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“It’s a Gold Rush Town”: How Artists Survive in San Francisco

by Brice Sanchez, Samantha Nobles-Block and Clare Calingasan September 26, 2019November 4, 2019

Hyperallergic talks to various artists in the Bay Area about how they’ve hung on through years of economic turmoil.

The fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse on December 2, 2017, killed 36. (photo by Julianna Brown, via Wikimedia Commons)
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Verdict in Oakland Ghost Ship Fire Trial Angers Victim Families

by Hakim Bishara September 9, 2019

Almost three years after a fire at the Oakland DIY art space killed 36 people, jurors acquitted the space’s creative director of involuntary manslaughter but remained hung on the case of the warehouse’s master tenant.

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Wrapped in the Spirit of Transformation

by Mallory Nezam July 1, 2019July 1, 2019

Through site-specific installations, Basil Kincaid’s “Shamans Death” utilizes textiles to ponder metamorphosis.

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Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Dani Lopez Reaches Back in Time With Her Work

Avatar photo by Zachary Small June 28, 2019June 26, 2019

LGBTQ Pride Month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.

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Constance Hockaday and Cate White Embrace Vulnerability, Anxiety as Strategies for Survival

by Mills College Art Museum June 18, 2019

Work they developed for the 2019 Art+Process+Ideas artist residency program is on view from June 23 – September 1 at Mills College Art Museum.

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Spotlighting Lesbian Artists as Central Players in California’s Queer History

Avatar photo by Bridget Quinn May 29, 2019June 18, 2020

Lesbian contributions to gay life and liberation have long been overshadowed, including in the art world.

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The Black Power Movement Gets a Permanent Display at the Oakland Museum

Avatar photo by Emily Wilson May 1, 2019May 2, 2019

The museum has opened a permanent exhibition about Black activism in the Bay Area, which, contrary to public perception, was not always an accepting, progressive place.

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Mills College Art Museum Presents Tree Talk by María Elena González

by Mills College Art Museum January 25, 2019

For her solo exhibition Tree Talk, María Elena González reconceives birch bark as music scores.

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Artist Installs Bells Throughout Oakland that Detect Air Pollution

Avatar photo by Emily Wilson November 30, 2018December 5, 2018

Rosten Woo hopes the bells will help create political pressure about air quality in West Oakland, which is circled by freeways and diesel trucks.

The fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse on December 2, 2017, killed 36. (photo by Julianna Brown, via Wikimedia Commons)
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Two Ghost Ship Organizers Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter for Fire

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton June 7, 2017

The warehouse’s property manager and creative director each face up to 39 years in prison.

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After the Ghost Ship Tragedy, Bay Area Artists Fear Crackdown on DIY Spaces

by Rachel Cassandra December 21, 2016December 20, 2016

The deadly fire at the Oakland art space earlier this month has brought intensified scrutiny to live-work warehouse complexes, many of which are illegal or not up to code.

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Who Profits from Waste? A Tale of Two Bay Area Cities

Avatar photo by Thea Quiray Tagle December 19, 2016December 16, 2016

In San Francisco, artists in residence at the city dump are valorized for their work. In West Oakland, homeless people who rely on independent recycling centers are criminalized.

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National Portrait Gallery Announces the 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
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National Portrait Gallery Announces the 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

The first prize winner will receive $25,000 and a commission to portray a remarkable living American for the Smithsonian museum’s collection.

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