Mark Van Proyen examines the history of art’s encounters with technology — as played out against the backdrop of the 2012 Zero1 Biennial.
Special Reports
The Photobook Renaissance
Below the radar, photobooks are embraced as an art form independent of their content, a fact ratified by museums and the market.
Documenta! Manifesta! Monumenta!
Mark Van Proyen reports on the year’s (and maybe the decade’s) most closely watched art events.
Art Basel 2012
Marxist simpletons scream “commodity fetishism!” Slice through the fog of “post-criticality” and there’s plenty to savor. Mark Van Proyen reports.
SF’s Triple-Play Art Fair Weekend
From the waterfront to the Tenderloin to SOMA, it’s a city-wide celebration of visual art.
Sacramento Airport Art Scores a Hit
The $1.3B addition to Sacramento Airport features major works by marquee-name artists. It’s the largest investment in public art in Sacramento’s history.
Swiss Mix: The 54th Venice Biennial
This Swatch of an exhibition, ready-made for hedge-fund consumption, still held plenty to savor. Mark Van Proyen reports.
Art of the Book @ Cantor Art Center & SVMA
For a reminder of what limited-edition fine press publishing looked like in the pre-digital age, two major shows offer a lively, literary display.
SF’s ‘Art Mecca Weekend’: May 19-22
Can San Francisco support three art fairs — all on the same weekend? Promoters say it can. But some dealers wonder.
The All-New Crocker Art Museum
The “oldest museum in the West” has tripled in size. Now, for the first time ever, the Crocker can really show its stuff. A list of its holdings reads like a Who’s Who of Northern California art in the post-WWII era.