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David M. Roth on OFF THE GRID: Post-Formal Conceptualism

The Grid Revisited May 1, 2023 What is it about the grid that makes it irresistible to artists? The most obvious answer is that it undergirds... Read more

Is The Art Show the first green fair?

Annabel Keenan, The Art Newspaper April 21, 2023 As the arts sector contends with its impact on climate change, artists, institutions and art fairs are grappling with how... Read more

Liliana Porter at Les Abattoirs

"Reality Play: From the 1960s to the Present Day" April 7, 2023 Les Abattoirs presents Reality Play: From the 1960s to the Present Day, the first retrospective in France of the artist... Read more

Patricia Piccinini at Kunsthal Rotterdam

"Metamorphosis" February 25, 2023 So recognisable and yet so strange. Simultaneously bizarre and cuddly. Kunsthal Rotterdam is presenting the first major solo exhibition in... Read more

Jim Campbell at Blanton Museum

"Day Jobs" February 21, 2023 Day Jobs, the first major exhibition to examine the overlooked impact of day jobs on the visual arts, is dedicated... Read more

Lordy Rodriguez at Artpace San Antonio

"Since Last We Met" January 12, 2023 Lordy Rodriguez was an Artpace International Artist-in-Residence in 2001. Now, 22 years later, Rodriguez returns to Artpace with a selection... Read more

Frieze Magazine on Patricia Piccinini

The Best Shows to See in Singapore Right Now January 11, 2023 Piccinini crafts hybrid creatures from silicone and fibreglass: animals – surrogates of the future – carry human babies, and plants... Read more

Emil Lukas at MACA

"Between two faint lines" January 6, 2023 The Pablo Atchugarry Foundation and the Atchugarry Museum of Contemporary Art – MACA present the American artist Emil Lukas for... Read more

Jean Conner and Jutta Haeckel Featured in Squarecylinder's Best of 2022

December 14, 2022 Jean Conner @ San Jose Museum of Art . For decades, Conner operated in the shadows of her famous, flamboyant... Read more

Jim Campbell & Werner Klotz's "Silent Stream" Debuts at San Francisco's Central Subway

November 28, 2022 How many museums in San Francisco can you get into for the price of a Muni ticket? The new Central... Read more

David Roth on Jutta Haeckel

Warped Grids, Fugitive Forms: the Painting of Jutta Haeckel November 4, 2022 'How often do we encounter an artist who is reinvigorating painting? Such instances are exceedingly rare. Nevertheless, I’m sticking my... Read more

Nicole Phungrasamee Fein at the Contemporary Jewish Museum

October 28, 2022 Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community, and Ourselves presents works by thirty Bay Area–based contemporary artists reflecting on the Jewish... Read more

Judith Belzer and Russell Crotty in "Terra Firma" at New Museum, Los Gatos

October 21, 2022 In Terra Firma, guest curated by Marianne K. McGrath, artists explore our relationship with the land and present unique interpretations... Read more

Bernard Lokai at Kunsthalle Trier

October 13, 2022 'Formations' includes the work of 5 teachers at the European Academy of Art and refers both to the complex levels... Read more

Nicole Phungrasamee Fein at Schneider Museum of Art

October 7, 2022 SENSATE OBJECTS brings together the work of 13 visual artists engaged in abstract, contemporary painting and sculpture. The title reflects... Read more

The Power of Attention: How Isabella Kirkland's work stands witness to nature’s losses and gains

September 22, 2022 'The willingness to observe, listen and learn is a tenet that sometimes feels as close to the brink of extinction... Read more

Engaged Humanities Network Awards Grants to Faculty and Students for Collaborations With Syracuse Community

September 21, 2022 Take Me to the Palace of Love Project Leads: Romita Ray, associate professor of art and music histories, Vanja Malloy,... Read more

Marco Maggi - Art at the Edge of Perception

September 14, 2022 'When a doctor removed stitches from my recent surgical incision, she laughed and said, “Wow, when I put them in,... Read more

Jean Conner: Collage

September 13, 2022 Conner’s collages range from playful to contemplative with their otherworldly scenes and surrealist views of the familiar, yet the most... Read more

Judith Belzer at Mills College Art Museum

September 8, 2022 Mills College Art Museum is thrilled to feature over 200 works from the collection in Shifting Terrains , our upcoming... Read more

Patricia Piccinini in Singapore

September 1, 2022 Patricia Piccinini: We are Connected offers visitors a fascinating and emotional journey through an extraordinary universe of beautifully bizarre hybrids... Read more

Andrea Higgins at The Art Show

September 1, 2022 The September issue of San Francisco magazine features Andrea Higgins, whose paintings will be presented at The Art Show in... Read more

Rising Tide #64: Isabella Kirkland’s Art of Nature

August 29, 2022 'In our conversation with artist Isabella Kirkland we talk about her detailed paintings of biodiversity both terrestrial and ocean-based and... Read more

Russell Crotty at the Tang

August 25, 2022 exhibition: Parallax: Framing the Cosmos place: Wachenheim Gallery dates: Oct 1, 2022 - Jun 19, 2023 curators: Parallax: Framing the... Read more

How Does the 89-Year-Old Artist Jean Conner Come Up With Her Startling, Powerfully Uncanny Collages? She’s as Mystified as You Are

August 16, 2022 It took some six decades, but artist Jean Conner has finally made her solo museum debut, with not one but... Read more

Cornelius Völker in BIBLIOMANIA at Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders

August 16, 2022 Cornelius Völker’s work is included in the exhibition Bibliomania-Das Buch in der Kunst at Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders from September 3,... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 40

July 27, 2022 Summer Exhibition Guide - Part II Düsseldorf | Köln | Berlin | Venice | San Francisco Read more

Russell Crotty in "A Point Stretched: Views On Time" at San Jose Museum of Art

July 20, 2022 Russell Crotty will be included in a group exhibition, A Point Stretched: Views On Time at San Jose Museum of... Read more

Russell Crotty in "Infinity on the Horizon" at Georgia Museum of Art

July 20, 2022 Russell Crotty is included in a group exhibition, Infinity On The Horizon, at Georgia Museum of Art at University of... Read more

David Roth on Andrew Schoultz

July 13, 2022 Andrew Schoultz may be tempering his more extravagant theatrical impulses, but his desire for wide-angle views of the human condition... Read more

SFMOMA: Surabhi Saraf

July 7, 2022 Surabhi Saraf and Laura Hyunjhee Kim of the Centre for Emotional Materiality (CEM) invite you to a multisensorial experience, “Beyond... Read more

Your Guide to This Summer’s Don’t-Miss Visual Art Shows

KQED Arts & Culture June 21, 2022 San Francisco artist Jean Conner is having quite the year. With her absorbing collage work on view in San Jose... Read more

Russell Crotty in "Drawing Down The Moon" at Hammer Museum

June 19, 2022 Russell Crotty is included in a group exhibition, Drawing Down The Moon, at Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, CA from... Read more

2022 Biennial Symposium on Arts & Technology Features Surabhi Saraf

June 9, 2022 The Ammerman Center at Connecticut College seeks submissions for its 2022 Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology being held November... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 39

Jim Campbell June 1, 2022 Jim Campbell: Wandering Read more

Harvest Works Presents "Alaap" by Surabhi Saraf

May 28, 2022 Awoke & Awokened: Alaap is an installation of experimental music, video, and sculpture by Surabhi Saraf. Weaving together the alchemical... Read more

Jim Campbell is pushing the perception frontiers of video art

San Francisco Examiner May 24, 2022 The best of Campbell’s recent video sculptures, “Drift,” 2022, almost has the appearance of a charcoal drawing. A grid of... Read more

Surabhi Saraf in "Women Artists: Highlights from the Hunter Museum of American Art"

April 21, 2022 Since 2000, the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga has prioritized the acquisition of works by women artists from... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 38

Earth Day April 21, 2022 Christian Houge's 'Death of a Mountain' series Lordy Rodriguez's 'Lake Karachay' and 'Four Rivers' Combatting food waste Gallery Climate Coalition... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 37

Judith Belzer & Birgit Jensen exhibitions open, Publications, Museum Exhibitions March 17, 2022 Opening March 26, 2022: Birgit Jensen: Enacting Arcadia Judith Belzer: Where We Stand Artwork Explained: Jay DeFeo Recent Publication: Liliana... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 36

Cornelius Völker, Angelina Pwerle, Max Gimblett & William T. Wiley February 17, 2022 Announcing Cornelius Völker: In the Last Light Photo Essay by Cornelius Völker Recent Press William T. Wiley: on view Max... Read more

7 Must-See Art Exhibitions in February 2022

From emerging talents to discover to seasoned practitioners experimenting with new techniques, these shows in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles are not to be missed February 9, 2022 In a new column, Galerie scours commercial galleries across the U.S., from New York to Chicago, San Francisco to Los... Read more

Max Gimblett’s Archive of Artist’s Books Joins Getty Research Institute Collection

Max Gimblett and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett donate more than 250 unique volumes February 9, 2022 LOS ANGELES - The Getty Research Institute has acquired an archive of more than 250 artist's books. The Max Gimblett... Read more

Gideon Rubin show is a haunted house between photography and painting

February 5, 2022 The London artist reminds that memory is a fragile ornamentation on the wall of time Read more

Double Art Dip–Two Marin Museums Remember William T. Wiley

February 3, 2022 For more than 50 years, Marin artist William T. Wiley created art that defied classification and commented on a range... Read more

In praise of Australian Aboriginal art – ‘the oldest surviving culture in the world’

January 28, 2022 'If Kngwarreye is the A-lister and Walbidi is the rising star, then Angelina Pwerle (Pull-uh) is the cult favourite -... Read more

Bay Area artists and global cultural innovators to be celebrated in 2022 art shows

January 5, 2022 UC Davis’ Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art The late multimedia artist and UC Davis Professor William... Read more

Best Exhibitions of 2021

December 21, 2021 William T. Wiley @ Hosfelt . The first posthumous exhibition of the artist’s work since he died on April 21... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 35

COLOR: Anoka Faruqee + David Driscoll & Nicole Phungrasamee Fein Plus announcing New Website December 18, 2021 Two concurrent solo exhibitions – Anoka Faruqee + David Driscoll's Datum & Nicole Phungrasamee Fein's Color Study – explore... Read more

E-Artist Conversation: Rina Banerjee and Kymberly Pinder

December 8, 2021 Rina Banerjee and Kymberly Pinder in conversation in conjuction with Yale University Art Gallery's current exhibition On the Basis of... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 34

WHERE WE ARE closes, plus Suzusan Pop -up and Anoka Faruqee/David Driscoll & Nicole Phungrasamee Fein Up Next November 20, 2021 WHERE WE ARE exhibition tour Art @ Home Suzusan pop - up coming soon Up Next: Anoka Faruqee & David... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 33

Hosfelt Gallery at 25 Years October 12, 2021 Thank you to our community of artists, friends, collectors, colleagues and guests for making the last 25 years so lively,... Read more

The World of William T. Wiley: A look inside “Fort Phooey"

September 29, 2021 The artist William T. Wiley, who lived and worked in the Bay Area for 60 years, died in April of... Read more

Di Rosa Center for Contemporary art celebrates works of William Wiley

September 27, 2021 The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art’s current exhibition “Fort Phooey: Wiley in the Studio,” recreates the studio space of... Read more

Mark Van Proyen on William T. Wiley

September 24, 2021 Wiley’s core pursuit has always been highlighting the discrepancies between the experience of reality and the unconsciously internalized maps of... Read more

Liliana Porter Finds Art in the Empty Spaces

Art Basel offers the latest platform for the work of the established artist, which takes the form of photography, painting and prints. September 21, 2021 RHINEBECK, N.Y. — The art world has lately taken pains to put the spotlight on older artists who did not... Read more

Going Through the Motions: Speculations on Birth in Patricia Piccinini’s The Awakening

August 11, 2021 Patricia Piccinini’s The Awakening (2021) strips away the familiar accoutrement, leaving only a raw and dizzying process of birth. Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 32

Judith Belzer joins the gallery; plus Rina Banerjee, Alan Rath, pi(e) July 20, 2021 Introducing Judith Belzer Rina Banerjee & Rachel Kent: Conversation Recap An Artwork Explained: Alan Rath's Huge Pi 808 We Recommend:... Read more

In Conversation: Rina Banerjee & Rachel Kent

June 29, 2021 Rachel Kent, Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia, interviews Rina Banerjee. Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 31

Alan Rath exhibition opens; plus Rina Banerjee, Cornelius Völker, Nicole Phungrasamee Fein June 11, 2021 Alan Rath opens June 19, 2021 Jim Campbell remembers Alan Rath Artist News: Rina Banerjee, Cornelius Völker New to Inventory:... Read more

In Conversation: Isabella Kirkland & Greg Niemeyer

June 3, 2021 Read more

Art Explora announces the artists selected in the residency program "Art Explora - Cité internationale des arts" in Paris

Rina Banerjee May 25, 2021 Art Explora develops in France and abroad programs of artists' villas whose main objective is to support creation and to... Read more

Studio Visit: Surrealism Meets Hyperrealism With Celebrated Artist Patricia Piccinini

May 25, 2021 Ahead of her new show in Melbourne’s Flinders Street ballroom, we step into the strange and wonderful world of one... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 30

Celebrating William T. Wiley; plus African Butterfly Research Institute, THE SMALL MATTER exhibition review, bug brownie recipe May 18, 2021 Celebrating the life of William T. Wiley (1937-2021) African Butterfly Research Institute Renny Pritikin reviews Isabella Kirkland's THE SMALL MATTER... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 29

Isabella Kirkland: THE SMALL MATTER & Patricia Piccinini: The Awakening open; plus Rina Banerjee on 8-Bridges, Cornelius Völker, biscuit recipe April 29, 2021 Opening May 1: Isabella Kirkland: THE SMALL MATTER & Patricia Piccinini: The Awakening Rina Banerjee on 8-Bridges Art @ Home... Read more

In Conversation: Liliana Porter & Humberto Moro

April 20, 2021 A virtual tour of The Riddle / Charada and conversation between Liliana Porter and Humberto Moro, Deputy Director and Senior... Read more

Cornelius Völker: Verflüchtigungen

April 17, 2021 Cornelius Völker’s solo exhibition at Overbeck-Gesellschaftd Kunstverein , Lübeck opened 4/16/2021 Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 28

Studio Visit with Birgit Jensen; plus Liliana Porter, Ben McLaughlin, Isabella Kirkland, Patricia Piccinini, Cornelius Völker April 16, 2021 Closing soon - Liliana Porter: The Riddle / Charada & Ben McLaughlin: Ex Libris Upcoming at the Gallery - Isabella... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 27

Liliana Porter in the press & virtual event; plus Ben McLaughlin, Rina Banerjee, Isabella Kirkland, Patricia Piccinini, Max Gimblett, Lordy Rodriguez, Bruce & Jean Conner April 3, 2021 Liliana Porter in Artforum and Artsy In Conversation: Liliana Porter & curator Humberto Moro Ben McLaughlin: Artwork Explained Art @... Read more

Skywhale and Skywhalepapa wave goodbye to Canberra as they leave for a national tour

April 2, 2021 The skies of Canberra have been conquered, albeit with a rocky start for Skywhalepapa. Rough weather meant the patriarchal hot... Read more

ARTFORUM: Liliana Porter's The Riddle / Charada features on "Must-See" Show List

March 31, 2021 Read more

From Picasso to Beeple: artists as pioneers

By Jan Dalle March 21, 2021 To be considered a pioneer, as an artist, used to spell trouble. Turner and Monet were mocked and derided before... Read more

Trailblazing Latina Artists

March 12, 2021 To celebrate Women’s History Month, Artsy is launching a series of curated online group exhibitions that showcase the talent of... Read more

10 Contemporary South Asian Artists You Must Know About and Support!

One Green Planet March 10, 2021 Rina Banerjee is an Indian-American artist whose work is informed both by her personal experience and broader understanding of migration,... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 26

Liliana Porter: The Riddle / Charada & Ben McLaughlin: Ex Libris open; plus Todd's 50 favorite novels, Alan Rath @ Art Basel OVR March 9, 2021 Liliana Porter's The Riddle / Charada and Ben McLaughlin's Ex Libris open March 13, 2021 Todd Revisits His Favorite 50... Read more

In Conversation: Laura Hoptman & Todd Hosfelt

February 24, 2021 Laura Hoptman, Executive Director of The Drawing Center, will be in conversation with Todd Hosfelt to discuss the work of... Read more

In Conversation: Jodi Throckmorton and Todd Hosfelt

A Virtual Conversation Discussing the Work of Bruce and Jean Conner February 5, 2021 Jodi Throckmorton, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in conversation with Todd Hosfelt discussing... Read more

Liliana Porter: Man with Axe and Other Stories

On View at the Frist Museum February 5 through May 2, 2021 February 5, 2021 Argentina-born artist Liliana Porter’s provocative arrangements of objects and toys tell stories that are at once psychologically charged and slyly... Read more

HG Magazine Issue no. 25

ASSEMBLED on view at the gallery; plus Liliana Porter, Lordy Rodriguez, Patricia Piccinini, Cornelius Völker January 31, 2021 ASSEMBLED: Bruce Conner/Jean Conner/Anonymouse/Emily Feather/ Signed In Blood on view at Hosfelt Gallery Liliana Porter: Man with Axe and Other... Read more