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SF Art Week newcomer brings approachable vibe to festival

Jan 14, 2025 | sfexaminer.com | Max Blue

San Francisco’s art scene kicks off the New Year with Art Week, its celebration of The City’s creative spirit, every third week in January. The 2025 iteration features nine days of openings and special events, centered around the international art fair FOG Design+Art, which returns for its 11th edition Jan. 23-26 at Fort Mason.
The Museum of Craft and Design Turns 20

Dec 5, 2024 | sfexaminer.com | Max Blue

‘RugLife’ Museum of Craft and Design Dec. 14-April 20 sfmcd.orgWhether it’s the Whole Earth Catalog, funk art or the iPhone, the San Francisco Bay Area is an epicenter for craft and design. And while the two fields have their differences, they share enough DNA to have cohabitated at the City’s Museum of Craft and Design for decades.
5 San Francisco art exhibitions you must see this winter

Dec 2, 2024 | sfexaminer.com | Max Blue

From intimate gallery shows to full-blown fairs, winter brings a host of art events to San Francisco. So why not give yourself to the gift of art over the holidays and into the New Year? Whether you’re looking for a way to entertain visitors or searching for an excuse to slip away, here are The Examiner’s critic’s picks for can’t-miss art in The City as the weather outside gets frightful.
The Museum of Craft and Design Turns 20

Nov 28, 2024 | nobhillgazette.com | Max Blue

From the Whole Earth Catalog to Funk Art to the iPhone, the San Francisco Bay Area is an epicenter of craft and design. And while the two fields have their differences, they share enough DNA to have cohabitated at the City’s Museum of Craft and Design for decades. MCD, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, first opened its doors on Sutter Street in the Financial District before blazing a trail into what is now one of the City’s hottest cultural hubs: Dogpatch.
American Sublime SFMOMA exhibition offers elegy for country

Nov 25, 2024 | sfexaminer.com | Max Blue

A woman stares back at me from a small painting, with soft eyes that never saw the age of 27. Her blue dress stands out gently against the teal background, a gold cross hanging from her neck, an engagement ring glittering on the hand resting at her side. The painting is Amy Sherald’s portrait of Breonna Taylor, commissioned for the cover of the September 2020 issue of Vanity Fair.
The Wattis Reopens With a Show That Spills Onto a New CCA Campus

Nov 14, 2024 | kqed.org | Max Blue

Nov 14Failed to save articlePlease try againThe Wattis Institute's new location: the unified California College of the Arts campus in San Francisco. (Photo by Nicholas Lea Bruno; Courtesy of CCA)When the art community bid adieu to the Wattis Institute’s decade-long home on Kansas Street earlier this year, I was heartbroken.
Last nonprofit art school in SF faces uncertain future

Oct 25, 2024 | sfexaminer.com | Max Blue

The California College of the Arts is San Francisco’s last remaining nonprofit art school, but it remains to be seen for how much longer. Art school is a tough sell. I would know — I studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, which shuttered for good in 2022 and left CCA as the only game in town.
With a New Space, MarinMOCA Brings North Bay Art Front and Center

Oct 24, 2024 | kqed.org | Max Blue

Oct 24Failed to save articlePlease try againSaif Azzuz, 'Támal pájis (west hill),' 2024. (Courtesy of the artist and Anthony Meier, Mill Valley; Photo by Chris Grunder)For many San Franciscans, myself included, Marin is a mysterious, majestic place with hidden pockets of culture and community, all nestled in the shadow of Mount Tamalpais. But there’s a rich history of accomplished artists in the area — and a generation on the rise.
SF arts advocates say they fear Proposition D consequences

Oct 21, 2024 | sfexaminer.com | Max Blue

A proposition on the November ballot would slash the number of San Francisco commissions, which some say threatens the democratic process behind the support of The City’s fine arts. Proposition D is the brainchild of TogetherSF Action, a political group funded largely by billionaire venture capitalist Michael Moritz.
For Mildred Howard, There’s No Time Like the Present

Oct 2, 2024 | kqed.org | Max Blue

Oct 2Failed to save articlePlease try againMildred Howard, 'Excerpts from the Time and Space of Now’ installation view at 500 Capp Street. (Courtesy of the artist and 500 Capp Street; Photo by Henrik Kam)Mildred Howard is up to something. The legendary Bay Area artist, who was born in San Francisco in 1945, has organized three concurrent exhibitions of her work on both sides of the Bay under the title Collaborating With the Muses Part One.