Journal.
Records, rooms, people. A few things worth talking about.
Visual art editorial / San FranciscoThe Earrings Tell the Story in Maryam Yousif’s CeramicsA grandfather’s homecoming gift brings family history into Maryam Yousif’s ancient sculptural references.2 MIN READ Exhibition preview / San FranciscoSarah Sze gives the entrance its own exhibitionOpening November 21, the SFMOMA commission makes the free atrium somewhere to spend time.2 MIN READ 
Artist editorial / San FranciscoJake Xerxes Fussell and the work of passing songs alongWhen I’m Called carries old songs through a contemporary band, with Art Rosenbaum’s recordings close by.2 MIN READ Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 4.0
Artist editorial / San FranciscoL7, Loud and UnimpressedBad company, blunt hooks and the gleefully sour humour of Bricks Are Heavy.2 MIN READ Photo: Cedar777 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Artist editorial / San FranciscoQuadeca Heads for Open WaterVanisher, Horizon Scraper gives Quadeca’s ambition an ocean to cross—and a film to go with it.2 MIN READ Photo: Benmode2012 · CC0
Artist editorial / San FranciscoSienna Spiro waits for someone who never comesOn Visitor, grand arrangements surround a smaller, painfully familiar story: hoping somebody will show up.2 MIN READ Photo: EGilham · CC BY-SA 4.0
Venue editorial / San FranciscoRickshaw Stop: a different kind of screen timeThe Fell Street venue began with dance parties. Its live bills grew around that original impulse to go out.2 MIN READ Photo: Jaredzimmerman (WMF) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Artist editorial / San FranciscoJake Xerxes Fussell and the work of passing songs alongWhen I’m Called carries old songs through a contemporary band, with Art Rosenbaum’s recordings close by.2 MIN READ Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 4.0Artist editorial / San FranciscoL7, Loud and UnimpressedBad company, blunt hooks and the gleefully sour humour of Bricks Are Heavy.2 MIN READ Photo: Cedar777 · CC BY-SA 4.0Artist editorial / San FranciscoQuadeca Heads for Open WaterVanisher, Horizon Scraper gives Quadeca’s ambition an ocean to cross—and a film to go with it.2 MIN READ Photo: Benmode2012 · CC0Artist editorial / San FranciscoSienna Spiro waits for someone who never comesOn Visitor, grand arrangements surround a smaller, painfully familiar story: hoping somebody will show up.2 MIN READ Photo: EGilham · CC BY-SA 4.0Venue editorial / San FranciscoRickshaw Stop: a different kind of screen timeThe Fell Street venue began with dance parties. Its live bills grew around that original impulse to go out.2 MIN READ Photo: Jaredzimmerman (WMF) · CC BY-SA 3.0