During Diebenkorn’s Berkeley years, the Bay Area was the place for artistic discovery and social and political awakening. His contemporaries, which included the writers Joan Didion and Allen Ginsburg and the artists Jay DeFeo, David …

Ed Ruscha was raised in Oklahoma City, saw Los Angeles for the first time at 14, returned as a student, and today is still one of the best chroniclers of American/Los Angeles life. Much of …

During my recent trip to view Ali Naschke-Messing’s work at Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland, CA, I was struck by the perceptible collaboration of the artist with the environment to produce her work. Whether allowing …

The prolific Augustine Kofie’s work is wide-ranging, including murals, assemblage, film, public art, and watercolor, but this show focuses on a series of acrylic and ink works produced earlier this year. These works concerning “sound …

Hammers and bells, sometimes invisible or inaudible, are at the crux of Zarouhie Abdalian’s exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum. In a work titled “As a demonstration,” a small hammer strikes a bronze-colored bell. The …

This week is the last chance to discover or re-discover the photographic work of Giorgio Casali at the Estorick Collection. What separates art and design? The debate is still convoluted and the curators of this …

To question concepts like miracle and utopia, the artist asked friends and colleagues to describe their visions through texts which, together with a performance, formed the work presented at the Biennial of the Mediterranean in …

Migrating Identities features the work of eight artists who are currently based in the United States, but collectively have connections to such diverse countries as Bangladesh, Botswana, India, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Peru, and the Philippines. …

Inside Out includes sixty works by twenty-three artists, including Teresa Margolles, Gabriel Orozco, Francis Alÿs, Damián Ortega, Melanie Smith, and Naomi Rincón-Gallardo. These artists, some native-born, others like Alÿs who migrated there, cover contemporary issues …

Build a sculpture and you expect it to last. Not so at Djerassi where native redwoods, ancient oaks and wide open spaces are all incorporated into the art. Placement is a key feature of each …

You should know it first: it’s a pinkgender-based project. Autoritratti at MAMbo, Bologna showcases contemporary Italian artists, selected and introduced by female curators. But this wouldn’t be the point. Grasping instead its deeper intentions, the idea of Uliana …

Roccedimenti. fatte, non finite, le nature contemporanee opens the third season of Dolomiti Contemporanee in their new space in Casso, Italy. Curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis in collaboration with Guido Bartorelli – in an art space …