Two things have taken up a lot of my attention recently and made me wonder why the decision making in this country is done by people who know so little about the consequences and folly of their decisions. The most pressing thing concerns ArtHouse, my nonprofit for co-op artists’ housing and venues in San Francisco,… Continue reading The Wrong People Call the Shots
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Once Again: Why We Need Artists More Than Ever
The last time I wrote about this, I also included a painting by the German Expressionist Emil Nolde because he scared the Nazis so much they took his paint brushes. More about Nolde later. ༻﹡﹡﹡﹡﹡﹡﹡༺ For almost a decade, I’ve been the lone voice in America speaking out in defense of artists, who are less… Continue reading Once Again: Why We Need Artists More Than Ever
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
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