San Francisco: Will You Ever Learn the Lessons of History?

The city of San Francisco has concluded that if they’re going to unwind the doom loop, maybe they need to bring in some art to give Market Street visual appeal. Marco Cochrane’s 40-foot tall metal sculpture of a naked woman, R-Evolution, installed where Market meets the Embarcadero, was an excellent choice, aesthetically and symbolically. Flanked… Continue reading San Francisco: Will You Ever Learn the Lessons of History?

Why We Need Artists More Than Ever

The Nazis were so afraid of the German-Danish painter, Emil Nolde, that they confiscated his paint brushes. A lot of his most famous watercolors were done with cotton swabs. *************** For the last nine years, I’ve had a small nonprofit, ArtHouse, dedicated to creating co-op artists’ housing and venues in San Francisco. Over these years,… Continue reading Why We Need Artists More Than Ever