A Beat-era legendary legacy is enlarged. David M. Roth reports.
Renny Pritikin on Nina Katchadourian
Shipwreck as a metaphor for artistic response to disaster.
Ed Moses @ Brian Gross
Late paintings from a revered abstractionist. Mark Van Proyen reports.
Best of 2020
Some bright moments worth remembering.
Wayne Thiebaud at 100
Survey celebrates an American master. David M. Roth reports.
Alan Rath: 1959-2020
A pioneer of digital robotic and kinetic sculpture.
Mark Van Proyen on David Park @ SFMOMA
A long-awaited retrospective for the master of Bay Area Figurative painting.
In Memoriam: Ed Gilbert
A champion of pioneering Bay Area conceptualists.
Vik Muniz @ Rena Bransten
Photographic sleight-of-hand reframes modernist mannerisms. Mark Van Proyen reports.
Andrew Schoultz @ Hosfelt
A master painter’s works chart the tumult of overheated times. Glen Helfand reports.
Theda’s Island Chapter 9: Konrad’s Village Wood
Our final excerpt of Mark Van Proyen’s novel-in-progress. Theda takes to the dance floor. Nerves fray.
Mark Van Proyen’s ‘Theda’s Island’: The Gas Colossi
University administrator’s link to the leader of an EST-like cult is revealed.
Shelter-in-Place Chronicles 6: Chris Eckert
The artist put fear and worry to work. At first making masks. Then, a machine that simulated breathing.
Mark Van Proyen’s Theda’s Island: The Road Home
A shared ride home takes some very strange turns.
Ramekon O’Arwisters’ Ministry of Mending
An excerpt from Maria Porges’ forthcoming book about artists who employ mending.
Theda’s Island Chapter 6: Propositions in Space
Novel-in-progress examines the absurd side of academia.