You Are Invited! San Francisco artist and photographer Ellen Rosenthal will participate in Spring Open Studios on Friday, April 12th, Saturday, April 13th, and Sunday, April 14th at Art Explosion. “Photography is a means of self-expression for me. It is also a means to an end: the only way to share what, to me, is … More Ellen Rosenthal in Spring Open Studios at Art Explosion
By Lupita Franco Peimbert Renowned photographer Wolfgang Tillmans has been in San Francisco for the last couple of weeks, organizing his photos. He and a curator finished the layout throughout the 10-room galleries on the 7th floor at the San Francisco Museum of Art. He likes to be involved in his exhibits. “I have been … More To Look Without Fear
Home to hundreds of artists, San Francisco is reopening little by little to the relief of some and the concern of others. There seems to be both, a sense of reluctancy to let all guards off and a desire to remain protected against COVID19. Businesses and organizations still require facemasks inside their establishments and recommend … More San Francisco Artists Reflect on Reopening
By Lupita Franco Peimbert Uncertainty, the pandemic, the Holidays…I am not crazy when I assert that millions of people have worries about the current state of the world, in every town and city. I am talking about regular people who can handle many things in life. I am one of those and if you are … More Why it is extremely important to go to SFMOMA or any art museum these days.
On November 23, 1883, Mexican painter Jose Clemente Orozco was born. Orozco, along with Diego Rivera and others contemporaries created what is known as Mexican Muralism; this was a post Mexican Revolution movement and it had political and social justice connotations. There is a great mural by José Clemente Orozco at the Pomona College here … More Happy Birthday José Clemente Orozco!
Today is his birthday! … More Happy Birthday René Magritte!
Georgia O’Keeffe was an American painter considered “The Mother of American Modernism.” She was born in Wisconsin, on November 15, 1887. Some of her most important work is at the Metropolitan Museum and at private collections. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has one of her pieces. She passed away in 1986. From … More American Painter Georgia O’Keeffe was born on a day like today, November 15th
Like many people in the San Francisco Bay Area, I ran in the world’s funnest race. Not once, but several times. I loved it! It was fun to see myself dressed upon a costume and it was fun to see many other people in character: Mario Bros, the Frenchies, the tomatoes, the naked, Santa Claus, … More In 2020, Bay to Breakers will virtually and literally be WEIRD. Be ready!
By Lupita Franco Peimbert On the main street of a community considered one of the most beautiful towns in the United States (2017), the Siskiyou Arts Museum in Dunsmuir, California, stands out as a cultural center with a good dose of heart and vision, providing locals and visitors wonderful opportunities to enjoy and be part … More A Siskiyou County Museum
By Lupita Peimbert. Born March 6, 1475, in what it was then Caprese, Republic of Florence, Michelangelo is considered one of the greatest painters of all times and a great influencer for western art. Some of the most notable works of the sculptor and artist are the David in Florence and The Last … More Born in March: Michelangelo.
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” -Pablo Picasso
The space I’m interested in is not only a physical one, but an intangible, metaphorical, and psychological one. Do-ho Suh Staircase-III is one of a number of works Suh has made based on his personal memories of architectural spaces, both of his parents’ traditional Korean house in Seoul and his own Western-style apartment in New … More Do-ho Suh and the Red Staircase.
(Art) – The Tate Modern is one of the four museums in London named after Henry Tate, an industrialist who in 1889 offered his collection of British art to the United Kingdom. In 1994, a former Bankside Power Station was converted into the Tate Modern by swiss architects Herzog & De Meuron, a house for … More If you are looking for colour this Winter, go to London’s Tate Modern.
By Lupita Peimbert (Art & Culture) – A few dozen paintings and multimedia work like the one above, adorn the large white walls inside Sanchez Contemporary, a gallery adjacent to Tertulia Coffee on Telegraph Street. The coffee shop and art gallery opened not long ago in Oakland’s trendy Uptown neighborhood. Tertulia is two business … More ‘Day of the Dead’ Exhibit at Tertulia Coffee & Gallery.
Flowers About Leonid Afremov Leonid Afremov was born on July 12th 1955 in Vitebsk, Belarus (formerly USSR). He was raised in a traditional Jewish home; his father was a shoe designer and maker, and his mother was a metal factory worker. Leonid Afremov graduated from Vitebsk Art School in 1978. In 1990 he immigrated to Israel. Years … More The Art of Leonid Afremov.
