Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco September 2014 If my art had nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for? — Ai Weiwei With…
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@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz
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Modernism from the National Gallery of Art at the de Young
Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco August 2014 edition I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his…
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Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records
Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco in June 2014 “What’s that?” The question came from my nephew as he stood gazing at my turntable, the centerpiece of my…
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Alibis: Sigmar Polke
Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco in May 2014 You can’t exist in a vacuum, you are rooted in time. —Sigmar Polke Sigmar Polke is primarily known for…
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Modern Nature: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George
Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco in April 2014 Through May 11, 2014, the de Young presents an exhibition of Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings created at Lake George in…
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Looking inside: Artist Mike Kelley at L.A.’s MOCA
Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco in March 2014 The largest exhibition of Mike Kelley’s work will take up the entire space that is the Geffen Contemporary at…
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Charles Plymell’s Early Writings Revisited in Benzedrine Highway
Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco in February 2014 Plymell has as much to say about death as Hemingway did and a lot more to say about it…
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Stolen Art Discovered in Munich Raises Questions
Originally published in the Marina Times San Francisco in January 2014 In November, authorities in Munich, Germany revealed that they had stumbled upon over 1,500 paintings, drawings and etchings by…
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