Comments on: “A Few of My Favorite Things,” with apologies to Julie Andrews

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:48:25 +0000

San Jose First Friday’s in the SOFA district. Especially when Anno Dommini has Fresh Produce where local artists sell afortable art work. Fun and a great South Bay event!

By: Dodie Bellamy

Dodie Bellamy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:55:53 +0000

I can’t believe we both talked about The Thing in the same week!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:04:44 +0000

Hi Ian/SFMOMA Facebook—

I’d say that beyond the meta it might be too self-congratulatory on the museum side, plus a little embarrassing from the managing editor’s side/P.O.V., but thank you for the shout-out, and also, thanks for re-streaming this on the Facebook page (where there’s a healthy response so others might want to check it out), xo ss

By: SFMOMA Facebook

SFMOMA Facebook — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:49:08 +0000

A recent response to this list on the museum’s Facebook page: “I would say Renny Pritikin. A not so gentle force that has been pushing us toward excellence for decades now.”

In like fashion, can we elect the Open Space blog as an innovator in Bay Area arts discussion, or is that too meta (in the Hofstadter sense)?

By: judy golden

judy golden — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:40:31 +0000

Live Worms gallery in North Beach on Grant Street near Vallejo

By: Alison Bing

Alison Bing — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:11:50 +0000

Ditto to you Renny, plus di Rosa Preserve: Paul Kos cathedral in the cellar, Richard Tuttle on the living room ceiling, Enrique Chagoya in the back barn, peacocks stalking the sculpture garden, and emerging artists in the (aptly named) Gatehouse.

By: Renny Pritikin

Renny Pritikin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:52:25 +0000

Thanks Michael. For the sake of my sanity, let’s try to keep these favorite things to art world thangs from now on if I didn’t make it clear….

By: Michael Krikorian

Michael Krikorian — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:46:47 +0000

There is nothing like the hush of the city at around 11 in the pm and the lulluby of the tugboats going….bhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmm, bhhhhhhhhhhhhhmm in the background and the smell of the jasmine on the blocks between Hayes and Grove, Baker and Lyon, north west of the Panhandle fill the air most of the year.

By: Ari Salomon

Ari Salomon — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:18:30 +0000

Glad you mentioned Long Now Foundation as being related to this list of visual-arts-focused current art phenomena. They do really interesting work.

I would add a fairly recent addition to the Oakland Art Murmur: Every first Friday around sunset, the Great Wall of Oakland, a 100′x100′ projection installation, lights-up the Uptown District with motion art from around the world. It’s video projection on a grand scale. Find it on West Grand between Broadway and Valley Street, next-door to Luka’s Taproom.

New website launching in about a week: http://greatwallofoakland.org/