SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- First unearthed in 1996 in a rescue excavation in Lod, ancient Diospolis, Israel, a large and extraordinarily detailed floor mosaic was recently lifted from its site and conserved. Found in a large villa believed to belong to a wea…
Euan Macdonald’s 9,000 Pieces at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- For the ninth exhibition in its PAUSE: Practice and Exchange program series, YBCA presents Los Angeles-based artist Euan Macdonald’s 9,000 Pieces. The show includes four new works investigating globalization, perception, and t…
New Work by Jessica Drenk and Shawn Smith at Cain Schulte Contemporary Art in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Cain Schulte Contemporary Art San Francisco presents an exhibition of new work by Jessica Drenk and Shawn Smith, featuring 8-bit and mixed media sculptures. Shawn Smith’s work investigates the slippery intersection between the …
New Work by Jessica Drenk and Shawn Smith at Cain Schulte Contemporary Art in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Cain Schulte Contemporary Art San Francisco presents an exhibition of new work by Jessica Drenk and Shawn Smith, featuring 8-bit and mixed media sculptures. Shawn Smith’s work investigates the slippery intersection between the …
California Love: More than 70 Years of Napa Wines to Highlight June Auction
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields announced the summer Wine auction on June 18, 2011 in San Francisco, simulcast to Los Angeles. The sale, consisting of numerous fine and rare wines, will feature several collections of important Bordeaux and B…
The Contemporary Jewish Museum Presents Charlotte Salomon: Life? or Theatre?
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- In the early years of World War II, Charlotte Salomon, a 23-year-old Jewish artist from Berlin, fled to the south of France where she shut herself into a hotel room and spent two years feverishly painting the history of her life. Sh…
Balenciaga and Spain Exhibition Opens at the de Young Museum in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- You can feel the pulse of Spain beat in every garment in Balenciaga and Spain. A dress ruffle inspired by the flourish of a flamenco dancer’s bata de cola skirt; paillette-studded embroidery that glitters on a bolero jacket con…
Color Pictures of San Francisco After ’06 Quake Found at the Smithsonian Institution
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AP).- A museum volunteer has unearthed what the Smithsonian Institution believes to be the first — and perhaps only — color photographs of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire that nearly leveled the city. The s…
Color Pictures of San Francisco After ’06 Quake Found at the Smithsonian Institution
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AP).- A museum volunteer has unearthed what the Smithsonian Institution believes to be the first — and perhaps only — color photographs of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire that nearly leveled the city. The s…
Well-Known Bay Area Sculptor Linda Fleming Opens Exhibition at Brian Gross Fine Art
SAN FRANCISCO. CA.- Well-known Bay Area sculptor Linda Fleming opened Meanderings, an exhibition of sculpture and drawing, at Brian Gross Fine Art on Thursday, March 3. Works on view include Storm, a monumental laser-cut steel sculpture, two wall sculp…