzadilla’s Apocalypse Now opens Friday at CCA Wattis Institute

by Kelly Shindler | Nov 26, 2007

The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco presents the exhibition Apocalypse Now: The Theater of War beginning Friday through January 26, 2008. The show is inspired by …

Allora & Calzadilla in San Francisco and London

by Ana Otero | Oct 22, 2007

Allora & Calzadilla in San Francisco and London

by Ana Otero | Oct 22, 2007

London’s Lisson Gallery and the San Francisco Art Institute are concurrently presenting works by Art21 Season 4 artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla. Lisson Gallery is showing Allora & Calzadilla’s …

Now on View: Hiroshi Sugimoto at the DeYoung Museum

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 10, 2007

Now on View: Hiroshi Sugimoto at the DeYoung Museum

by Kelly Shindler | Jul 10, 2007

Season Three featured artist Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948) is the subject of a retrospective that opened at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, CA last Saturday. Featured in the exhibition …