Category Archives: art

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I saw a werewolf drinking a latte at the DeYoung museum, salivating over his next big plunder

Posted on December 10, 2018 by markweiss86

The De Young Museum has a great little show about Gauguin that includes Oceania, Europeania, paintings, prints, ceramics and wood carvings. People who’ve been around long enough might notice that the museum’s Maori figure from 1890 is likely the source … Continue reading →

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One hundred thousand decisions, by Wegner, slated for new police station

Posted on December 6, 2018 by markweiss86

Peter Wegner,  of San Francisco by way of South Dakota. whose work adds color to the new Stanford GSB, presents a preview of his coming Palo Alto Commission. 2. There’s also a colorful LED element that, like his more mechanical … Continue reading →

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Helen Wills Moody art

Posted on December 4, 2018 by markweiss86

I am thinking about Helen Wills the tennis star, and her role in the arts, which is considerable. Then my brain flashed to Kathy Jordan, Stanford’s greatest tennis player, who got 10,000 votes for PAUSD board here (including mine). I … Continue reading →

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Whatever the deal is with Jered Threatin band the guy in the video is not the guy who put up the money or thought of this, I would bet my farm with 25 years in the biz on that

Posted on December 2, 2018 by markweiss86

This gallery contains 3 photos.

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Three photos I’ve published of my rabbi Akira Tana, plus one of my wife and muse, Terry Acebo Davis, and I (I’m sort of in the selfie with Akira, at Gunn@50, 2014)

Posted on December 1, 2018 by markweiss86

Although Wim Wenders says we are in all the photos we take, not just the selfies:

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Ed Ruscha book, $55, on sale at CrownPoint Press in SF

Posted on December 1, 2018 by markweiss86
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Stephanie Syjuco, 2016 w 19th century ethnography book plate I bought from Bell’s Books a couple years ago, if my wife didn’t toss it in the move, my wife who knows Stephanie Syjuco

Posted on November 30, 2018 by markweiss86
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Nilaja Sun

Posted on November 27, 2018 by markweiss86
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Artist stands down right wing provocateurs: killing it softly with her song

Posted on November 26, 2018 by markweiss86

Strolling campus with Stanford alum Steve and Eric: Cohen today I picked up the Stanford daily and found an interesting story that took me a while to translate into “real world.”  Are young rapper and activist named Melinda Hernandez made … Continue reading →

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Roswell Rudd w Roswell rug

Posted on November 23, 2018 by markweiss86

It says “Roswell rug” but it’s really a portrait of my dog Delphi at pace Gallery Palo Alto during a show last month featuring the minimalist art of Agnes Martin who lived in New Mexico but probably not in Roswell … Continue reading →

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