Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public. Submit your questions anonymously here. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving. Help Desk is cosponsored by KQED.org. I am a recent graduate from a somewhat less than prestigious MFA program. I chose the program because, A. they gave me a good scholarship, and B., because[…..]

Today from the DS Archives we bring you coverage of Kavi Gupta Gallery’s 2011 summer group exhibition including Nathaniel Donnett, Curtis Mann, Antonia Gurkovska and Theaster Gates. Gates’s work is currently on view at White Cube Gallery until November 11. The following article was originally published on August 9, 2011 by Marta Spurgeon: Outmoded by street festivals, public music events, movies in the parks, and trips to[…..]

Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public. Submit your questions anonymously here. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving. Help Desk is cosponsored by KQED.org. I have been out of graduate school for 3 years now and working as an independent artist.  I have a consistent studio practice and upcoming exhibitions at non-profit,[…..]

Congratulations to the 2012 SECA Award finalists! Zarouhie Abdalian, Elisheva Biernoff, Nate Boyce, Tammy Rae Carland, Anthony Discenza, Liam Everett, Josh Faught, Chris Fraser, Jonn Herschend, Cybele Lyle, Jonathan Runcio, Jesse Schlesinger, Chris Sollars , Stephanie Syjuco, Lindsey White and David Wilson We’ll keep you posted when the winners are announced, and today from the DS Archives we take a look back at the 2010 SECA Award winners. The following article was published on December 17, 2010 by Bean Gilsdorf: The San Francisco Museum[…..]

Back in early March 2012, I reviewed Mark Bradford’s solo show at SFMOMA and learned shortly thereafter that the oft-repeated narrative about the circumstances of his early work—that he grew up in poverty in a depressed African-American neighborhood of Los Angeles—was simply not true (he was raised in Santa Monica, an affluent suburb). Given that I’ve heard this myth repeated even by knowledgeable curators, I[…..]

Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public. Submit your questions anonymously here. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving. Help Desk is cosponsored by KQED.org. Is a gap in your artist résumé detrimental to your current job, exhibition and other prospects? I haven’t exhibited art in a year for various circumstantial reasons. Now[…..]

The current exhibition at the California College of the Arts Wattis Institute, When Attitude Became Form Becomes Attitudes, is a sequel to, and a reevaluation of, the legendary 1969 exhibition When Attitudes Become Form, which was curated by Harald Szeemann at Kunsthalle Bern in Switzerland. It brings together 82 international contemporary artists who follow, in various ways, the legacy of Szeemann’s iconic exhibition. Today from[…..]