Tag: De Young

• Keith Haring & The Political Line: Timeless Observations on Politics and Power

  I was in San Francisco during the holidays and was able to experience The Political Line at the De Young Museum.  This retrospective of Keith Haring took a curatorial deep dive into the artist’s creative psyche.  The show highlights his portfolio of work that addresses race, power, sex, political conflict, the environment and technology. This is…

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  January 12, 2015

  Art/Culture, Contemporary Art, Museums, Pop Art/Culture, Street Art

  activism, AIDS, De Young, Golden Gate Park, graffiti, Keith Haring, museums, Pop Art, San Francisco, Street Art, the Political Line, Warhol

• Why I Hate Provocation and Why I LOVE Museums

  In what appeared to be a desperate attempt to remain culturally relevant, CNN published an opinion piece by Senior Travel editor James Durston titled, “Why I Hate Museums”.  The essay makes an attempt to stoke the fires among the ranks of museum administrators who apparently don’t do enough to stimulate museum goers. “Worst of all,…

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  August 26, 2013

  Art/Culture, Museums

  Andy Warhol Museum, CNN, De Young, Getty, James Durston, LACMA, MOCA, museums, Norton Simon, Why I Hate Museums

• The Impressionists and Guerilla Foodies: Exquisite Rebellion in Paris

  Disclaimer:  I am not an art critic, and did not study Art History.  I’m simply crazy about Contemporary Art.  In my quest for knowledge I slowly learn as I go, and while I’m not going to love, understand or appreciate everything I see, each museum exhibit or gallery visit I attend opens my eyes and…

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  September 26, 2010

  Art/Culture, Food

  Anthony Bourdain, D’Orsay, De Young, Impressionists, Le Fooding, Ludo Lefebvre, LudoBites