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Zeroing in on Zero1

October 8, 2012

Mark Van Proyen examines the history of art’s encounters with technology — as played out against the backdrop of the 2012 Zero1 Biennial.

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The Photobook Renaissance

August 12, 2012

Below the radar, photobooks are embraced as an art form independent of their content, a fact ratified by museums and the market.

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Documenta! Manifesta! Monumenta!

July 21, 2012

Mark Van Proyen reports on the year’s (and maybe the decade’s) most closely watched art events.

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Art Basel 2012

July 10, 2012

Marxist simpletons scream “commodity fetishism!” Slice through the fog of “post-criticality” and there’s plenty to savor. Mark Van Proyen reports.

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SF’s Triple-Play Art Fair Weekend

May 10, 2012

From the waterfront to the Tenderloin to SOMA, it’s a city-wide celebration of visual art.

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Sacramento Airport Art Scores a Hit

October 19, 2011

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.

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Swiss Mix: The 54th Venice Biennial

July 25, 2011

This Swatch of an exhibition, ready-made for hedge-fund consumption, still held plenty to savor. Mark Van Proyen reports.

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Art of the Book @ Cantor Art Center & SVMA

June 29, 2011

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.

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SF’s ‘Art Mecca Weekend’: May 19-22

May 11, 2011

Can San Francisco support three art fairs — all on the same weekend? Promoters say it can. But some dealers wonder.

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The All-New Crocker Art Museum

November 3, 2010

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.

Filed Under: Special Reports Tagged With: Crocker Art Museum, David M. Roth

Letter From Los Angeles – Part 2

October 3, 2010

For nearly a week we roamed: from Santa Monica and Hollywood and from Downtown to Pasadena, Pomona and Claremont. We reveled in the wackiness and tackiness of it all and fought our way through traffic. Our reward: a handful of worthy shows, some of them life-changing.

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Letter from Los Angeles — Pt. 1

September 21, 2010

From Boulder to LA, Roland Reiss and his progeny cut a wide swath. Three recent Southern California shows – two from Reiss and one from his former students and colleagues – demonstrate the impact of one of LA’s most revered artists and instructors.

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SF Fine Art Fair @ Fort Mason

June 6, 2010

The Bay Area got a jolt of adrenaline when the SF Fine Art Fair came to town, filling 50,000 square feet of Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion with $300 million worth of art from 500+ artists represented by 80 galleries from the West Coast, New York, LA, Asia and Europe.

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Sacramento’s Stunning New Airport Art

March 11, 2010

When the new International Airport terminal opens in late 2011, visitors will be greeted by a 56-foot rabbit that appears to be diving from the ceiling into a suitcase. Your first-time of this city will be transformed.

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Road Trip: Fallon, NV

March 4, 2010

Fallon (pop: 7,536) may be the hippest little town in the way-out-there West. Need proof? Check out Bob Brady at Oats Park Arts Center, a cultural oasis where you can also catch big-city jazz. Joe Lovano, anyone?

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Special Report: Sacramento Rising

February 26, 2009

Forget Thomas Albright’s decades-old charge of “stubborn regionalism.” Today, Sacramento has a strong and diverse art scene.

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