Marvin Lipofsky, 77, San Francisco Bay Area teacher and sculptor who founded the University of California, Berkeley's glass program, died of natural causes at his home in Berkeley on Friday, January 15, 2016.
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Yesterday, we took a break from Christmas shopping to run over to the Anderson Collection on the Stanford Campus. The exhibition is excellent, of course, and revisiting Louise Nevelson's Sky Garden was, and always is, such a powerful experience.
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Since the weekend, my thoughts have been occupied by the earthquake suffered in Napa Valley. It’s easy to see why:
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After decades of scattershot compliance with California’s Resale Royalty Act, the Ninth Circuit’s decision Tuesday upholding the law’s requirement that fine-art sellers pay visual artists royalties on California sales is likely to undercut the secondary art market in the Golden State, experts say.
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Three collections of Ray Beldner’s work—“Counterfeit,” “101 Portraits,” and “Neon”—come together at Micaela Contemporary Projects this month.
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We love the annual extravaganza that is Art Basel Miami Beach. It is not just over the top, with estimated whole value of $3 billion (USD), it's a cultural love fest of unimaginable, and enormous, financial and global proportion.
Read MoreBritish artist John Burton traces his interest in glass art back to a hobby from two decades ago, dealing ceramics and glass antiques.
Read MoreOur culture of multi-tasking has created an environment of distraction that, at times, dismisses the importance of the familiar.
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Missy Weimer does it again. Addressing intimate and personal contemporary issues - Google, affirmation, social interaction, and the past, her newest work, "You Got This 2," is an open edition of small engraved personal found objects.
Read MoreYears ago, it seems like another lifetime, I owned a small cafe in Berkeley. On an early Saturday morning, a group of friends gathered to order breakfast.
Read MoreDuring a career spanning half a century, Ileana Sonnabend (1914–2007) helped shape the course of postwar art in Europe and North America.
Read MoreMy Places of Green is a further exploration of the 2010 solo exhibition Into the Green at Sabbia Gallery from one of Australia’s most prominent glass artists Emma Varga.
Read MoreThe first solo museum exhibition of the work of revered Indian artist Nilima Sheikh features eight banners painted by the artist between 2003 and 2010 for a series focusing on both the magical history and contentious present of Kashmir.
Read MoreIn the world of cast glass, Latchezar Boyadjiev stands out as an independent, creative, and contemporary.
Read MoreThe San Francisco Planning Department oversees an art fund dedicated to the acquisition of public art for the City of San Francisco.
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Marvin Liposfky could be said to be the father of the studio glass movement in California. This is a video of Marvin Lipofsky's work in contemporary glass sculpture from 1962 to the present.
Read MoreThe Oakland Museum of California, together with over 120 museums across the United States, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Studio Glass Movement
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