Entries from SFist tagged with 'firstthursday'
May 3, 2007
Tonight - two shows open (one show leaves) at Steven Wolf Fine Arts (49 Geary Ste. 411): Orly Corgan's The Wonder of You, and Sentences by Nicholas Knight - both artists are from New York. In her post-modern feminist tapestries, Cogan takes vintage tablecloths and other linens from days gone by and transforms them through embroidery into an erotic fantasyland featuring mostly her. She muses, eats sweets, snorts coke, contemplates kissing frogs and kicks around......
Continue Reading "Go See: Art Events This Weekend"May 4, 2006
Blame it on the nice weather earlier this week, but we got antsy and just couldn’t wait for First Thursday to get out and see some art; so we stopped by 77 Geary to take a peek at the Vik Muniz show at Rena Bransten Gallery that we keep hearing so much about. You know how some people just can’t seem to throw anything away? Well, Vik Muniz is one of those people and he......
Continue Reading "One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Titian: Vik Muniz Pictures of Junk"April 7, 2005
It's that "two buck chuck" time ofthe month again -- it comes around so fast, sometimes we forget. Start your night at the California College of the Arts, where there are three shows listed on the calendar, a film show and even a fashion show which our roommate told us about but we can't find a link to. Go check out some hot young artists (we were at the open studios on Sunday, and......
Continue Reading "SFist First Thursdays"December 2, 2004
It's our last First Thursday before Christmas, and we'd like to indulge our inner child and post on toy-themed opening receptions today. We'd also like to offer the gift of art event listings in the form of Fecal Face (thanks again SFist Emily!), which is where we crib our art listings when we aren't shamelessly shilling for our friends. At the Future Primitive Sound headquarters, 497 Haight, will be the opening night of Home Ec,......
Continue Reading "SFist First Thursday"August 5, 2004
Do you like really cheap wine? Salty pretzels? Emerging artists? Well, all over the city tonight galleries will be staging a moveable feast of Two Buck Chuck and young artists. Why? Well, it's First Thursday, when downtown art galleries throw open their doors to the public for openings and free exhibitions until eight. This month SFist would like to feature some galleries that promote local and emerging artists on the scene. Go check it out - how can you argue with free booze?...
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