Category: events
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Yuan Goang Ming – Everyday War
Yuan Goang Ming’s video exhibit at the Asian Art Museum reads like a movie theater with 5 films going at once. Shrouded otherwise in the darkness of a cement room painted dark brown-grey, there permeates something distinctly surreal. One pads softly around the room so as not to disturb the realm of another’s subconscious that…
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Knights Ferry Art and Music Festival
A cozy expose of the best folk California has to offer, nestled in the Sierra Foothills, adjacent to the cool waters of the Stanislaus River In early June I took the Amtrak from San Francisco to Modesto, where my best friend picked me up for a weekend of music at Knights Ferry Art and Music…
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Amy Sherald – American Sublime
This week, I visited the temporary exhibit currently on display at the SFMoMA, six rooms of paintings by artist Amy Sherald, entitled American Sublime. Sherald first gained national recognition for her iconic portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama, which was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery and the White House as Obama completed her…
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SF Art Fair, Art Basel, Apples, Oranges
Asking rich people to perform culture, and whatever the opposite of that is A few months ago I visited the San Francisco Art Fair at Fort Mason, a four day event that drew mostly locals and included free la croix. Likely very few jets were involved, I heard no Italian accents and saw no Birkins.…
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LOOK UP TO THE SKY
An exhibit of 11 women who attended Mills and studied under renowned Chinese American painter Hung Liu; How to embody joy in a time of immense terror Last night was the opening of an 11 person exhibit featuring works by former pupils of renowned Chinese American artist Hung Liu. Housed in the Mills Art Museum,…
