Borstal Spots & Polka Dots

Emerging London talent Richie Culver's poignant collage work

Master of manipulation Richie Culver, with his arsenal of old photos and sharp-witted text, creates artwork with the one-two punch of a compelling soundbite that probes into both famous and more intimate historical moments. While the works function as pop homages too, his piece “Have You Ever Really Loved Anyone?”—an iconic image of Jesse Owens with those words plastered across—was the highlight of the May …

From Here To There: Alec Soth’s America

Large-format photography of contemporary Americana in Alec Soth's retrospective

Likening his process to “web surfing in the real world,” photographer Alec Soth spent the past 15 years traversing the U.S. with an 8×10 field camera, quietly composing narratives of subjects he finds on his travels. While projects have taken the Twin Cities native down the Mississippi, to Bogota and back across the vast Midwest, Soth’s career retrospective “From Here To There: Alec Soth’s America” …

Anoka Faruqee and Marietta Hoferer Exhibit

A bi-coastal gallery's San Francisco location kicks off the fall season with optical illusions

San Francisco’s Hosfelt Gallery kicks off the fall season with the reception of two new exhibits,“The Longest Day of the Year” by Anoka Faruqee and “Drawings” by Marietta Hoferer. Farquee’s show is her third solo exhibit at Hosfelt Gallery featuring a series of her new paintings that she executes freehand with a surprisingly accurate level of precision. Farquee mixes hundreds of colors that delicately blend …