SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Art Institute’s Board of Trustees has appointed Charles Desmarais as the President of SFAI following a national search. Currently the Deputy Director for Art at the Brooklyn Museum, Desmarais will assume his r…
Previously Unseen Photographs of the Fab Four Brought to the San Francisco Art Exchange
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Rare and unseen photographs of The Beatles are on display at the San Francisco Art Exchange as part of a drive to promote the British city of Liverpool to San Francisco residents. The exhibition opened on May 7th and will run throug…
Previously Unseen Photographs of the Fab Four Brought to the San Francisco Art Exchange
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Rare and unseen photographs of The Beatles are on display at the San Francisco Art Exchange as part of a drive to promote the British city of Liverpool to San Francisco residents. The exhibition opened on May 7th and will run throug…
Disponible – a kind of Mexican show, Phase 2 at San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco Art Institute Disponible–a kind of Mexican show, Phase 2 Arturo Hernández Alcázar Natalia Almada Edgardo Aragón Manuel Rocha Iturbide Mauricio Limón Teresa Margolles Hector Zamora Phase 2: February 10–March 26, 2011 Opening reception: February 9, 2011, 5:30-7:30 pm The opening reception will be followed by the 2011 McBean Distinguished […]
Adjunct Curator at ICP, Okwui Enwezor, Appointed as Director of Haus der Kunst
MUNICH.- Haus der Kunst announced the appointment of Okwui Enwezor as the next director of Haus der Kunst. Enwezor will take up the position in October 2011. He will succeed Chris Dercon, the outgoing director who will take over as director of the Tate…
Adjunct Curator at ICP, Okwui Enwezor, Appointed as Director of Haus der Kunst
MUNICH.- Haus der Kunst announced the appointment of Okwui Enwezor as the next director of Haus der Kunst. Enwezor will take up the position in October 2011. He will succeed Chris Dercon, the outgoing director who will take over as director of the Tate…
Major Alberto Vargas Retrospective Opens at the San Francisco Art Exchange
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A major retrospective of Alberto Vargas’ original artwork opens November 13 at the San Francisco Art Exchange. The exhibition is celebrating two important anniversaries: Twenty-five years since SFAE brought Vargas artwork to t…
"Before They Make Me Run: Portraits of Keith Richards 63 to 71" at the San Francisco Art Exchange
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Keith Richards photography exhibition, opens October 23rd; just three days before his much-anticipated autobiography is released. Some of the world’s greatest rock photographers’ work is coming together to form an intimat…
Storm Thorgerson’s Album Covers on View at San Francisco Art Exchange
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The art of Storm Thorgerson is among the most recognizable of the past half-century and his influence on popular culture cannot be overstated. This historic exhibition, Lovers of Covers, is the first of its kind and Storm’s most com…
Ryan Hackett Wins $25,000 Sondheim Artscape Prize
BALTIMORE, MD.- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts are proud to announce that Ryan Hackett is the winner of the 2010 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. The coveted $25,000 prize was presented at this ev…