Blog / Essays

Words About Art is a collection of essays about art in the Bay Area and beyond, mending as an art practice across media, visits to interesting museums and fiction about art & artists.

Featured

Ramekon O'Arwisters: A Ministry of Mending

brokeadex copy.jpg

Mending money: Lisa Kokin

Jaydan Moore: Mending the silver lining

Mending 3: Jim Melchert

The Mendsmith Project: Nick Dong

Mend

Some thoughts about cloning, twins, and Alice Shaw

Some thoughts about cloning, twins, and Alice Shaw

A visit to the McNay Museum

A visit to the McNay Museum

Notes from Camp (AKA Transdimensional Ghost Town Discotheque): a visit

Notes from Camp (AKA Transdimensional Ghost Town Discotheque): a visit

Black and white: a fairytale about art and life

Black and white: a fairytale about art and life

Sarah Lucas: Good Muse, at the Legion of Honor, SF

Sarah Lucas: Good Muse, at the Legion of Honor, SF

A visit to the Hilbert Museum

A visit to the Hilbert Museum

Dioramas

Future Art School

Future Art School

The art of the political: some thoughts about 'Alt-Left' at the Berkeley Art Center

The art of the political: some thoughts about 'Alt-Left' at the Berkeley Art Center

Poison

How to write a catalogue essay

How to write a catalogue essay

Acts of Dog

The Empty Frame

The Empty Frame

Phillip Maisel/ Maggie Preston and Black Crown Gallery

Phillip Maisel/ Maggie Preston and Black Crown Gallery

The line between truth and fiction: four parables

The line between truth and fiction: four parables

Weave Weft and Heave Heft:  Emily Payne

Weave Weft and Heave Heft: Emily Payne

Shoot

The (Imaginary) Museum

The (Imaginary) Museum

Codex, 2017

Dean Smith: An Appreciation

Dean Smith: An Appreciation

Shoptalk

Traveling at home

Traveling at home

A Painter of Our Time: for John Berger

A Painter of Our Time: for John Berger

Topiarism

Subscribe to Words About Art