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'Paper!Awesome!' This Saturday


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Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 5:59 p.m.
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Normally, as a product of all that's good and pure about the future of media, we loathe anything involving paper that isn't an Anna Wintour venture (e.g., Dave Eggers, Derek Powazek's current state of mind, etc.) But one papyrus-y thing we can get behind is when paper used as art that hangs on a wall ... One of San Francisco's most acclaimed (and enjoyable) art galleries, Baer-Ridgway, will unveil a new group exhibition featuring fresh works on paper by over 100 artists. Curated by gallery

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SFMOMA raises $250 million in 6 months


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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 12:53 p.m.
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In a dramatic sign that expansion plans for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art are on the fast track, museum officials announced Thursday that they have raised $250 million a mere six months after making the project public. "There's not yet a formal ...

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Deal gives de Young most of Oceanic art works


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Published Dec. 23, 2009 at 12:22 p.m.
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Most of the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum's cornerstone collection of Oceanic art will stay put under a deal that San Francisco officials have struck to resolve an inheritance dispute that threatened to have the collection dismantled. The tentative ...

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"Primero la Caja": Pablo Guardiola


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Published Dec. 16, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.

The title of Pablo Guardiola's solo show translates to "First the Box," a richly ambiguous phrase that echoes the artist's grand talent for allegory. Guardiola, who was born in Puerto Rico and graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2005, manages to turn ordinary objects into reverberat ...

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SFist Interviews: Ashley Muangmaithong, a Nutcracker Ballerina


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Published Dec. 14, 2009 at 5:15 p.m.
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AM: The French mirliton has its own challenge. You dance with a ribbon in this production, so you’re enjoying yourself, but at the same time thinking don’t get caught in the ribbon ... SF: In your opinion, what is the best part of this year’s Nutcracker? ... AM: I love the snow theme. It’s absolutely amazing. There’s this transition after the fight scene -it goes black and then all of a sudden you just see this illumination of white and you feel like you’re in a snow globe ... There

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Gift Guide: Caffeinated Comics


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Published Dec. 7, 2009 at 5:35 p.m.
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by Amy Crocker ... Caffeinated Comics has posted this helpful holiday gift guide, suggesting specialized comic books for your entire list. Their recommendations include: ... Your Buddy Who Lives in the Mission: "The Graphic Bio of Che" Your Buddy Who Lives in the Haight: "Giraffes in My Hair" Your Buddy Who Lives in the Castro: "Queerville" The Right-Wing Sister-in-Law Comic Book Geek: "Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen" The Pervy Uncle Comic Book Geek: "Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of

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SFist Interviews: Joey DeRuy, Local Artist


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Published Dec. 4, 2009 at 5:40 p.m.
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Geisha, acrylic on wood. 2008 ... SFist: How is the Dallas art scene different from the San Francisco art scene? ... Joey DeRuy: To me the Dallas art scene is more about installation and sculpture, which comes with having such large spaces to work with along with Spanish and Latin influences in Dallas, and the scope of museums like the Meadows Museum. Dallas has a lot of bright and colorful neo-abstract expressionist stuff going on too, and kind of an underground movement in Rockabilly art ...

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Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Today at SF Arts Commission Gallery


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Published Nov. 18, 2009 at 1:30 p.m.
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Artists: Do you find it hard to get your pieces done? Then let San Francisco Art Institute MFA student and Immediate Future exhibiting artist, Daniel Yovino guide you through a crash course on productivity methods in his lecture ... A Year of Getting Things Done ... Yovino will also speculate on the possibility of increasingly productive artists and reflect on his foray into art without a final product ... Date: Wednesday, November 18, Noon-1 pm, Free ... Location: SFAC Gallery (401 Van Ness @

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Mission Art Goes Uptown


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Published Oct. 28, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

From the deconstructed superheroes of Aaron Noble to the politic salvos of Balmy Alley, the artistic legacy of the Mission District is rich enough to draw comparisons to both New York’s East Village and Paris’ Left Bank ... Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo , a newly published ...

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Mayor Newsom Announces Nektar Therapeutics to Move to Mission Bay


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Published Oct. 2, 2009 at 5:44 p.m.

Today, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that Nektar Therapeutics has selected Mission Bay to establish a state-of-the-art R&D center and corporate headquarters. Nektar will bring 150 biotech jobs to San Francisco and further establish Mission Bay as the premier biotech cluster ...

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