AltWeeklies Wire
Curating San Francisconew

Gallery evictions signal a major shift in the art world, with the technology boom serving as the problem and its potential solution.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Laura B. Childs |
04-10-2014 |
Art
The Secret Life of Sylvia Feinnew

The 94-year-old painter comes to terms with her surreality in a new retrospective.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Garrett Caples |
01-15-2014 |
Art
San Francisco Bay Guardian's Photography Issuenew
Changing faces, surprising places, and wild paces -- the Guardian's third annual salute to Bay Area photography.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
San Francisco Bay Guardian Staff |
08-05-2009 |
Art
Tags: San Francisco, photography
Unchain My Artnew
"The Prison Project" shines a light on works by artists touched by incarceration.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amber Whiteside |
03-19-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Magic Stonednew
Video artist Kelly Sears' animated shorts crystallize pop-cult preoccupations.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
04-25-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
'Misery Loves Company': Sick at Heartnew
This new comics collection from Schizo's Ivan Brunetti examines the world through misery-colored glasses.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
04-25-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Crime-free Creativitynew
The after-school program Streetstyles teaches the art of graffiti.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Chris Jasmin |
04-11-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Precious Little Lifenew
Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim comic books are postmanga and ready to rock.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ari Messer |
03-28-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Picturing the Voidnew
Zak Smith illustrates Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow in this new book.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ari Messer |
11-29-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Oh TV, Up Yours!new
Animal Charm, Bryan Boyce, and TV Carnage chart the outer limits of piracy.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
09-27-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Angels of the Apocalypsenew

Preparing for Burning Man, the author learns about fire and people as a minion of the Flaming Lotus Girls.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
08-16-2005 |
Art
Art, Danger, and Democracynew
Burning Man's populist rebellion moves unsteadily from primal scream to the tough work of governing.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
02-09-2005 |
Art
Wheelin' and Dealin'new
As the borders blur between the Bay Area's street art scene and the museum world, a critic considers the ollies popped and champagne sloshed for skater-artists such as Neck Face and Simon Evans.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Glen Helfand |
02-02-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Burning Womennew
The guys make a lot of noise – but women are increasingly making Burning Man happen.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
01-07-2005 |
Art
State of the Artnew

As Burning Man approaches its 20th year of celebrating free expression in the Nevada desert, hundreds of artists are staging a revolt that goes to the soul of the mega-event.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
12-08-2004 |
Art