Art
A Visual History of Society's Monsters
From medical deformities to military enemies, the impulse to turn the unknown and threatening into mythical monsters has endured for centuries.
California
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California Governor's Proposed Budget Would Halve Arts Funding
After a landmark year in California's state funding for the arts that saw support for the California Arts Council's boosted by $5 million, Governor Jerry Brown's proposed state budget for 2015–16 allocates just $1.1 million to the organization.
Art
Silicon Valley Gets an Art Fair
Another day, another art fair. There has been, in recent years, a massive influx of art fairs, to point where it seems like every major city (and some boutique-y destination cities) has their own. Thus was born Silicon Valley Contemporary, which took place April 10–13 at the San Jose McEnry Conventi
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Huntington Acquires Rare Photographs of Early Southern California
Photography was rare in the early days of California urban development, but some pioneer practitioners did get out to the burgeoning bustle of Los Angeles and Santa Monica. Now one collector's passionate focus on photography of 19th-to-mid-20th-century California has culminated in 4,600 images being
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Playful, Sinister, and Simple Ceramics
Just north of UC Berkeley's campus, hidden away in a small patch of woods, is the Berkeley Art Center, currently showing the exhibition Local Treasures: Bay Area Ceramics. Wanting to know more about the Bay Area's art scene — craft included — I felt compelled to visit. The beautiful, small building
Opinion
A Red Hot Chill Pepper & Ed Ruscha In a Car, No Punchline But There's a Video
Oh look, it's a promo video featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis and famed painter Ed Ruscha driving in a car (it's LA, after all) and providing soundbites about art.
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Museum Bows to Pressure From Jewish Groups and Cancels Palestinian Children's Art Show
Pressure from some Bay Area Jewish groups and others have pushed the Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA) in Oakland, California, to cancel A Child's View from Gaza, which is an exhibition featuring 50 art works by Palestinian children aged 9 to 11.
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This Week In Lawsuits: SpongeBob's (Not So) Nautical Nonsense
Former SpongeBob SquarePants lead artist Todd White's slick website includes a section where you can keep abreast of "what’s going on in Todd’s fast-moving world"; currently, it includes clips about his various media appearances, side projects and celebrity [sic] endorsements. What you won't find, h
Opinion
New SFMOMA Building Kind of Looks Like a Glacier
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art just unveiled the designs for their new building, and it looks like ... a granite glacier fit into a skinny city block? Developed by Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta, the expansion will add over 225,000 square feet the the museum.