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SF music
fromThe Bold Italic
5 days ago

Here's Why You Should See 'Mere Mortals' at SF Ballet

The San Francisco Ballet's cancellation of its performance at the Kennedy Center reflects broader cultural and political tensions in the arts.
Film
fromEsquire
6 days ago

I Hope 'The Studio' Will Roast One of Cinema's Worst Performative Rituals

Long standing ovations at film festivals are criticized as empty gestures that create artificial buzz without genuine appreciation.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
Arts
fromBOOOOOOOM!
5 days ago

Two Free Events to Check out This Weekend at Capture

Michelle Sound will lead a talk and tour of her exhibition at Ceremonial / Art, focusing on her recent practice and commissioned project.
Mission District
fromMission Local
2 weeks ago

At the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, tensions rise between admin and volunteer guides

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will restructure its docent program, transitioning to a new training model and renaming it 'Museum Guides.'
fromArchDaily
2 weeks ago

A Community Art Ecosystem in Practice / MINOR lab

The project emphasizes the reactivation of spatial value within existing community structures, transforming building stock into community assets of public significance.
Renovation
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Art Movements: Frieze Partners With ... the Whitney?

Frieze partners with NYC institutions for performances and exhibitions, while Patsy Phillips retires after a significant career in Native American arts.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
3 weeks ago

The identity for Spatial festival feels aptly three-dimensional

Motion was integrated as a foundational design element rather than an afterthought, creating a dynamic, three-dimensional brand identity that responds to physical and digital spaces.
#museum-expansion
Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
4 weeks ago

Craft and continuity at Catlin Gabel Community Arts * Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland's craft institutions have closed, but their legacy continues through community studios and programs that maintain craft-centered education and creative opportunities.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

5 Art Job Openings That Are Definitely Not Exploitative

Qualifications for art-related positions often include unconventional traits and low compensation.
Arts
fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

'You have to step in and experience it' - artists on the rise of AI-generated art and the 'essential' gallery visit

Miriam Fitzgerald Juskova's exhibit combines paper quilling with mathematics, showcasing intricate art that engages viewers and emphasizes the value of handmade creations.
NYC LGBT
fromLondon On The Inside
1 month ago

See New Queer Performance Art at the ICA

Cardion Arts presents Cardion Nights: Queer Performance, featuring diverse LGBTQIA+ artists and raising funds for akt, a UK charity supporting homeless young queer and trans people.
fromTime Out New York
1 month ago

This free art show in the East Village spotlights awesome work from senior artists

The show features pieces by participants in JASA's programs. The organization, which serves more than 40,000 older adults every year, offers art classes and creative workshops designed to bring people together while encouraging self-expression. The results will be on full display here, from paintings and textile work to other handmade pieces that reflect the artists' personal stories and styles.
Miscellaneous
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

The New Museum Returns, but Humans Are Left Behind

The exhibition explores humanity's struggle against technology through diverse multimedia installations and thought-provoking artworks.
Arts
from48 hills
2 weeks ago

Live Shots: Hoops, wands, fans flew fabulously at 'The Flow Show' - 48 hills

The Flow Show showcased diverse movement forms with props, blending scripted performances and improvisation to create a captivating experience.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Archiving the Technosphere: How Museum Architecture Mediates Human-Made Systems

The contemporary technology museum has emerged as a performative participant in the systems it seeks to document. The architecture of these institutions has become increasingly fluid and bold, often mirroring the velocity and complexity of the systems it houses. They operate as mediators between the human, the ecological, and the technological realms, transforming from encyclopedic warehouses into active educational engines.
Science
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 weeks ago

Comment | Museums must be the leaders in a moral revolution

Bregman claims, 'Today the whole of Europe risks turning into one big Venice, a beautiful open-air museum. A great destination for Chinese and American tourists. A place to admire what was once the centre of the world.' This statement encapsulates the concern that Europe is losing its cultural significance.
Arts
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

How does a creative residency impact your practice? Quite a lot, according to these artists

Her practice uses clay to bring people together with the "therapeutic aspects of tactile making". She first came to ceramics during university, where access to the department allowed her to fall in love with the practice. And so, Ciara is deeply cognisant of the importance of supporting those who struggle to access a ceramics studio due to various social factors.
Online Community Development
Arts
fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

A Dublin art director says state support is needed to tackle elitism within the art world

Art must be made more accessible, with support from government and organizations to promote Irish visual arts and engage new audiences.
Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Oregon Arts Commission names new leaders * Oregon ArtsWatch

Jason Holland and Jenny Stadler elected to lead Oregon Arts Commission, bringing arts administration and accessibility expertise to state board during period of reduced federal arts funding.
Music
fromArtsjournal
2 months ago

Director of Artistic Operations

Director of Artistic Operations coordinates artistic planning, rehearsal and touring logistics, budgets, and systems for The Knights; requires orchestral experience, strong communication, and travel flexibility.
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

What Do We Really Think of the New New Museum?

The new New Museum is many things: contemporary, perhaps, but also a science, history, anthropology, and many other museums in one. It echoes the desire of its patron class to own the world and its affiliated courtier class to deliver it to them on a silver platter, or encased in perforated metal, in this case.
Arts
Remodel
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Forum, Depot, Maze: Toward a Plural Ecology of Museums

Museums should shift from fixed, authoritative narratives to porous spatial ecologies that grant visitors greater agency and make process and back-of-house visible.
fromMbtn
2 months ago

Take Your Seats

So another word about tickets. They did finally announce single-game tickets were going on sale, but only for games though June. It's not enough to keep season plans limited to those requiring fans to buy more tickets than they can use, feeding the secondary markets which the Mets also get a cut of, but "make-your-own-plan" fans like me who've reliably occupied seats for decades,
New York Mets
UX design
fromMedium
2 months ago

From playwright to stage manager

AI-generated, probabilistic interfaces break traditional deterministic UI design; designers must adopt structured protocols (like A2UI) to ensure stability, continuity, and predictable user workflows.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

The New New Museum

The New Museum reopens this week with an inaugural exhibition exploring humanity during technological change, alongside exhibitions on saris, Gainsborough, Carol Bove, and experimental art in Brooklyn.
Media industry
fromMission Local
2 months ago

Play me

Sustainable local journalism relies on reader support and steady, smart reporting, with community-focused outlets rewarded for consistent, high-quality local coverage.
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Bay Area arts: 10 cool shows and events to catch this weekend

The Harlem Globetrotters are celebrating a milestone anniversary in 2026. The legendary basketball squad, which was founded in 1926, has been delighting sports fans and families now for a full century. So, you're invited to help the Globetrotters celebrate the occasion when they bring their 100 Years Tour to Northern California. It's your chance to witness one of the most famous sports/entertainment franchises of all time while being amazed by plenty of crazy trick shots, incredible no-look passes and humorous hi-jinks.
National Basketball Association
fromApartment Therapy
1 month ago

The Clever Way to Turn Your Home into a Curated Art Gallery

LG Gallery+ is a new visual curation service for LG TVs - and a brilliant way to make your home more unique and personalized. It lets you express your ever-changing creativity with a massive library of classic art, digital and 3D artwork, scenery, games, and more. With more than 4,500 options to choose from, you can turn your LG TV into a world-class art gallery, a peaceful forest, or an homage to your favorite video game - all in the same day.
Gadgets
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Saturday Links: SOMArts to Host Community Discussion on Future of the Arts in SF

In response to the recent closing of California College of the Arts and the uncertain future of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, SOMArts Cultural Center is hosting a forum on February 13 discussing how to bolster the arts community in San Francisco. [SOMArts/Eventbrite] A suspected explosive device was recovered from a lake at Sonoma State University by the sheriff's department bomb squad Thursday evening after the device was spotted by a person who was fishing for metal objects with a magnet. [KRON4]
SF politics
Arts
fromHyperallergic
4 weeks ago

Meet the Woman Who Made Museums More Accessible

Lorena Bradford, the National Gallery of Art's first head of Accessible Programs, transformed museum accessibility by creating intentional programs for disabled visitors, including ASL tours, memory loss programs, and medical student training initiatives.
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

To gain public trust, make art central to science communication

Art-science collaborations should be supported and normalised to communicate science, strengthen public trust, and develop researchers' observational, creative, and empathetic skills.
UX design
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Virtual Museums: A Closer Look at This Exit Strategy

Virtual museums improve access but cannot fully replicate physical presence, and they pose accessibility, preservation, and trust challenges.
Arts
from48 hills
4 weeks ago

At Superfair, art is more than what's on the walls - 48 hills

The Superfair creates a community-focused art experience by integrating visual art with music, film, food, and performance rather than functioning as a conventional art market.
#performance-art
Design
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

Adobe's Creative Collective assembles multidisciplinary experts to analyse and advise on the industry's big changes

The Creative Collective convenes creatives to explore AI, provide practical support, events, and published digests that promote responsible and expressive creative practice.
Education
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

Portland Art Museum's Bold New Vision for Youth and Community Education and Engagement * Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland Art Museum transformed spaces to prioritize K–12 education with transparent, tech-enabled learning studios and youth galleries integrated visibly into the museum.
Film
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Let me entertain you

Covid-19 pushed entertainment and brands to innovate, shifting releases and creating digital experiences to maintain connection and reach audiences.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Embracing Friction in the Art World

On Franklin Street in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, one non-commercial gallery fosters 'a small, stubbornly human space for friction.' Friction—the ubiquitous buzzword that captures the simultaneous delight and discomfort of doing things the slow way—is at the heart of artists Pap Souleye Fall and Char Jeré's current show at Subtitled NYC. It also reflects the overall spirit of this little exhibition space and of a burgeoning movement to reject our culture of optimization in favor of a bumpier, more intimate, less alienating experience.
Arts
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

The Tiny Brooklyn Project Space Resisting the Gallery Machine

Subtitled NYC, an independent Greenpoint project space, uses friction and sensory overwhelm to create immersive installations that reconnect viewers with their physical bodies and presence in space.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Biennial Hangover

The Whitney Biennial opens as a key indicator of contemporary American art, alongside notable exhibitions featuring Carol Bove at the Guggenheim and the closure of DePaul Art Museum.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

The 2026 Whitney Biennial Just Wants You to Feel Something | Artnet News

The 2026 Whitney Biennial prioritizes aural and emotional atmospheres over visual impact, reflecting a broader shift in contemporary art from message-driven content to mood-based experiences.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Guardian view on an explosion of solo exhibitions by women: move over old masters | Editorial

Major UK art institutions are finally increasing exhibitions of female artists after decades of severe underrepresentation, marking a significant shift from historical gender disparities in museum programming.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

NYC's New Culture Commissioner

Diya Vij appointed as NYC culture commissioner brings community-focused curatorial expertise; Frieze LA features artistic resistance to contemporary issues; historical jazz photography emerges from FBI censorship.
Arts
fromArtnet News
2 months ago

Gallery Shows Featuring Estates Are Everywhere. Here Are 5 to Catch

Exhibitions of deceased artists and estates are rising, signaling momentum for historical reappraisals and potentially making January a season for such shows.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives

The Bronx Museum biennial spotlights representational works that center urban youth and marginalized identities, challenging mainstream narratives through sincere, everyday portrayals.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

After the Strike, Will Art Galleries Be Allies?

If deleting the social media post tomorrow would change nothing about how artists are paid or how resources are allocated, the gallery's allyship is disposable.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Art Movements: The Brooklyn Museum's New Top Contemporary Art Curator

Brooklyn Museum Fills Its Top Contemporary Curator Spot Robert Wiesenberger was named senior curator of contemporary art at the Brooklyn Museum, a post that has been vacant since the departure of Eugenie Tsai in 2023. He comes from the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he was curator of contemporary projects, and was previously a curatorial fellow at the Harvard Art Museums.
Arts
Arts
fromBrooklyn Eagle
2 months ago

Brooklyn Museum appoints new senior curator of contemporary art

Robert Wiesenberger will join the Brooklyn Museum as Barbara and John Vogelstein Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, beginning March 2.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Why Wall Labels Matter

Museum labels shape visitor experience; contemporary art addresses polychromy and racial histories, queerness in waterways, and sculptural perception through shifting forms.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

A Surprisingly Enjoyable Show About Critical Theory

Echo Delay Reverb examines French critical theory's influence on American art, highlighting Francophone thinkers and artworks addressing labor, incarceration, materiality, and formal contrasts.
Arts
fromColossal
2 months ago

Art is Better Together: A Letter from Our Editorial Director

Community art helps rebuild social bonds amid rising individualism and declining civic organizations, while nonprofit cultural publishing depends on member contributions for sustainability.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Art Movements: Another Artforum Editor-in-Chief Is Out

I take no pleasure in saying "I told you so." Really, I don't. But I was hardly shocked by this week's news that Tina Rivers Ryan, who was named editor-in-chief of Artforum in 2024 after the dumpster fire that was the magazine's handling of an open letter in support of Gaza, was stepping down (Daniel Wenger and Rachel Wetzler will step in as co-editors, scrapping the editor-in-chief title altogether).
Arts
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months ago

San Francisco museum rejects permanent space in favour of site-specific exhibitions

Two site-responsive installations—Lily Kwong's seed-embedded EARTHSEED DOME and Tara Donovan's recycled-CD columns—activate Redwood Park and the Transamerica Pyramid Center through public fabrication and seasonal change.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

What to See During San Francisco Art Week

San Francisco's art scene shrinks institutionally but shows resilience through alternative spaces, home galleries, nonprofits, and adaptive artists and curators.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

The Commissioner We Need

It's impossible to imagine New York City without art, or contemporary art without New York City. This is where you come to see the best of the best, or to take part in making it. This country's international standing is down in the gutter, thanks to Trump, but this city is still a living, rolling dream. Right now, we're waiting to see who's going to be Mayor Mamdani's pick for cultural affairs commissioner. It's an important role that determines where the city's budget priorities will lie and who'll get a seat at the table. Gonzalo Casals, who served as culture commissioner under Mayor de Blasio, and Mauricio Delfín, who co-directs the Culture & Arts Policy Institute with Casals, have some urgent thoughts on the matter. It's a must-read not just for Zohran (send him a link if you're on texting terms), but for everyone who cares about art in this city.
Arts
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

'It's Not All About Me': Three Portland icons make a winning show * Oregon ArtsWatch

With most of us, 90 minutes of reminiscing wouldn't make for scintillating theater. Gert Boyle, as played by Wendy Westerwelle, is the exception to that rule. The late Gert came to fame when she took the reins of Columbia Sportswear after her husband's death in 1970 and also became the "One Tough Mother," with gray hair and glasses, of its comedic '80s and '90s ad campaigns. In one, she put her son, Tim, through a carwash to test the durability of a coat.
Arts
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Arts
fromArtnet News
2 months ago

This New Advisory Wants to Help Artists Master Their Money | Artnet News

Artist Money Matters provides tailored financial tools and advisory to artists, covering cash-flow, pricing, contracts, taxes, grants, budgeting, and studio sustainability.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

NYC Deserves a Culture Commissioner Who Cares

A commissioner must practice partnership to translate cultural-sector knowledge into policy and budgets, sustaining institutions and equitable civic collaboration amid New York City's affordability crisis.
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

Artist Paints Smoky Lounges And Quiet Strangers, Letting Halffinished Details Turn Viewers Into Coauthors Of The Scene

A wide-ranging visual roundup showcases creative reinterpretations, vintage design, activist art, photography, illustration, and humorous cultural works spanning contemporary and historical styles.
Arts
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

By sponsoring arts events, Arts@Clark Presents aims to promote Clark College, departments, students * Oregon ArtsWatch

Clark College Foundation launched Arts@Clark Presents to host touring artists, performances, workshops, and campus-community events integrating student educational and fundraising partnerships.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

Club for working class art professionals expands from London to Manchester

"Working Arts Club was always going to exist outside of London because class issues in the art world are systemic not geographic," founder Meg Molloy, who works in London as a freelance communications consultant for the art world. "The need for what our network can do is widespread and going to Northern England felt like a natural next step in our operations."
Arts
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
2 months ago

The Sex Lives of Puppets at Stanford | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Worries, fears, hang-ups, and desires are translated through highly skilled puppetry, as interview scenes cast puppet couples talking about their sex lives. Written by Mark Down of Blind Summit, a cohort of exceptional makers and puppeteers expanding the definition of a puppet, this collaboration with the UK's National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles pulls from real-life conversations to get puppets talking dirty.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months ago

Persistent low attendance and funding cuts are forcing US museums to think local

Among the museum directors paying keen attention to the ruling, on 3 December, that all federal grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) would be reinstated, the director of the Seattle Art Museum Scott Stulen heaved a sigh of relief. In 2025, the Pacific Northwest's leading art museum saw all its federal funding cut. That represented the loss of an annual income stream, he says, of between $300,000 and $400,000.
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