Rinder’s ‘Galaxy’ at Berkeley Art Museum

Last December on the podcast Patricia and Brian conducted a wide-ranging interview with Larry Rinder, the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive’s then newly-appointed director, which focused on his future plans for the institution. During the interview...
Bad at Sports Giveaway #2

Bad at Sports Giveaway #2

So here is how it’s going to go. I have a brand new copy of former BAS guest Trevor Paglen’s book Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World. Duncan has been M.I.A. since the start of the Southern Graphics Council...
Leon Fleisher Performing at Artspeaks Tuesday

Leon Fleisher Performing at Artspeaks Tuesday

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 | 7:30 pm Mandel Hall, University of Chicago 1131 E. 57th Street $20 general public $5 students via Artspeaks “Performing works by J.S. Bach; Post-concert Q&A session hosted by Thomas Christensen, associate dean and master of the...
Postopolis! LA

Postopolis! LA

This coming week the awesome people at ForYourArt and five other blogs are putting together Postopolis! LA. If you’re in LA it looks like something you should check out. via Postopolis! LA On the occasion of Los Angeles Art Weekend, Storefront for Art and...
Shepard Fairey Backlash?

Shepard Fairey Backlash?

Are we in the midst of a Shepard Fairey backlash? Not exactly, but there is some sort of reassessment going on. The L.A.-based political poster artist designed an iconographic image that reverberated nationally, along with other forms of viral street art that have...