SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AP).- The USS Iowa supported U.S. forces fighting the Japanese during World War II and helped tankers safely navigate the Persian Gulf in the Iran-Iraq War. Though the ship has long since been out of service, its final battle is stil…
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Appoints New Director of Development
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced the appointment of Jonathan L. Peterson as the museum’s new director of development. Peterson begins his role at SFMOMA on January 18, 2011. Peterson joins SFMOMA after fou…
Mixed-Media Artist Katya Bonnenfant Opens Second Exhibition Under New Moniker at Haines Gallery
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- In their second exhibition at Haines Gallery, The Old Boys’ Club (the new moniker for mixed-media artist Katya Bonnenfant) exhibits gouache drawings and sculptures from their recent project La Destitution de la Jeune Fille. Wo…
Mixed-Media Artist Katya Bonnenfant Opens Second Exhibition Under New Moniker at Haines Gallery
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- In their second exhibition at Haines Gallery, The Old Boys’ Club (the new moniker for mixed-media artist Katya Bonnenfant) exhibits gouache drawings and sculptures from their recent project La Destitution de la Jeune Fille. Wo…
Italian Painter Marco Casentini’s Signature Geometric Abstractions at Brian Gross Fine Art
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Italian painter Marco Casentini opened a show of recent paintings at Brian Gross Fine Art. The exhibition features Casentini’s signature geometric abstractions, composed of overlapping rectangular shapes in intense, saturated colors…
Italian Painter Marco Casentini’s Signature Geometric Abstractions at Brian Gross Fine Art
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Italian painter Marco Casentini opened a show of recent paintings at Brian Gross Fine Art. The exhibition features Casentini’s signature geometric abstractions, composed of overlapping rectangular shapes in intense, saturated colors…
New Body of Work by Kansas-Born Max Cole at Haines Gallery in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Haines Gallery presents its eighth exhibition for New York artist Max Cole. Having refined her practice over a period of four decades, Cole has earned a reputation as a premier practitioner of reductive painting with a consistently…
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Presents Agents of Change: What Follows Will Follow II
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- YBCA is showing an exhibition by Berlin-based artist Nina Beier in its 2010_11 season of Big Ideas. Beier presents a new exhibition entitled Agents of Change: What Follows Will Follow II. This new work included a solo performance b…
In Its Inaugural Year, artMRKT San Francisco, Aims to Be a Premiere International Art Fair
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- artMRKT San Francisco will be a premiere International Art Fair devoted to the presentation of important artwork from the 20th and 21st centuries with a focus on San Francisco galleries and artists. In its inaugural year, the show w…
SFMOMA Announces 2010 SECA Award Winners
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced that Mauricio Ancalmo, Colter Jacobsen, Ruth Laskey, and Kamau Amu Patton are the 2010 artists selected for its biennial SECA Art Award. Administered by SECA (Society for the…