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Kimmelman on Ray Johnson, circa 2002

Look to your left (Liberty Street) and you will see the small turn-of-the-century French pastry in creamy, classically-detailed stone that housed the neighboring Chamber of Commerce. To your right (Cedar Street) is a stone-faced building of the first great skyscraper … Continue reading

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Carol Garsten of Nature Gallery and Barron Park

Carol Garsten is my friend of about five years, whose business Nature Gallery relocated from Town and Country to downtown Los Altos in 2012, but is still a Palo Altan and in fact lives in Barron Park, which I consider … Continue reading

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Granite Alto

Photo essay about Stanford Jazz Camp / Workshop / Series / Festival / #firshir Ivor Holloway is a Gunn graduate and fulltime staff year-round for Stanford Jazz Workshop and camps. I met him Saturday for the first time since October … Continue reading

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Bookmarks of the Times, unlocking the truth

(I am ensconced at Coupa this a.m. writing my ballot statement so did not will not and cannot read The Times; I could not resist, since someone had left a hard copy, noting the existence of three article I might … Continue reading

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Storytellers, reportage, reenactments and posts

Sunday afternoon consists of watching Tim Lincecum struggle with the Marlins — it’s 2-2 in the third as I commence — while posting a fairly mindless little ditty, comprising for the most part 21 images I managed to move from … Continue reading

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Fountains of the Deep: Visions of Noah and the Flood

This gallery contains 6 photos.

Originally posted on Art, the Bible & the Big Apple:
Coinciding with the release of his new feature film, Noah, director Darren Aronofsky presents an exhibition of contemporary art inspired by the biblical story of Noah and the Flood. Fountains…

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Escobar by Carolyn Castano, a Columbian-American also showing at Meridian SF LAST CHANCE

I clicked thru a note about Carolyn Castano show closing at Meridian Gallery on Post in SF — Sunday, July 20, 2 to 4 p.m, 2014 — to rip this salute to Escobar the football player who was murdered after … Continue reading

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Peace is the only adequate war memorial: ceramics installation by Ehren Tool in Palo Alto

Eight hundred and eighty ceramics mugs comprise a type of Old Glory reference and codex, at Palo Alto Art Center, which I am calling Palo Alto Peace Center for the next eighty eight days or so. Here is my reading … Continue reading

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Thank you for your service to our art center

I met Ehren Tool about five times during his month residency at Palo Alto Art Center, furthering his project of turning five years as an MP in the Marines into 10,000 or so ceramic mugs. The art of war, the … Continue reading

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Random Chris Ofili pencil on paper image

I bought Art in America for $11 (June/July 2014) partially because I recognized the name Chris Ofili, who did the cover art. I am a little disappointed there is not a corresponding article on the Nigerian artist in London famous … Continue reading

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