By John Held, Jr.     Lou Reed died at the Long Island, New York, home he shared with his wife, Laurie Anderson, Sunday, October …

Sight Vision: The Urban Milieu October 9-November 9, 2013 Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary Street San Francisco, CA   Beat Era Maestros by John Held, …

Wa Morrison Memorial Studio Show October 1-31, 2013 1919 Hayes Street San Francisco, CA 94117   Saturdays, October 5, 12, 26, 2-4pm Drop-in hours most …

“The Worlds of Bernice Bing” Produced and directed by Madeleine Lim Co-Producer and Project Director, Jennifer Banta Yoshida Presented by the Asian American Women Artists …

“Life Isn’t Always Pretty or in Focus”   By John Held, Jr.       The Sixties were a time of communes and community, but …

By John Held, Jr.       Most of the Tenderloin galleries are open Wednesday through Saturday, so I chose a Thursday afternoon to take …

By John Held, Jr.       I took an afternoon to acquaint myself with the latest happenings in the Tenderloin art scene. It wasn’t …

By John Held, Jr.       When I first arrived in San Francisco in 1995, one of the first calls I made was to …

by John Held, Jr.       If I were a major contemporary exhibiting artist, even I might be impressed if a work of mine …

By John Held, Jr.       Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are normally cited as the originators of collage in modern art, a term …

By John Held, Jr.       The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s “On the Go” project got up and went plein air with …

By John Held, Jr.   Richard Diebenkorn was something of a painting prodigy, having his first major exhibition at the Legion of Honor, while attending …

Susan Parker, “Recent Paintings.” Ronald Chase, “New Painting.” June 1 – July 20, 2013 Don Soker Gallery 80 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA   By …

“Proximities 1: What Time Is It There?” May 24-July 21, 2013 Curated by Glen Helfand Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street San Francisco   By …

By John Held, Jr.         Lawrence Ferlinghetti, “Future Woman” George Krevsky Gallery, San Fracnisco May 30-June 29, 2013 77 Geary Street #205 …

David Jones and Dan Max “Split Personality” May 21-26, 2013 Live Worms Gallery 1345 Grant Avenue North Beach, San Francisco   By John Held, Jr. …

By John Held, Jr.       It was a two-ring circus this year, not a three-ringer like last year, but there was still plenty …

By John Held, Jr.   Asian American Women Artists Association “underCurrents and the Quest for Space” May 2-May 25, 2013 SOMArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan …

By John Held, Jr.   The guy who made me (and a lot of other people) an artist died on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at …

Eleanor Coppola: “Scrolls” April 10-May 4, 2013 Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary Street San Francisco, CA   -by John Held, Jr.     There is …