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Max Blue
Max Blue has contributed art criticism and reporting to Artsy, BOMB and Hyperallergic, among others. His short fiction has appeared in The MacGuffin and North Dakota Quarterly. He lives in San Francisco.
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From the River to the Bay Calls for Art as Resistance
While other Bay Area spaces have silenced Palestinian artists or remained silent themselves, a show at SOMArts Cultural Center asks visitors to take a stand.
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10 Exhibitions to See in San Francisco This Spring
An overdue retrospective of Ruth Asawa, Wayne Thiebaud’s art historical influences, Susan Weil’s otherworldly experiments, and more.
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Photography’s Impossible Attempt at Freezing Time
A photo’s presence suggests the fear of its absence, the artist’s fear of time slipping away.