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Updated 7 hours ago

“Honest Man”

“Honest Man” is an independent film directed by Jim Dirschberger. This heart wrenching, and eye opening film is about the life and the suicide of politician, Budd Dwyer. The documentary searches into the depths of ...

White Walls, SF - Blog posted 7 hours ago
Megan Whitmarsh - 10yrs of Fecal Face

We continue running short interviews with artists participating in FECAL FACE DOT COM 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW -- Opening Friday September 10th @The Luggage Store Gallery (6-8pm) with After party @Mezzanine (9-2am) ...

FECAL FACE DOT COM posted 8 hours ago
Summer Camp

Bryan Derballa and friends getting the most out of summer with a trip to the river... over there on the East Coast.

FECAL FACE DOT COM posted 11 hours ago
Get To Know: Joshua Petker

Hello friends! Life here at Shooting Gallery has been great. We are getting excited for Joshua Petker’s solo show, which opens on September 11th at 7pm and runs until October 2nd. Here is a little insight on the ...

The Shooting Gallery posted yesterday
Corey Arnold - 10yrs of Fecal Face

Everyday leading up to FECAL FACE DOT COM 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW -- Opening Friday September 10th @The Luggage Store Gallery (6-8pm) with After party @Mezzanine (9-2am) featuring live musical performances by Kelley ...

FECAL FACE DOT COM posted yesterday
Bohemia Of Finances

In “I Dreamt I Was A Nymphomaniac,” Kathy Acker somewhat wryly describes the art world as “the bohemia of finances.” Still, questions of money and capital in the art world transpire. Occasionally during my ...

OPEN SPACE posted yesterday
Filippo Minelli "Contradictions" Series

We've featured Italian photographer Filippo Minelli "Contradictions" series before, but for those who have not seen it before... Well, have a look see. We love it. "Contradictions" will be exhibited at the MACRO-Museum ...

FECAL FACE DOT COM posted yesterday
Up and Coming for the fall

There's a comprehensive list of all the fall shows up at the Examiner.com website, along with a lot of other notices and reviews about art and daily posts - well, almost daily up at Chez Namaste Nancy (see sidebar for ...

Bay Area Art Quake posted yesterday
Jeremiah Jenkins on Hi- Fructose

Check out the link for a studio visit before his show opens up at Ever Gold tomorrowHi- FructoseBlue Collar BushidoThursday, September 2nd 6-9pm441 O'Farrell St.Between Taylor and Jones

EVER GOLD Gallery posted yesterday
75 Reasons to Live: Peter Samis on Wright Morris

[See post to watch Flash video] Peter Samis is SFMOMA Associate Curator, Interpretation, Education. (Which distinguished title barely covers it!). He’s speaking here about Wright Morris’s Storefronts, Western ...

OPEN SPACE posted yesterday
Anthony Lister - 10yrs of Fecal Face

Everyday leading up to FECAL FACE DOT COM 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW -- Opening Friday September 10th @The Luggage Store Gallery (6-8pm) with After party @Mezzanine (9-2am) featuring live musical performances by Kelly ...

FECAL FACE DOT COM posted 2 days ago
FCOA Podcast

We've been meaning to get this mix up from Future Colors of America that showed at Fecal Face Dot Gallery last month featuring works from Albert Reyes, Matt Furie, and Aiyana Udesen. Some 80s and early ...

FECAL FACE DOT COM posted 2 days ago
Hardcore: Paul Schrader in the 70′s – 3

This is pt. 3 of my meditation on a theme drawn from Elliot Lavine’s typically-inspired grab-bag film series NOT NECESSARILY NOIR, currently in progress at the Roxie Theater (Click on highlighted sections for ...

OPEN SPACE posted 2 days ago
Fecal Face 10 Yr. Show After Party

Happy to announce that Kelley Stoltz, Ty Segall, and Sonny Smith will be performing at Fecal Face's 10 Year Anniversary Show's AFTER PARTY on September 10th @Mezzanine (9-2am) w/ DJ Ted Shred spinning some records. ...

FECAL FACE DOT COM posted 3 days ago
Dave Kinsey - Show Preview

Dave Kinsey has his first solo show in a few years opening up on Sept 9th in NYC @Joshua Liner Gallery. He emailed over a few photos from his studio with some words on the show.

FECAL FACE DOT COM posted 3 days ago
75 Reasons to Live: Craig Baldwin on Wallace Berman

[See post to watch Flash video] Craig Baldwin is a filmmaker, curator, and publisher, and as long-time host of ATA‘s Other Cinema has been premiering experimental, essay, and documentary works for over a quarter ...

OPEN SPACE posted 3 days ago
Kilgallen work available

Linda Mar, 1999 Color spitbite and sugarlift aquatint with softground Somerset soft white paper Image size 18″ x 12″ Paper size 26″ x 19″ Edition of 30 Signed/Dated/numbered Please call for more info

Park Life posted 3 days ago
75 Reasons to Live: Rick Prelinger on Willard E. Worden

[See post to watch Flash video] Rick Prelinger is a archivist, writer and media-maker, and founder of the Prelinger Archives. Here he’s talking about Willard E. Worden‘s Observatory in Ruins, Golden Gate Park, ...

OPEN SPACE posted 3 days ago
Mike Giant - 10yrs of Fecal Face

Everyday leading up to Fecal Face's 10 Year Anniversary Show, opening Friday, September 10th @The Luggage Store (after party @Mezzanine 9-2am), we'll be adding short interviews with artists participating. What can we ...

FECAL FACE DOT COM posted 3 days ago
75 Reasons to Live: Iain Boal on Elaine Mayes

[See post to watch Flash video] Iain Boal is a writer and historian. He’s speculating here (to quite a crowd) about the couple in Elaine Mayes‘s Interracial Couple and Baby, Golden State Park, August, 1968. If you ...

OPEN SPACE posted 3 days ago