Bizarre, fun, colorful; there are so many words to describe Maira Kalman’s exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Entitled “Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World),” nothing is lost on Kalman for whom the everyday charm of a nicely wrapped package holds as much interest as the state of democracy in America today….
Still feel bad about when you were 7 and dug up all of your mother’s house plants? Not to mention she deserves a huge ‘thank you’ for being so tolerant of you during your rebellious teen years. Make her feel appreciated and treat her to Hotel Blake’s Mother’s Day Package. Discounts all around! Which add-on…
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will be home to a broad range of exquisite art not to be missed this summer. As a museum-o-phile and fervent art lover, I envy New Yorker’s who have the opportunity to go to the MET at any time and just immerse themselves in the wonder of the countless…
Director of the de Young and the Legion of Honor, John Buchanan, brings the fabulous work of John Baldessari to San Francisco. The print retrospective includes over 100 prints that span the four decades of Baldessari’s post-painting period, 1970s to the present. Jordan D. Schnitzer, a prodigious collector based in Portland, Oregon has loaned his…
Neal Benezra, Director of the SFMOMA, has every right to be beaming. The Richard Avedon exhibit is absolutely breathtaking and the SFMOMA is the only U.S. venue for this retrospective spanning the sixty-year career of Avedon’s artistic genius. The exhibit features over 200 photographs encompassing the span of his work “from his earliest street scenes…
The boom of fireworks, red and blue streamers scattered on the grounds of parade routes, the sizzle of burgers at backyard barbecues – these are the familiar sights and sounds of the 4th of July and they are right around the corner. However, if you want a change of scenery for Independence Day weekend, while…