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The New York Times Talks Street Art

Posted in Articles, Fine Art, Gallery, Lifestyle, News, tagged , , , , , , on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The 5 Year Anniversary show at Jonathan Levine Gallery runs through the end of March. I was checking out the work online and just happened to catch the fact that Jonathan, his artists, and a run down of the street art genre was featured in a New York Times article. It’s a nice first attempt [...]

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Chinati Foundation 2011 Artist in Residence Deadline

Posted in Competitions, Fine Art, Illustration, Installation, News, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Residencies, Sewing, tagged , , , on February 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The deadline for applications for the Chinati Foundation’s 2011 Artist in Residence program in Marfa, TX  is fast approaching. The Artist in Residence program provides an opportunity for artists from around the world to work in a striking, natural environment. Exhibitions are often held at the conclusion of the residency. These become an important part [...]

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Compete in the First Ever Art Handling Olympics!

Posted in Competitions, Events, News, tagged , , on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

What would art institutions be without their art handlers? These individuals endure the barrage of directives from nit-picky curators to hang a work “just so”, to pack the unpackable, to prevent the breakable from breaking, and to deliver the load of even the most unreasonably sized work of art…all so that our white cubes present [...]

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Get Eli Broad on the Phone…

Posted in Fine Art, Museum, News, video, tagged , , , , on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

By now, most of you are well aware of Jeffrey Deitch being elected as MoCA’s incumbent director. This has been cause for much written commentary, but none comes close to a call out quite like this tongue-in-cheek video where Hitler reacts to the news.
via Marshall Astor:

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Souther Salazar on Etsy!

Posted in Fine Art, Illustration, News, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just received an email from Los Angeles-based artist Souther Salazar announcing the launch of his new Etsy shop. The shop features prints, zines, phone doodles, and other fun things he finds around his studio.  As Souther puts it, “It’s fun to sell things for 75 cents!” Be sure to check back often as items [...]

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Kelly Ording and Jetro Martinez Selected for “Art in Storefronts” Installation

Posted in Exhibitions, Fine Art, Installation, News, tagged , , , , , , on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Triple Base Gallery, SFAC, and the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development have teamed up on a project that will place art installations by local San Francisco artists in the storefront windows of vacant establishments. There was a recent call for artists to submit proposals for this project and the selection results are in. [...]

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Help Kickstart Camper Kart Project by Kevin Cyr

Posted in Fine Art, Installation, News, Sculpture, tagged , , on September 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Artist Kevin Cyr has just launched a project on Kickstarter that you should definitely consider donating a pledge to. If you don’t know about Kevin Cyr, or the projects on Kickstarter, definitely check out the link to his project posted above. As a painter, Cyr is known for his tightly rendered paintings of graffiti bombed [...]

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Beautiful Mind: Zdenek Kosek

Posted in Articles, Fine Art, News, tagged , , , on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just picked up the current issue of Art on Paper which featured an article on the work of Czech artist, Zdenek Kosek, written by Lyle Rexer. Kosek was a typographer and cartoonist who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at about the age of forty. The work

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Up For Auction: Damien Hirst Art Bike

Posted in Fine Art, News, tagged , , , , on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m a huge fan of the Tour de France and, being a former cyclist, consider it the world’s greatest sport. Imagine my thrill when I discovered this year’s Tour would feature a happy marriage between my two greatest passions: Art and cycling. Legendary artist Damien Hirst teamed up with Trek Bikes and cycling icon Lance [...]

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Seeking San Francisco-Based Artists to Transform Citywide Storefronts With Installations

Posted in Exhibitions, Fine Art, Installation, News on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The SFAC’s Community Arts & Education Program and the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development have partnered with Triple Base to create a pilot Art in Storefronts program that places art temporarily in vacant storefront windows located on Taylor Street in the Tenderloin, Third Street in Bayview, Central Market Street and Lower 24th Street [...]

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