Dan Duray

2 weeks ago | observer.com | Dan Duray

Pettibon’s archive captures the full sweep of a career that bridges Southern California’s punk scene and the wider art world. Photo by Richard Hartog/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesLast month, the Getty announced that the Getty Conservation Institute’s Reference Collection and the Getty Research Institute (GRI) Special Collections had acquired the archive of Raymond Pettibon.

2 weeks ago | observer.com | Dan Duray

An installation view of “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection.” Courtesy of the Art Institute of ChicagoWelcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. To hear some people tell it, men can’t stop thinking about the Roman Empire.

3 weeks ago | observer.com | Dan Duray

Nancy Holt, Electrical System, 1982; Steel conduit, lighting and electrical fixtures, light bulbs, electrical wire and electricity, dimensions variable. Courtesy Holt/Smithson Foundation and Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles © Holt/Smithson FoundationWelcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention.

3 weeks ago | observer.com | Dan Duray

This week marks the opening of the 13th edition of the San Francisco Art Fair. Formerly known as ArtMRKT San Francisco, the fair has helped pioneer the city’s burgeoning art market. These days, San Francisco is trying to win back the tech elite who left during the pandemic, with the mayor pitching the city’s culture as a reason to return just this week. We sat down with director Kelly Freeman to hear more about the fair and the city’s cultural life.

1 month ago | observer.com | Dan Duray

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. The Chicago Imagists and the Hairy Who certainly seem to be having a moment. It’s rare that one goes to an art fair these days without seeing some fine work from these artist groups, whether it’s that of Suellen Rocca, Karl Wirsum or Gladys Nilsson.